Walter Gronostay
Walter Gronostay (1906–1937) was a German composer noted for his work on film scores. Gronostay studied under Arnold Schoenberg. From the late 1920s he began working on film music for a mixture of feature films and documentaries.
Walter Gronostay
- Name
- Walter Gronostay
- Born
- 29 July 1906
- Birthplace
- Berlin, Brandenburg German Empire
- Died
- 10 October 1937 29 July 1906
- Place of death
- Potsdam, Brandenburg Germany
- Occupation
- Composer
- Nationality
- German Reich
- Fields
- music · film score
- Teachers
- Hugo Kaun
- Languages
- German
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Walter Gronostay (1906–1937) was a German composer noted for his work on film scores. Gronostay studied under Arnold Schoenberg. From the late 1920s he began working on film music for a mixture of feature films and documentaries.
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Along with Herbert Windt he composed the music for Leni Riefenstahl's 1938 documentary Olympia, but died unexpectedly at the age of 31 before the film was released.
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• Name — Walter Gronostay • Born — 29 July 1906 • Birthplace — Berlin, Brandenburg German Empire • Died — 10 October 1937 29 July 1906 • Place of death — Potsdam, Brandenburg Germany • Occupation — Composer • Years Active — 1929 - 1937 (film)
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Ripening Youth (1933) • The Tunnel (1933) • The Tunnel (1933, French version) • Lady Windermere's Fan (1935) • A Night of Change (1935) • Frisians in Peril (1935) • Rubber (1936) • City of Anatol (1936) • The Last Four on Santa Cruz (1936) • Street Music (1936) • Savoy Hotel 217 (1936) • Wells in Flames (1937) • The Chief Witness (1937) • Olympia (1938) • Revolutionary Wedding (1938)
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