Paul Mann (composer)

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Paul Mann (born September 3, 1910 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; † May 27, 1983 in New York City , United States ) was an Austrian film composer and songwriter who mainly worked in the USA .

Live and act

Mann received his musical training as a teenager from Joseph Marx . As early as 1930 he was able to create his first sound film composition for a largely unknown Swiss dialect film by Robert Wohlmuth . In 1932 Mann contributed, together with Stefan Weiss , a song to the German film " Wenn die Liebe Mode macht ", and the following year he was involved in the composition of Kurt Gerron's last German film, " Heut 's drauf an ". As a result of the seizure of power by Germany's National Socialists, the Jew Mann returned to Austria.

In 1937 Paul Mann emigrated to the United States. There there was another collaboration with Weiss, this time in September 1938 in New York, when both men delivered the musical text for the over-the-top play ' Hellzapoppin '. In Hollywood, Paul Mann a. a. as a song composer (e.g. 1940 for " The Quarterback "). During the Second World War , from 1941 onwards, Mann was mainly engaged for the creation of individual songs for short cartoons by Friz Freleng . After 1945, Mann was hardly active in the film business, but several of his individual song compositions were repeatedly used in other films, above all " Angel in Disguise " and " Put Your Dreams Away ". Paul Mann lived in New York until the end.

Filmography

literature

  • Kay Less : "In life, more is taken from you than given ...". Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. ACABUS Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , p. 592.

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personal data
SURNAME Man, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian film composer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 1983
Place of death New York City , United States