Leopold Paasch
Leopold Paasch (born May 30, 1912 in Berlin , † February 28, 1988 in Altomünster ) was a German composer and pianist .
Life
Leopold Paasch, known as “Poldi”, was the only child of the art publisher Leopold Carl Paul Paasch and his wife Martha Dorothea Viktoria Schulte. At the age of five he played the piano by ear . Parents and grandparents were very musical. The grandmother had a conservatory in Berlin-Hansaviertel . During the school years he received piano lessons several times, but did not like to stick to the prescribed grades.
At the age of 16 he had his first musical ideas and continued his autodidactic training . Later he took lessons in harmony and composition from an arranger . After finishing school, Leopold Paasch had to complete a business apprenticeship from 1931 to 1934 at the request of his parents.
In 1934 his first work, "With my violin", was printed. He worked as a commercial clerk until 1940 and also published numerous compositions, such as B. one of his greatest successes, the hit "You are not in the address book" in 1939, for which the text came from Erik Schäfer-Wallnau .
From the beginning of 1940 until he was drafted into the military in the fall, he worked as a freelance propagandist for the Beboton publishing house. During the war Leopold Paasch was a member of the Propaganda Company, Art Department, in Potsdam , Posen and Simferopol in the Crimea and worked as a singer, pianist and composer to entertain the troupe.
In 1943 and 1944 he directed the Crimean revue "Luxusyacht Marina" in the Simferopol State Theater, for which he composed the music and accompanied the performances on the piano.
After the war, Leopold Paasch worked for the American armed forces in Rosenheim until 1947 , before moving back to Berlin with his wife and two children . There he devoted himself more to composing, but had to support his family by playing mostly his own works as a pianist at many different venues. In 1952 his second great success appeared, the title "Alte Lieder, darute Weisen" (sung by Peter Alexander and Lale Andersen ). In 1974 he moved to Altomünster in Bavaria, where he died on February 28, 1988.
Works (selection)
Leopold Paasch has created over 300 compositions and numerous lyrics. Here are some examples of compositions from his extensive work:
- Bolero Festivo (Bolero)
- Childhood Paradise (song)
- A Sunday in Vienna (waltz)
- Episode of a Life (Rhapsodic Sketch)
- Fascinating Lights (orchestral fantasy)
- Top dancer (intermezzo)
- I would really like to dance boogie-woogie (boogie)
- I turn the radio down very quietly (Schlager)
- Greetings from Altomünster (March)
- Night Post (reverie).
Web links
- Literature by and about Leopold Paasch in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paasch, Leopold |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Needen, Leopold; Paasch, Frank; Needen, Frank |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1988 |
| Place of death | Altomünster |