Leo Eysoldt

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Leo Eysoldt (* 1891 in Aachen ; † 1967 ) was a German pianist , conductor , composer and arranger in the field of light music .

Life

He was the son of the actor couple Gertrud Eysoldt and Max Martersteig . His half-brother was the actor and screenwriter Peter Berneis . In 1929 he married the singer Maria Dahmen (1903–1979) from Euskirchen in Cologne. The marriage later ended in divorce.

Eysoldt led a 20-member salon orchestra in the “Café Germania” in Cologne , which was one of the best entertainment orchestras in the city and with which he was engaged as an orchestra for high-quality light music by Westdeutscher Rundfunk at the Reichssender Köln in 1927 . The "Leo Eysoldt Orchestra" existed until 1942 when it was dissolved during the war. In 1949, Eysoldt switched to the Nuremberg Radio House of Bavarian Radio without his orchestra .

Compositions

  • Sunflower (Foxtrot Interlude), 1921
  • Affi (Shimmy-Fox), 1922
  • Magic lantern
  • The old lighthouse at the big pier (1953)
  • Prince Fitzebütze: A funny radio play story in 24 pictures from Theo Töller, music by Leo Eysoldt

Discography

  • Over the waves / kisses in the dark Telefunken 1934
  • There were two royal children , Telefunken in 1934
  • Gypsy Longing , Telefunken 1934
  • Secrets of the Etsch Telefunken 1934
  • Bib et Bob , Telefunken 1934
  • Don't cry / Affi (Shimmy-Fox), Parlophone P 1333 Z
  • Affi (Shimmy-Fox) / Nachtfalter (Strauss), gramophone 19068
  • Puppenparade / Andalouse , Telefunken A 2751
  • You can't have guessed that / Cornflower blue ( Berbuer ), Telefunken M 6574 / Telefunken 10805
  • You can't guess (Berbuer) / Die hinger de Gadinge stonn un spingse ( Jussenhoven ), Telefunken M 6524
  • Magic lantern March , Gloria GO 27198

literature

  • Egon Wolff: From Eysoldt's “Germania” band to a symphonic all-round ensemble. The Cologne Radio Orchestra through the ages . In: “It is easy, but the easy is difficult”. 50 years of the Cologne Radio Orchestra 1947–1997 . Published by WDR, Cologne 1997
  • Andreas Vollberg (Ed.): From Trizonesia to the Starlight Era, Münster 2003

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eysoldt on the website secondhandsongs.com
personal data
SURNAME Eysoldt, Leo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist, conductor, composer and arranger in the field of light music
DATE OF BIRTH 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen
DATE OF DEATH 1967