Willy Czernik

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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

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personal data
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