Robert Küssel
Robert Küssel (born May 13, 1895 in Gliwice , Upper Silesia , German Empire , † September 29, 1970 in Berlin ) was a German musician ( cellist ), conductor , composer and film composer .
Live and act
The restaurateur's son attended the community school in his native Gleiwitz. Then Küssel received artistic training at the Ducal Music School in Bauden (Upper Silesia). He then worked as head cellist in various orchestras until 1928, before starting to work as a composer from 1929.
Küssel has made a name for himself above all with marching music. In the 1930s there were also several composition commissions for less important films, in the Third Reich Küssel mainly served productions with military themes. Robert Küssel also worked as Kapellmeister. Küssel's NSDAP membership card is in the Prieberg archive in the Musicological Institute of the University of Kiel .
Filmography (complete)
- 1933: The one from the Lower Rhine
- 1933: The trip into the countryside
- 1934: A seventeen year old
- 1936: soldiers - comrades
- 1938: Comrades at sea
- 1939: D III 88
- 1952: Three days of fear
literature
- Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 2: Hed – Peis. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560744 , p. 927.
Web links
- Robert Küssel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Robert Küssel at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jürgen Wölfer / Roland Löper: The great lexicon of film composers. Berlin 2003, p. 295
- ↑ Robert Küssel: “Soldiers Comrades”
- ↑ Robert Küssel: "Lion Squadron March"
- ↑ 17 Kri-Lez Musicological Institute <Kiel> Archive Prieberg , Kalliope
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Küssel, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cellist, conductor, composer and film composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gleiwitz , Upper Silesia , German Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | 29th September 1970 |
| Place of death | Berlin |