Herbert Kawan

Herbert Kawan (born May 26, 1903 in Dresden ; † 1969 ibid) was a German composer and conductor .

Live and act

At the age of 18 Kawan presented his first own compositions in the concert field. He studied at the Dresden Music Academy and then embarked on a career as a conductor. He got an engagement at the Metropoltheater Berlin , where he made the first adaptations of operettas. In collaboration with Peter Bejach as a librettist, several operettas were created: “Treffpunkt Herz” (1951), “Ferien am Schneeberg” (1953) and “Every Year in May” (1954), which premiered at the Metropoltheater and were popular in the 1950s . He composed operettas, film music and musical dramatic pieces.

Operas

• Plautus in the nunnery . (Text: Max Butting), 1961.

Operettas (selection) and works of the cheerful music theater (GDR)

• Meeting point heart . (Text: Peter Bejach), 1951.
• Holidays on the Schneeberg . (Text: Peter Bejach), 1953.
• Every year in May . (Text: Peter Bejach), 1954.
• Stars, money and vagabonds , music using Italian folk melodies. Operetta in 2 acts (Text: Erich Geiger), Dresden 1957.
• The adventures of the Mona Lisa . (Text: Andreas Bauer), 1960.
• Meeting point heart . (Text: Peter Bejach), 1951.
• Sensation in London. (Text: Andreas Bauer) - World premiere: December 13, 1957, Volkstheater Rostock

Musical (cheerful musical theater of the GDR)

• At Mirandolina . (Text: Erich Geiger), 1962.

literature

• Romy Petrick: "Was I good?" - The Dresden post-war director Erich Geiger , Marburg 2015.