Toni Thoms

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Toni Thoms (born January 14, 1881 as Anton Thoms in Munich ; † November 13, 1941 ibid) was a German composer , singer , musician and theater director .

Life and work

Anton 'Toni' Thoms began his artistic training in his hometown of Munich before the turn of the century; his teachers were Josef Werner and Josef Rheinberger . He then worked as a violin cellist at the Munich court orchestra and performed as a tenor buffo. Obligations led him to a. to Freiburg im Breisgau , Erfurt , Colmar , Zurich , Augsburg and Nuremberg . In 1917/18 he was involved in the management of the local city ​​theater in Regensburg .

Finally, Thoms turned to composing and wrote a. a. Operettas (Die Frau von Korosin, Der Dorf-Caruso), an opera and a series of soldiers' songs.

In 1932 he began working as a film composer. Thoms wrote melodies and background music for a range of folk and älpische subjects with comedy character - initially mainly for the productions of Franz Seitz senior , at last only for Joe Stöckel . Early on (1933/34) he allowed himself to be engaged by the National Socialist rulers for tendentious projects (composition for SA Mann Brand , role in Um das Menschenrecht) .

Thoms died in the middle of the composition for the white and blue swank The Bartered Grandfather; his work was completed by his colleague Hans Diernhammer.

Film music (selection)

  • 1932: The shooter king
  • 1933: The blonde Christl
  • 1933: The master detective
  • 1933: SA man fire
  • 1933: A kiss on a summer night
  • 1933: The shot at the Nebelhorn
  • 1934: border fire
  • 1934: To the human right (actors only)
  • 1934: Between heaven and earth
  • 1934: The women from Tannhof
  • 1934: The mill in the Black Forest
  • 1935: The fight with the dragon
  • 1935: There were two bachelors
  • 1936: The three around Christine
  • 1936: The sin of youth
  • 1939: The Poor Millionaire (Actors Only)
  • 1940: the sinful village
  • 1941: The sanctimonious Florian
  • 1941: The sold grandfather

literature

  • Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 3: Peit – Zz. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560752 , p. 1743.
  • Jürgen Wölfer / Roland Löper: The great lexicon of film composers, p. 522, Berlin 2003

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personal data
SURNAME Thoms, Toni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thoms, Anton (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, singer, musician and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 1941
Place of death Munich