Gerd Natschinski (23 August 1928 – 4 August 2015) was a German
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and def ...
. He worked on the scores for more than forty film and television series during his career. He was employed the East German state-controlled studio
DEFA
DEFA (''Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft'') was the state-owned film studio of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) throughout the country's existence. Since 2019, DEFA's film heritage has been made accessible and licensable on the PR ...
.
Natschinski died on 4 August 2015 in a Berlin hospital.
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Selected filmography
* '' My Wife Makes Music'' (1958)
* ''Heißer Sommer
''Heißer Sommer'', aka ''Hot Summer'' (USA), is a 1968 East Germany, East German musical film. A 2001 video release promotes the film as "The East German ''Grease (film), Grease''" although perhaps it is closer in concept to the 1963 British mo ...
'' (1968)
Selected operettas and musicals
* ''Messeschlager Gisela'' (1960, premiered at Metropol Theater Berlin)
* ''Servus Peter'' (1961)
* ''Mein Freund Bunbury'' (1964, premiered at Metropol Theater Berlin) based on ''The Importance of Being Earnest
''The Importance of Being Earnest, a Trivial Comedy for Serious People'' is a play by Oscar Wilde, the last of his four drawing-room plays, following ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (1892), ''A Woman of No Importance'' (1893) and ''An Ideal Husban ...
''
* ''Casanova'' (1976, premiered at Metropol Theater Berlin)
* ''Caballero'' (1988)
* ''Ein Fall für Sherlock Holmes'' (1982)
Bibliography
* Marc Silberman & Henning Wrage. ''DEFA at the Crossroads of East German and International Film Culture: A Companion''. Walter de Gruyter, 2014.
References
External links
*
Gerd Natschinski
at schott-musik.de
1928 births
2015 deaths
German composers
People from Chemnitz
20th-century German musicians
German bandleaders
German male conductors (music)
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