Willy Czernik
Willy Czernik (born January 24, 1901 in Dresden ; † January 6, 1996 in Lämmerspiel , today a district of Mühlheim am Main ) was a German conductor and composer of operettas and film music . A well-known work by him is the theme music for the television series “ Die Firma Hesselbach ”, the Hesselbachpolka .
Czernik completed organ and piano studies in Dresden and Leipzig. He then studied conducting and composition at the Dresden Conservatory . From 1926 to 1930 Czernik was Kapellmeister under Clemens Krauss at the Frankfurt Opera House , from 1930 to 1932 first Kapellmeister, from 1932 to 1934 musical head director at the Braunschweig State Theater . Simultaneously with this he filled the position of a conductor of the teachers choir. From 1935 to autumn 1944, Czernik was the first conductor of the Dresden State Opera . From 1946 to 1947 he helped set up the Bamberg Symphony . From 1948 to 1953 he directed the symphony concerts in Gießen . In Wiesbaden , Czernik was city music director and conductor of the symphony orchestra from 1956 to 1959. Czernik has worked as a freelance composer and guest conductor for well-known orchestras since 1960. His best-known composition is the Tarantella Chi sa (sung by Rita Streich and Renate Holm, among others). His violin concerto was recorded by Wolfgang Marschner with the Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester under Franz Marszalek from WDR Cologne.
Compositions (selection)
- Elevator of the shield citizens , march scene
- The big coup
- Dresden miniatures , suite based on motifs by Friedemund Madaus
- An artist festival , overture
- Women make history , operettas and ballet music
- Big city at night , suite in 5 parts
- Midsummer bonfire , overture
- Midinette , Parisian watercolor
- Concertino for flute and orchestra
- Eight songs based on poems by Paul Verlaine for voice
- Do you want to go into the sun with me for a solo or a duet?
- The beautiful Carlotti , an operetta in one prelude and three acts
- Rübezahl , symphonic poetry
Web links
- Works by and about Willy Czernik in the catalog of the German National Library
- Willy Czernik in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- About Willy Czernik's work for the Hesselbach television programs
- Rita Strich sings Chi sa
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SURNAME | Czernik, Willy |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German operetta and film composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1901 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1996 |
Place of death | Lammerspiel , Mühlheim am Main |