Kurt Herrlinger

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Kurt Herrlinger (born June 25, 1918 in Oberbexbach ; † January 4, 2003 in Bad Honnef ) was a German pianist and composer in the field of light music and everyday music .

Life

Kurt Herrlinger used his piano skills at an early age in his parents' restaurant. The boy's table music delighted the guests, which encouraged him to keep improving. This led to piano and composition studies at the Cologne University of Music . After the war he turned to the light muse . First he worked for two years as Kapellmeister in Königswinter and Bad Godesberg , then he was drawn back to his instrument and he accepted an engagement in the Adalbert Luczkowski dance and entertainment orchestra . Finally, in 1949, he joined Westdeutscher Rundfunk , where he was able to develop more and became more or less a resident composer.

His work included radio and television drama music , chansons , piano accompaniments to radio cabaret and carnival songs. In addition, marches , dance melodies and serenades , choral pieces , music for solo instruments with and without orchestra, with the main emphasis on piano, trumpet and accordion . Including the arrangements, there are around 850 works, including 18 full-length works. The more elaborate works were recorded for the WDR with the Cologne Radio Orchestra , the Cologne Dance and Entertainment Orchestra, the Folk Music Association of the WDR, the Hermann Hagestedt Orchestra and other orchestras and of course also with the "Small Entertainment Orchestra Kurt Herrlinger". He created, among other things, the theme songs for the radio play series Wickie and the strong men (not the cartoon series of the same name), the Pumuckl - adaptation Always this Fizzibitz and Robbi, Tobbi and the Fliewatüüt (also not identical to the TV episodes). In addition, the melodies for the TV crime thrillers Battleship and Inspector Hornleigh intervenes ... and the quiz series Know where . He drew his compositions , which were also intended for other artists such as Dora Dorette or Willy Schneider , mostly with his real name, but sometimes with the pseudonyms "Harry Berger", "James Crolling", "Fred Werra" and "Werra-de." Garo ". His last work is a planetary chanson cycle, which he was able to record himself, but which he did not live to see published. The Saarlander, who was twice married but remained childless and with the unmistakable native dialect, died on January 4th, 2003 on the southern edge of North Rhine-Westphalia .

Sound carrier (selection)

  • Blandine Ebinger : Whispered in the evening wind. Chansons by Friedrich Hollaender sung by Blandine Ebinger ( cheerful and reflective. Chansons. 14). Piano: Kurt Herrlinger. EMI Electrola , 1961 (LP).
  • Menskes Choirs : Gold and Silver. 500 voices sing the great folk waltzes . Johannes Menskes (lead), Kurt Herrlinger (piano). EMI Electrola , 1977 (LP).
  • Dora Dorette: The Diseuse . Kurt Herrlinger (piano) and ensemble, Edmund Nick (piano), Olaf Bienert and rhythm section, WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln (conductor: Hans Geese), [o. J.] (CD).
  • The Salon Orchestra Cölln: Music from Cologne cafés . Kurt Herrlinger started happily with Fang's . Various Editions, 1992 and later (CD).
  • Kurt Herrlinger: Planetary Songs - Planetary Cycle . Piano: Kurt Herrlinger, vocals: Roswitha Scheer. The Frankfurter Label , 2009 (CD).

Image carrier

  • Inspector Hornleigh intervenes . Four-part crime series, D 1961 (released on two DVDs: 2012).

Saying / anecdote

Kurt Herrlinger was often admired from memory on the piano because of his playing without notes: “You play wonderfully!” “Yes,” he laughed, “I play Herrlinger.” (Quoted from Ingrid Lelley.)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Herrlinger in the Cologne City Archives , accessed on June 29, 2013.
  2. ↑ a b composers-classical-music.com , accessed June 29, 2013.
  3. ↑ Hörzu , April 1962.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f mcdp.de , accessed on June 29, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Herrlinger, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berger, Harry (pseudonym); Crolling, James (pen name); Werra, Fred (pseudonym); Werra-de Garo (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberbexbach
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 2003
Place of death Bad Honnef