Hans Schindler (composer)
Hans Schindler (born May 9, 1889 in Berlin ; † October 7, 1974 there ) was a German conductor and composer .
Life
Hans Schindler was the son of the actor Albert Schindler and Emilie Fischer. From 1907 to 1910 he studied piano and composition with Philipp Rüfer and Alexander von Fielitz at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin. He then became Kapellmeister at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus , where his incidental music for Leonce and Lena was premiered in 1912 . During the First World War he was drafted into military service and wounded. After the war he worked at the Friedrich-Wilhelmstädtisches Theater and at the Rudolf Nelson Theater in Berlin.
Schindler now turned to dance and revue music. From 1924 to 1925 he directed the accompanying orchestra of Herman Haller's revues . At this time he brought out his first records as the “Jazz Orchestra of the Haller Revue”.
He then worked mostly as a freelancer and around 1930 met his future partner, the Diseuse Beate Roos-Reuter, whom he often accompanied musically. In 1931 he wrote the film music for Meine Frau, die Hochstaplerin with Willi Kollo and acted as musical director.
On September 1, 1932, he was the conductor of the world premiere of the operetta A Woman Who Knows What She Wants from Oscar Straus with Fritzi Massary in the leading role. On November 23, 1932, he conducted the orchestra at the premiere of the operetta Happy Journey by Eduard Künneke in the Theater am Kurfürstendamm . It continued to appear numerous records with his music, where he repeatedly pseudonyms such as "Clark Clayton" and "Joe London" added.
In 1933 he was banned from practicing his profession, which was later only relaxed somewhat due to a lack of staff. After the end of the war he appeared again as a companion to Beate Roos-Reuter, and he also wrote several pieces of music such as the fairy tale opera Hannes falls from the roof , the singspiel The Three Robinsons and the operetta The Veil falls .
literature
- Tobias Knickmann: Hans Schindler in the Lexicon of Persecuted Musicians of the Nazi Era (LexM), as of March 30, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Schindler on grammophon-platten.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schindler, Hans |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clark Clayton; Joe London |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Kapellmeister and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 7th 1974 |
| Place of death | Berlin |