Wolfram Röhrig
Wolfram Röhrig (born October 5, 1916 in Halle (Saale) ; † May 30, 1998 in Esslingen am Neckar ) was a German pianist, composer and conductor who also worked under the pseudonym Wolf Droysen .
Live and act
From 1935 Röhrig studied piano, conducting and composition in Berlin. On July 20, 1944 , he worked as an intelligence officer (first lieutenant) in the Bendler block . He was responsible for removing the telex from the General Army Office. But since he was not privy to the conspiracy, he could not discover the explosiveness of the orders, but passed all orders on according to the regulations. In the television film Operation Valkyrie , he blamed technical and administrative problems for the slow transmission; Orders from the Fiihrer, which he could have passed on, had not even reached him. In retrospect, however, he acknowledged the goals of the conspirators, which he would have liked to support, as his friendship with Werner Finck would have opened his eyes. Deliberately delaying the transmission of information would have been a protective claim with which the Wehrmacht leadership wanted to protect its own soldiers and employees from investigations by the Secret State Police . After 1945 he worked as a jazz pianist and arranger. In 1953 he became head of the music department at Hessischer Rundfunk and in 1955 switched to Süddeutscher Rundfunk , where he initiated the "Days of Light Music" as head of the popular music department and was responsible for "Treffpunkt Jazz". From 1966 to 1996 he was President of the German Jazz Federation , in 1969 also Vice President of the European Jazz Federation. Röhrig recorded as a conductor with Jimmy Giuffre ( Piece for Clarinet and Strings ) and Johnny Hodges . Among other things, he was the composer of the film music for Rommel calls Kairo (1959), Foxhole in Cairo (1960) and Always when it gets night (1961). He also wrote the music for the Hesselbach family's films . In 1982 the German Composers' Association awarded him the "Medal for Services to German Music". 1996 appeared from him as Schüttelreimer: Double Shaken. Cheerful and thoughtful things from Wolfram Röhrig .
Filmography (selection)
- 1959: Rommel calls Cairo
- 1961: Whenever night falls
Lexical entries
- Jürgen Wölfer : Jazz in Germany. The encyclopedia. All musicians and record companies from 1920 until today. Hannibal, Höfen 2008, ISBN 978-3-85445-274-4 .
Web links
- Film music examples from Hesselbach movies
- Rhein newspaper
- Wolfram Röhrig in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Idea and realization by Peter Loock. Drawings by Matthew Reichman. 62 p. Druckerei-Verlag R. Kuppinger GmbH, 71384 Weinstadt-Endersbach. ISBN 3 928 856 27 8
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tubular, tungsten |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Droysen, Wolf (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halle (Saale) |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 1998 |
| Place of death | Esslingen am Neckar |