Georg Haentzschel

Georg Haentzschel ( 23 December 1907, Berlin – 12 April 1992, Cologne) was a German pianist, broadcaster, composer and arranger. Haentzschel studied at the Stern Conservatoire in Berlin and made a career which eventually left him as the last remaining representative composer from what he considered the golden age of German film music. He worked equally happily as a jazz pianist, regularly collaborating with the similarly gifted Peter Igelhoff. He directed the Deutsche Tanz-und-Unterhaltungsorchester (German Dance and Entertainment Orchestra). After the war, he moved to West Germany and worked in Cologne. Haentzschel's most famous film score, for the wartime extravaganza Münchhausen (1943) recalls his mentor Theo Mackeben. The score is flooded with romantic melody and effective scoring. Representative work may be heard in many other film scores, such as Via Mala (released 1948), Annelie (1941) and Robinson soll nicht sterben. He was killed during the 1992 Roermond Earthquake.

Wirtschaftswunder Kino: Sonja Ziemann - Die Originalaufnahmen - 2024-08-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Radio Zeiten: Deutsches Tanz- und Unterhaltungsorchester 1942-1943 - 2023-08-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Wirtschaftswunder Kino 2: Bei dir war es immer so schön - Fanfaren der Ehe - Die Frauen des Herrn S. - Musik, Musik und nur Musik (Original Soundtracks) - 2020-04-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Schellack Schätze - Treasures on 78 rpm from Berlin, Europe and the world, Vol. 6 (2nd Revised Edition) - 2020-01-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Schellack Schätze: Treasures on 78 RPM from Berlin, Europe & the World, Vol. 29 - 2019-07-26T00:00:00.000000Z

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