Herbert Küster

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Herbert Küster (born October 4, 1909 in Berlin , † February 22, 1986 in Munich ) was a German composer .

Act

Küster's style was primarily radio music (upscale popular music) of the 1920s and 1930s. He left behind an extensive oeuvre of original compositions and arrangements that has hardly been cataloged to this day. With the Herbert Küster's Piano Orchestra he realized countless performances and recordings.

Works (selection)

Stage works

  • Miss Petticoat (operetta in three acts)

Ensemble / chamber music

  • Bucolic serenade and notturn for cor anglais, alto sax. u. Klav. (Bosworth 1985?)
  • Capriolen-Suite for bottle, string orchestra. u. Klav. (Ahn and Simrock 1985?)
  • Cavatine for oboe (clarinet) & piano (Apollo Verlag Paul Lincke, Berlin 1961)
  • Romantic Blues, for clarinet and piano (Otto Wrede Regina Verlag. Order No .: OW1128)

Piano music (two pianos)

  • Mickey Mouse. Foxtrot for two pianos (1935)
  • Dance Fantasy (1937, FWF 261)

Orchestral works

  • Cleopatra: Fantasy for piano and string orchestra
  • Roses from Tehran: Waltz (Berlin: Apollo-Verlag 1959)
  • Atlantis: for piano and orchestra (2 pianos) (Ahn & Simrock Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH. And UFA Musikverlage order no .: UFA-AHN268121)
  • Piano concerto

Sound documents (examples)

  • Mickey Mouse. Foxtrot for two pianos (Küster) H.Küster and K.Remmling, piano duet (Steinway Grand). Polydor 10 334-A (mx.?), Apply. circa 1935
  • Schlager potpourri, arr. Herbert Küster. Part I and II. Herbert Küster and Kurt Kirmeier, piano duo. Polydor 10 489-A and B (mx. 6539 ½ GR 8 and 6540 ½ GR 8). Berlin 1936
  • Jockey. Fox Trot (Küster) Herbert Küsters Piano Orchestra. Decca F.5733 A (mx. 6010 ½ GR)
  • Little Sonja (Küster) Herbert Küsters Piano Orchestra. Decca F.5738 B (mx. 6011 GR). 1935
  • Delicacies (Herbert Küster) Telefunken A 10 194 (mx. 25 132) piano duo Oskar Jerochnik , with rhythmists.
  • Schwarzer Kater (Herbert Küster) Telefunken A 10 194 (mx. 25 133) piano duo Oskar Jerochnik, with rhythmists.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hofmeister's monthly reports 1943
  2. ↑ label shown. at berlinercomicmesse.de
  3. ↑ labels shown. at grammophon-platten.de , to be heard on youtube
personal data
SURNAME Sexton, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH 4th October 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH February 22, 1986
Place of death Munich