William Torge

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William Torge (* in the 19th or 20th century; † in the 20th or 21st century) was a screenwriter , songwriter and journalist .

life and work

William Torge appeared at the time of the Weimar Republic in 1926 as an artist for a commemorative publication edited by Ernst Rodewald to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Hanover Men's Singing Association .

Together with Ferdinand Schneider, Torge wrote the script for the black- and- white silent and documentary film Das deutsche Lied , produced by Döring Filmwerke , directed by Karl Pindl , which premiered on November 6, 1928 in the Titania-Palast in Berlin .

At the time of National Socialism , Torge composed the text for the “Ahoi!” Maschsee waltz with the music of Hermann Ritzau , which was written on the occasion of the inauguration of the Maschsee in Hanover on May 21, 1936. The work dedicated to Hanover's Lord Mayor Arthur Quantity with a drawing by “Vieweg” on the title page was published as an edition for a voice and piano by Adolf Hampe.

William Torge also worked as a journalist for more than half a century, for example as an editor for the Norddeutsche Zeitung .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b William Torge at filmportal.de
  2. ↑ a b Waldemar R. Röhrbein : The inauguration of the Maschsee on May 21, 1936 , in ders. (Ed.): The Maschsee in Hanover. Its origins and history , Hanover: Schlütersche Verlagsanstalt und Druckerei, 1986, ISBN 978-3-87706-046-9 and ISBN 3-87706-046-3 , pp. 56–61; here especially p. 60f.
  3. ↑ a b Gert Hagelweide: Literature for the German-language press. A bibliography. From the beginning to 1970 (= Dortmund contributions to newspaper research , vol. 35), vol. 19 .: Register of persons (authors and biographies). S - Z , Munich: Saur, 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-23477-4 and ISBN 3-598-23477-5 , p. 257; Preview over google books
  4. ↑ Compare, for example, the information provided by the German National Library on the publication
personal data
SURNAME Torge, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Screenwriter and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century or 20th century
DATE OF DEATH 20th century or 21st century