Ludwig "Lutz" Templin (June 18, 1901 - March 7, 1973) was a German

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bandleader. Born in

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, Templin played violin and saxophone, and studied composition, before finding work playing and arranging in dance ensembles. From 1941 to 1949, he led a big band in Germany, which recorded extensively and was broadcast on German radio. This ensemble also recorded as

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, performing arrangements of American jazz hits with propagandistic lyrics inserted; these were broadcast on

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radio stations. Templin's ensemble operated out of

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until 1943, when Allied bombing resulted in their relocation to Stuttgart. Templin remained in Stuttgart after the war, and continued performing there for most of the rest of his life. He died in

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in 1973, aged 71.

References

*"Lutz Templin". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'', 1994, p. 1195. {{DEFAULTSORT:Templin, Lutz German jazz bandleaders Musicians from Düsseldorf 1901 births 1973 deaths 20th-century German musicians