Fritz Domina

Fritz Domina (born April 14, 1902 in Grefrath , † April 2, 1975 in Recklinghausen ) was a German pianist , arranger and film composer .

After studying music in the 1920s, he played in Hamburg bands. In 1928 he joined Oskar Joost in Berlin, where he became an influential member of his orchestra as a pianist and arranger. From 1932 he worked as arranger and studio manager for the record company "Kristall".

In this role he recorded numerous records with studio bands as "Fritz Domina & His Dance Orchestra", often with trumpeter Werner Carow. His successful titles included the old spinning wheel , who was once in love , now the world should sink and love came like a miracle . He also composed and arranged some film scores , several times in collaboration with Will Meisel . When the record label “Kristall” came into the possession of Lindström-AG in 1937 , Domina switched from dance to concert music until production came to a standstill in 1943.

After the end of the war he limited himself to his activity as a pianist and worked for film composers such as Hans-Martin Majewski and Peter Sandloff , occasionally he also played for the stage. He can be seen at the piano in the crime film Der Greifer with Hans Albers (1958).

Filmography

• 1934: Annette in paradise
• 1934: The great opportunity
• 1934: La Paloma. A song of companionship
• 1935: The last voyage of the Santa Margareta
• 1935: A row in the Secret Annex
• 1936: The tired Theodor
• 1936: family parade
• 1936: angels with small flaws
• 1936: The misunderstood bon vivant
• 1936: Miss Veronika
• 1936: Hummel - Hummel

Sound documents (selection)

• The old spinning wheel. Along. Foxtrot (Berthold-Hill) Fritz Domina and his dance orchestra, vocals: Kurt Mühlhardt . Crystal No. 3435 (C 6490) - 04.34
• "Many hundreds of thousands of white flowers" Foxtrot (Grothe-Dehmel) Fritz Domina and his dance orchestra, vocals: Paul Dorn . Crystal No. 3456 (C 6634) - 08.34
• "You just have to call me" Foxtrot (Löbel-Kirchstein) Fritz Domina and his dance orchestra, vocals: Paul Dorn. Crystal No. 3456 (C 6635) - 08.34
• Girls, now it's women's choice! Along. Foxtrot ad sound film "Oberwachtmeister Schwenke" (Richartz-Richter) Fritz Domina and his dance orchestra, vocals: Erwin Hartung . Kristall No. 3487 (C 6930) - 1935
• Just an hour, slow fox a. d. Sound film “Mazurka” (Peter Kreuder) Fritz Domina and his dance orchestra, vocals: Paul Dorn. Kristall No. 3566 (C 8238.1) - 1935
• Songs that the gypsy plays for us. Song u. Tango (Franz Doelle, text Charles Amberg) ad the sound film “ Hot blood ”. Fritz Domina and his dance orchestra, vocals: Rudolf Ehrhard (d. I. Rudi Schuricke ) - 1936
• Schlager Olympics, Potpourri (Hans Schneider) 1st and 2nd Part 2. Fritz Domina and his dance orchestra, vocals: Raimund Vogl and Paul Dorn. Crystal No. 695 (C 9280 / C 9281) - 1936
• "My darling, we're learning Italian" Lied u. Tango ( Fritz Spielmann , text by Stephan Weiss ) Fritz Domina and his dance orchestra, vocals: Paul Dorn. Kristall No. 709 (C 9389) - 1936

Export recordings

a) for Sweden:

• Stackars Butterfly. Foxtrot (Sylvain) ur film “Eva gar ombord”. Gösta Kjellertz och Kristalls Domina Orkester. Kristall Svenskt 1226-1934

b) for Hungary:

• Kislanu kezekel iel Foxtrot (Szlátinay, Békeffy és Nóti). Enekli Sebö Miklós. Jatsza Domina tánczenekara. Kristály A 46 (C 6786) - October 1934.

c) for Poland:

• Brunetki, blondynki, piosenka z filmu "Kocham wszystkie kobiety" z udziałem J.Kiepury. Gra orkiestra taneczna, dyryguje Fritz Domina. Syrena-Electro 8524 - 26564 z roku 1935. Nagranie z matrycy niemieckiej firmy "Kristall" nr. C 8568.

Web links

• Fritz Domina in the Internet Movie Database (English)