Willy Geisler
Willy Geisler (* 1886 in Wölfelsgrund , Habelschwerdt district ; † 1952 in Berlin ) was a German composer .
Life
Willy Geisler was the son of a wood sculptor in the mountain health resort of Wölfelsgrund in the county of Glatz .
After his musical training he started as an operetta composer . Over 30 operetta stages in Germany performed his works in the 1920s. Liebling der Welt had the greatest success with over 300 performances at the Theater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich after Fritz Fischer directed it towards the revue operetta .
With the advent of radio, he created numerous compositions of upscale light music such as orchestral suites , serenades and romances, which were mostly intended for salon orchestras and became widely known through the new medium. He was also active as a film composer.
The musical education for children and youth was important to Willy Geisler. He wrote a few children's songs and presented a few orchestral instruments in a simple, text-based composition. Together with Erich Gottwald, he published a two-part work Music for Middle Schools in 1927 .
Works (selection)
- Mara Santro , Operetta, 1919
- Heideröschen , operetta, 1919
- Friedemann Bach , piece with music in 7 pictures, 1930
- Marriage strike , soundtrack, 1935
- Darling of the World , Operetta, 1943
- Impromptu , serenade
- Final spurt , gallop
- Love song without words , suite
- My favorite song , romance
- Melodia , suite
- Musicians suite , 6 pieces for salon orchestra
- From minuet to waltz , dance suite for salon orchestra
- Across lands and seas , suite
- Just a poor poet , song
- Nursery rhymes
literature
- Aloys Bernatzky : Lexicon of the county Glatz . Marx Verlag, Leimen / Heidelberg 1984, p. 69
Web links
- Willy Geisler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- German song (with portrait)
- Available sheet music editions from Musikverlag Ries & Erler
Individual evidence
- ↑ The violin, it sings
- ↑ Willy Geisler, Erich Gottwald: Music for Middle Schools , Verl. Ferd. Shepherd , Breslau 1927
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geisler, Willy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wölfelsgrund , Habelschwerdt district |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1952 |
| Place of death | Berlin |