Willy Richartz

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Willy Richartz (born September 25, 1900 in Cologne , † August 8, 1972 in Bad Tölz ) was a German composer and conductor .

Life

Richartz initially studied law and received his doctorate from the University of Cologne in 1925 . He also studied music at the Cologne Conservatory . He then worked as a conductor at theaters in Munich and Berlin . During the time of National Socialism he was director of the Reichssender Berlin and director of the dance orchestra of Radio Berlin .

After the Second World War , he became the founder of the German Composers' Association alongside Werner Egk . He became an honorary member of GEMA for his services to reforming copyright law .

As a composer, he has mainly light music and operettas written. He is buried in the forest cemetery in Bad Tölz.

Works

Orchestral works

  • Evening on the Lower Rhine , Waltz, op.14 (1935)
  • Waltz in Love , op.61 (1939)
  • Dear Old Vienna , op.81 (1944)
  • Melodienreigen: world successes by Willy Richartz , op.29 (new version 1963)
  • Dream Melodies , Waltz, op.26 (1964)
  • Bavarian stories , waltzes
  • Spring on the Bergstrasse , concert waltz
  • Seasons of love , concert waltzes
  • Capricious Waltz (Valse capricieuse)
  • Castanets , waltzes
  • Kentucky tune , slow fox
  • You have to know, you have to know , waltz song
  • Melodies dance
  • Rhenish stories , concert waltz, op.112
  • Romantic prelude , op.20
  • Black orchids , Argentine tango
  • Sheila-Waltz , op.59
  • South wind , tango

Works for wind orchestra

  • Bavarian stories , wals, op.9 (1932)
  • Little Minuet (1954)
  • All Hands (naval march)
  • Isarwinkler rifle parade , march
  • Girls, now it's women's choice , Rhinelander from the film: "Oberwachtmeister Schwenke"

Operettas

Vocal music

  • In the evening, when all the other people have long been asleep in the harbor (Hein plays the boatman's piano so beautifully in the evening) , from the film: "Krach um Jolanthe" for vocals and accordion - Text: Peter Kirsten (1934)
  • I'm in love with a mouth , from the operetta: The dancing Helena for voice and orchestra - Text: Richard Bars (1941)
  • At the first kiss I dream of the second kiss , tango singing and piano - Text: Kurt Feltz
  • In the "Krone" there is a big maneuver ball, marching fox trot for vocals, full choir and orchestra - text: Peter Kirsten
  • Seasons of Love , for soprano and orchestra - Text: Günther Schwenn
  • A melody sounds softly, a slow waltz for voice, mixed choir and orchestra (or piano) - Text: Peter Kirsten
  • Girls, now it's women's choice , slow fox from the film: "Oberwachtmeister Schwenke" for voice and piano, text: Klaus S. Richter
  • Marietta , Paso double for vocals and guitar
  • My heart is looking for a queen , Tango for voice and piano - Text: Bruno Balz
  • Seen with enamored eyes , for voice and piano
  • Father is a soldier, my child , for voice and piano - Text: Werner Plückner
  • Wein am Rhein (There will still be Wein am Rhein in a hundred years) , waltz song from the operetta "Kölnisch Wasser" for voice (tenor) and orchestra (or piano)
  • What can the soldier dream of , song with piano - text: Werner Plückner
  • A dirndl dress , fox trot for vocals and piano belongs to every lederhosen - text: Ch. Amberg

Works for piano

  • Villa Borghese. An Impression (1955)
  • Bavarian stories , waltzes
  • Spring on the mountain road
  • Small minuet
  • Rheinhessen folk dances , op.69

Film music

  • Quarrel about Jolanthe (1934)
  • Sergeant Schwenke (1934)
  • Rooster Scandal (1938)
  • The Whitsun Organ (1938)
  • When Men Go Away (1939)
  • Tip on Amalia (1939)
  • The Dark Point (1940)
  • Under the spell of the Madonna (The carver from the Walsertal) (1951)

Publications

  • Considerations on copyright reform , German Composers Association, 1963. 28 p.

Literature and Sources

  • Jozef Robijns, Miep Zijlstra: Algemene muziekencyclopedie , Haarlem: De Haan, (1979) -1984, ISBN 978-90-228-4930-9
  • Martin Lücke: Jazz in totalitarianism: a comparative analysis of the politically motivated handling of jazz during the time of National Socialism and Stalinism , LIT Verlag Berlin-Hamburg-Münster, 2004. 255 pp., ISBN 978-3-825-87538-1
  • Claudia Friedel: Women composing in the Third Reich: Attempt to reconstruct the reality of life and the dominant image of women , LIT Verlag Berlin-Hamburg-Münster, 1995. 570 p., ISBN 978-3-825-82376-4
  • Volker Dahm: The Jewish book in the Third Reich , Munich: CH Beck, 1993. 573 S., ISBN 978-3-406-37641-2
  • Matthias Bardong, Hermann Demmler, Christian Pfarr: Das Lexikon des Deutschen Schlers , Ed. Louis, Ludwigsburg, 1994, 512 p. ISBN 978-3-980-28915-3
  • Wolfgang Suppan, Armin Suppan : The New Lexicon of Brass Music , 4th Edition, Freiburg-Tiengen, Blasmusikverlag Schulz GmbH, 1994, ISBN 3-923058-07-1
  • Konrad Vogelsang: Film music in the Third Reich: a documentation , 2nd, completely revised and expanded edition, Pfaffenweiler: Centaurus-Verlagsgesellschaft, 1993, 235 p., ISBN 978-3-890-85800-5
  • Paul E. Bierley, William H. Rehrig: The heritage encyclopedia of band music: composers and their music , Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991, ISBN 0-918048-08-7
  • Wilfried Wolfgang Bruchhauser: Contemporary composers in the German Composers 'Association , commissioned by the German Composers' Association, 3rd edition, Berlin: 1987

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personal data
SURNAME Richartz, Willy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 1972
Place of death Bad Tölz