Heinz Neubrand
Heinz Neubrand (born July 5, 1921 in Vienna ; † January 6, 1998 there ) was an Austrian musician ( piano , Hammond organ , vibraphone ), composer , arranger and orchestra conductor.
Live and act
Neubrand learned to play the piano as a child and studied piano, composition and music theory in Vienna . In 1933 he made his debut at the Wiener Konzerthaus. He attended the master class with Emil von Sauer . In 1939/40 he appeared as a solo pianist in Jacques Guldan's Colosseum and also had engagements in Germany. After completing his military service and the end of World War II, he had his own program ( German Made Easy ) on the army broadcaster Blue Danube Network and played with various Viennese jazz and easy listening orchestras, among others. a. in the Vienna Hot Club.
Recordings were made a. with Erwin Halletz ( Turn on That Red Hot Heat ), Horst Winter (1946, Who knows? Who knows? Who knows? ), Karl Loube and in 1949/50 under his own name ( Intimate bar music on Austroton ), with a new brand on the Hammond organ. From 1949 to 1953 he worked for the station Rot-Weiß-Rot , as well as for music productions at the Vienna Volksoper . In the following years he composed music for over 400 cinema and television films, as well as for jingles for the ORF broadcaster . He worked u. a. with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and their own big bands. Through his love for Barpiano the shellac series was intimate bar music .
Honors
Neubrand was assigned an honorary grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery . A plaque is dedicated to him at the Hotel zur Post in Gumpoldskirchen .
Discographic notes
- Piano Party (Austrocord)
- In the evening in the tavern (Amadeo)
- Plays George Gershwin
- For Men - Listen to Gershwin
Compositions (selection)
- The old hat (Doblinger)
- That's Life (Doblinger)
- 2 Viennese cemetery songs (Doblinger)
Filmography (selection)
- 1957: the best day of my life
- 1958: The page from the Palace Hotel
- 1958: Dodo scandal
- 1959: dream revue
- 1959: whiskey, vodka, Viennese
- 1960: The village without morals
- 1962: Romance in Venice (Director: Eduard von Borsody )
- 1962: Wild Waters (Director: Rudolf Schündler )
- 1963: The Black Cobra (Director: Rudolf Zehetgruber )
- 1963: Storm on the Wilder Kaiser (mountain wind)
- 1964: Tim Frazer chases the mysterious Mister X
literature
- Karina Willam: Hold on to grace, I'm so free! - Heinz Neubrand - a man from the very beginning . Edition Spittelberg, Vienna 1993.
Web links
- Works by Heinz Neubrand in the catalog of the German National Library
- Portrait at Doblinger Musikverlag
- Heinz Neubrand at Discogs (English)
- Heinz Neubrand in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ International who's who in music and musicians' directory 1977
- ^ W. Bruyninckx - 60 years of recorded jazz 1917–1977, Volume 5
- ↑ Tom Lord: The jazz discography, Volume 16
- ↑ Karina Willam: Heinz Neubrand - Hold on to grace, I am so free! Edition Spittelberg, 1993, ISBN 3-85028-241-4 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Neubrand, Heinz |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian jazz musician and composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 5, 1921 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1998 |
Place of death | Vienna |