Friedrich Schröder
Friedrich Schröder (6 August 1910 – 25 September 1972) was a Swiss composer of what could be referred to as light music.
Friedrich Schröder
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- Born
- 1910
- Died
- 1972 · West Berlin.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- composer · conductor · music arranger · musician · bandleader
- Fields
- opera
- Honours
- Paul-Lincke-Ring
- Languages
- German
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Friedrich Schröder (6 August 1910 – 25 September 1972) was a Swiss composer of what could be referred to as light music.
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Friedrich Schröder (1910–1972) was a bandleader, composer and conductor, among other activities, of German nationality. The bandleader died in West Berlin.
The work spans opera. Languages used include German. Honours include Paul-Lincke-Ring.
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Born in Näfels, Switzerland, Schröder studied music in Stuttgart, Münster, and Berlin. Already in those early days he wrote film scores. For a short period between 1934 and 1937 he also worked as a Kapellmeister. He composed a number of operettas and Schlager, many of which have been popular ever since. Schröder died in West Berlin, aged 62.
Operettas
Operettas
• Wedding Night in Paradise (1942; filmed in 1962 starring Peter Alexander, Marika Rökk, and Waltraut Haas) • Nächte in Changhai • Chanel Nr.5 • Das Bad auf der Tenne • Die große Welt • Isabella
Schlager
Schlager
• "Ich tanze mit dir in den Himmel hinein" • "So stell ich mir die Liebe vor" • "Man müsste Klavier spielen können" (sung by Johannes Heesters et al.) • "Liebling, was wird nun aus uns beiden?" • "Komm mit mir nach Tahiti" • "Die Negermama singt ein uraltes Lied" • "Gnädige Frau wo war'n sie gestern?" (a tango sung by Theo Lingen et al.) • "Träume kann man nicht verbieten"
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Man for Man (1939) • Small Town Poet (1940) • Her Private Secretary (1940) • A Gust of Wind (1942) • My Friend Josephine (1942) • The Big Number (1943) • Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1946) • Nights on the Nile (1949) • The Reluctant Maharaja (1950) • Professor Nachtfalter (1951) • Shooting Stars (1952) • A Very Big Child (1952) • The Divorcée (1953) • Hit Parade (1953) • The Private Secretary (1953) • My Sister and I (1954) • The Bath in the Barn (1956) • Voyage to Italy, Complete with Love (1958) • Her Most Beautiful Day (1962) • Breakfast in Bed (1963)
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Friedrich Schröder is recorded as composer, conductor, music arranger, musician and bandleader.
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1972
Friedrich Schröder died at West Berlin.
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