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Christopher Evans-Ironside (10 May 1940 – 3 June 2022)Schlagerkomponist Christopher Evans-Ironside ist tot
was an English and German songwriter, composer, and music producer. Born in England and based in
Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...
, Germany, his awards included Gold and Platinum discs for collaborations with
Nino de Angelo Domenico Gerhard Gorgoglione (born 18 December 1963), known professionally as Nino de Angelo, is a German singer of Italian descent known for his 1983 chart-topper " Jenseits von Eden", and who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 19 ...
and
Drafi Deutscher Drafi Franz Richard Deutscher (9 May 1946 – 9 June 2006) was a German singer and songwriter of Sinti origin. Biography Early life and career Deutscher was born in Charlottenburg, in the western zone of Berlin, Germany. Between 1964 and 1966 ...
as Mixed Emotions and
Masquerade Masquerade or Masquerades may refer to: Books * ''Masquerade'' (book), a 1979 children's book by Kit Williams that sparked a worldwide treasure hunt * ''Masquerades'' (novel), a 1995 Forgotten Realms novel by Kate Novak and Jeff Grubb * ''Masq ...
. In the early 1980s Evans-Ironside produced three
progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early-to-mid-1970s. Initially termed " progressive pop", the ...
albums, the first two as a duo with singer
David Hanselmann David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damas ...
, ''Stonehenge'' and ''Symbols"'', and the third as a solo project, ''Empty Spaces,'' in addition collaborating with Michael Chambosse on a concept album, ''The Timemachine.'' Evans-Ironside was a prolific soundtrack composer for film, television and theatre, with work including ''
Die Rättin ''The Rat'' (, literally ''The Ratess'') is a 1986 novel by the German writer Günter Grass. Structure and content The plot is composed of many narrative strands and oscillates between fairytale, travelogue and surreal novel. It also contains ci ...
'' and ''Just Messing About'', and music for ballet productions by the
Görlitz Görlitz (; ; ; ; ; Lusatian dialects, East Lusatian: , , ) is a town in the Germany, German state of Saxony. It is on the river Lusatian Neisse and is the largest town in Upper Lusatia, the second-largest town in the region of Lusatia after ...
Theatre.


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* * * 1940 births 2022 deaths English emigrants to Germany German film score composers Male film score composers German male composers German musical theatre composers Male musical theatre composers German keyboardists German male songwriters Musicians from Hamburg {{Germany-composer-stub