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Friedrich Hollaender

January 01, 1970

Friedrich Hollaender (in exile also Frederick Hollander; 18 October 1896 – 18 January 1976) was a German film composer and author.

Friedrich Hollaender

Life and career edit

 
Hollaender with his first wife Blandine Ebinger in the 1920s

He was born in London to a Jewish family, where his father, operetta composer Victor Hollaender, worked as a musical director at the Barnum & Bailey Circus. Young Hollaender had a solid music and theatre family background: his uncle Gustav was director of the Stern Conservatory in Berlin, and his uncle Felix Hollaender was a well-known novelist and drama critic, who later worked with Max Reinhardt at the Deutsches Theater.

In 1899 Hollaender's family returned to Berlin. His father began teaching at the Stern Conservatory, where his son became a student in Engelbert Humperdinck's master class. In the evening he played the piano at silent film performances in local cinemas, developing the art of musical improvisation. By the age of 18 he was employed as a répétiteur at the New German Theatre in Prague and also was put in charge of troop entertainment at the Western Front of World War I.

Having finished his studies, he composed music for productions by Max Reinhardt and became involved in Berlin's Kabarett scene. Together with Kurt Tucholsky, Klabund, Walter Mehring, Mischa Spoliansky and Joachim Ringelnatz he worked in venues like Reinhardt's Schall und Rauch ensemble at the Großes Schauspielhaus or the Wilde Bühne led by Trude Hesterberg at the Theater des Westens in Charlottenburg, where he established the Tingel-Tangel-Theater cabaret in 1931.

In 1919 he married the actress Blandine Ebinger; the couple divorced in 1926. Their daughter Philine later became the wife of the cabarettist Georg Kreisler. Hollaender had his final breakthrough when he wrote the film score for The Blue Angel (1930), including the most popular song "Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)", performed by Marlene Dietrich. He later married Leza Lidow.[1][2]

He had to leave Nazi Germany in 1933 because of his Jewish descent[3] and first moved to Paris. He emigrated to the United States the next year, where he wrote the music for over a hundred films, including Destry Rides Again (1939), A Foreign Affair (1948), The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953 Academy Award nomination) and Sabrina (1954). Many of his songs were again made famous by Marlene Dietrich. He can be seen as the piano accompanist in A Foreign Affair (on the songs, "Black Market", "Illusions" and "Ruins of Berlin"). He received four Academy Award nominations for composition. As "Frederick Hollander", he also wrote the semi-autobiographical novel Those Torn From Earth, released in 1941, which details the flight from Germany that many Jewish members of the film industry embarked on after the Nazis came to power and instituted the Nuremberg Laws. He divorced Elizabeth Hollander in 1946 in Los Angeles.

In 1956 he returned to Germany and again worked for several years as a revue composer at the Theater Die Kleine Freiheit in Munich. He made a cameo appearance in Billy Wilder's film comedy One, Two, Three (1960) as a Kapellmeister leading a dance band and singing the German vocals to the song Yes! We Have No Bananas.

Hollaender died 1976 in Munich and is buried in the Obergiesing Ostfriedhof.

Selected songs edit

Published CD-ROMs edit

Friedrich Hollaender: ...Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Musik eingestellt, 4 CDs with 20 pages Booklet, Membran Music Ltd., 2005; Distributed by Grosser und Stein GmbH, Pforzheim, ISBN 3-86562-044-2.

Selected filmography edit

References edit

  1. ^ "From Where? and Where to? Episodes in the life of the musical clown Friedrich Hollaender (II) Twilight of the Clowns - Into The Music". Abc.net.au. 13 February 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  2. ^ [1] [dead link]
  3. ^ "The Bluegrass Special". Thebluegrassspecial.com. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Grete Mosheim ... Eine kleine Sehnsucht !". YouTube. Retrieved 27 July 2020.[dead YouTube link]

Further reading edit

  • Robert Torre: "Friedrich Hollaender and the Dialectics of a Musical Exile". Music Research Forum 21 (2006): p. 1–29.

External links edit

  • Friedrich Hollander at IMDb
  • Friedrich Hollaender discography at Discogs
  • Official Frederick Hollander / Friedrich Hollaender website

January 01, 1970
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Friedrich Hollaender news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Friedrich Hollaender in exile also Frederick Hollander 18 October 1896 18 January 1976 was a German film composer and author Friedrich Hollaender Contents 1 Life and career 2 Selected songs 3 Published CD ROMs 4 Selected filmography 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksLife and career edit nbsp Hollaender with his first wife Blandine Ebinger in the 1920s He was born in London to a Jewish family where his father operetta composer Victor Hollaender worked as a musical director at the Barnum amp Bailey Circus Young Hollaender had a solid music and theatre family background his uncle Gustav was director of the Stern Conservatory in Berlin and his uncle Felix Hollaender was a well known novelist and drama critic who later worked with Max Reinhardt at the Deutsches Theater In 1899 Hollaender s family returned to Berlin His father began teaching at the Stern Conservatory where his son became a student in Engelbert Humperdinck s master class In the evening he played the piano at silent film performances in local cinemas developing the art of musical improvisation By the age of 18 he was employed as a repetiteur at the New German Theatre in Prague and also was put in charge of troop entertainment at the Western Front of World War I Having finished his studies he composed music for productions by Max Reinhardt and became involved in Berlin s Kabarett scene Together with Kurt Tucholsky Klabund Walter Mehring Mischa Spoliansky and Joachim Ringelnatz he worked in venues like Reinhardt s Schall und Rauch ensemble at the Grosses Schauspielhaus or the Wilde Buhne led by Trude Hesterberg at the Theater des Westens in Charlottenburg where he established the Tingel Tangel Theater cabaret in 1931 In 1919 he married the actress Blandine Ebinger the couple divorced in 1926 Their daughter Philine later became the wife of the cabarettist Georg Kreisler Hollaender had his final breakthrough when he wrote the film score for The Blue Angel 1930 including the most popular song Falling in Love Again Can t Help It performed by Marlene Dietrich He later married Leza Lidow 1 2 He had to leave Nazi Germany in 1933 because of his Jewish descent 3 and first moved to Paris He emigrated to the United States the next year where he wrote the music for over a hundred films including Destry Rides Again 1939 A Foreign Affair 1948 The 5 000 Fingers of Dr T 1953 Academy Award nomination and Sabrina 1954 Many of his songs were again made famous by Marlene Dietrich He can be seen as the piano accompanist in A Foreign Affair on the songs Black Market Illusions and Ruins of Berlin He received four Academy Award nominations for composition As Frederick Hollander he also wrote the semi autobiographical novel Those Torn From Earth released in 1941 which details the flight from Germany that many Jewish members of the film industry embarked on after the Nazis came to power and instituted the Nuremberg Laws He divorced Elizabeth Hollander in 1946 in Los Angeles In 1956 he returned to Germany and again worked for several years as a revue composer at the Theater Die Kleine Freiheit in Munich He made a cameo appearance in Billy Wilder s film comedy One Two Three 1960 as a Kapellmeister leading a dance band and singing the German vocals to the song Yes We Have No Bananas Hollaender died 1976 in Munich and is buried in the Obergiesing Ostfriedhof Selected songs edit1926 Raus mit den Mannern famous feminist song performed by Claire Waldoff 1929 Eine kleine Sehnsucht A Little Longing sung by Grete Mosheim 4 1930 Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe eingestellt w m words and music Hollander with English words by Sammy Lerner became known as Falling in Love Again Can t Help It Introduced by Marlene Dietrich in the film Der Blaue Engel 1931 Wenn ich mir was wunschen durfte in film Der Mann der seinen Morder sucht and in the 1974 film The Night Porter Italian Il Portiere di notte by Liliana Cavani 1935 My Heart and I w Leo Robin Introduced by Bing Crosby in the 1936 film Anything Goes 1936 Awake in a Dream w Leo Robin Introduced by Marlene Dietrich in the film Desire 1936 The House That Jack Built for Jill w Leo Robin Introduced by Bing Crosby in the film Rhythm on the Range 1936 Moonlight and Shadows w Leo Robin Introduced by Dorothy Lamour in the film The Jungle Princess 1937 Whispers in the Dark w Leo Robin Introduced by Connie Boswell in the film Artists and Models 1937 It s Raining Sunbeams w Sam Coslow Introduced by Deanna Durbin in the film One Hundred Men and a Girl 1937 True Confession w Sam Coslow Theme of the film True Confession 1938 You Leave Me Breathless w Ralph Freed Introduced by Fred MacMurray in the film Cocoanut Grove 1939 Strange Enchantment w Frank Loesser Introduced by Dorothy Lamour in the film Man About Town 1939 See What the Boys in the Back Room Will Have w Frank Loesser Introduced by Marlene Dietrich in the film Destry Rides Again 1940 I ve Been in Love Before w Frank Loesser Introduced by Marlene Dietrich in the film Seven Sinners 1940 Moon Over Burma w Frank Loesser Introduced by Dorothy Lamour in the film Moon Over Burma 1948 Black Market w m Hollander Introduced by Marlene Dietrich in the film A Foreign Affair 1948 Illusions w m Hollander Introduced by Marlene Dietrich in the film A Foreign Affair 1948 The Ruins of Berlin w m Hollander Introduced by Marlene Dietrich in the film A Foreign Affair 1955 Sentimental Moments w Ralph Freed Introduced by Joan Bennett in the film We re No Angels Published CD ROMs editFriedrich Hollaender Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Musik eingestellt 4 CDs with 20 pages Booklet Membran Music Ltd 2005 Distributed by Grosser und Stein GmbH Pforzheim ISBN 3 86562 044 2 Selected filmography editPrince Cuckoo 1919 The Woman s Crusade 1926 Burglars 1930 Road to Rio 1931 The Fate of Renate Langen 1931 Three Days of Love 1931 Caught in the Act 1931 The Man in Search of His Murderer 1931 actor The Yellow House of Rio 1931 Storms of Passion 1932 The Empress and I 1933 The Only Girl 1933 Forgotten Faces 1936 A Son Comes Home 1936 Here Comes Mr Jordan 1941 Background to Danger 1943 The 5000 Fingers of Dr T 1953 References edit From Where and Where to Episodes in the life of the musical clown Friedrich Hollaender II Twilight of the Clowns Into The Music Abc net au 13 February 2007 Retrieved 27 July 2020 1 dead link The Bluegrass Special Thebluegrassspecial com Retrieved 27 July 2020 Grete Mosheim Eine kleine Sehnsucht YouTube Retrieved 27 July 2020 dead YouTube link Further reading editRobert Torre Friedrich Hollaender and the Dialectics of a Musical Exile Music Research Forum 21 2006 p 1 29 External links editFriedrich Hollander at IMDb Friedrich Hollaender discography at Discogs Official Frederick Hollander Friedrich Hollaender website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Friedrich Hollaender amp oldid 1217474403, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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