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Peter Igelhoff (born Rudolf August Ordnung, 22 July 1904 in
Peter Igelhoff (born Rudolf August Ordnung, 22 July 1904 in Vienna
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– 8 April 1978 in Bad Reichenhall
Bad Reichenhall ( Central Bavarian: ''Reichahoi'') is a spa town, and administrative center of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is located near Salzburg in a basin encircled by the Chiemgau Alps (including Mount Sta ...
) was an Austrian pianist, light music and film composer, arranger and entertainer; he took his mother's maiden name as soon as he resolved on a career in light entertainment.
Igelhoff made an early career as a jazz pianist in bars before deciding to hone his playing style by studying in London in the early 1930s. He moved to Amsterdam
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and later in 1935 to Berlin
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where he became extremely busy in film and recording studio work with a group including fellow composer-pianist Georg Haentzschel
Georg Haentzschel ( 23 December 1907, Berlin – 12 April 1992, Cologne) was a German pianist, broadcaster, composer and arranger.
Haentzschel studied at the Stern Conservatoire in Berlin and made a career which eventually left him as the last ...
(1907–1992). Many of Igelhoff's light songs sold very well and his career was not hindered initially by the outbreak of war in 1939, although by and by the National Socialists started to deem his music too American in style and it was eventually banned. By the later 1940s his style went slightly out of fashion but he managed to keep reasonably busy almost to the end of his life, by which time his work had been rewarded with a professorship.
Igelhoff was an extremely able pianist with an enviable concert technique, accompanying his light tenor voice (and occasionally his virtuoso whistling) in songs.
Filmography
* ''We Make Music
''We Make Music'' (german: Wir machen Musik) is a 1942 German musical comedy film directed by Helmut Käutner, starring Ilse Werner, Viktor de Kowa and Edith Oß.
Plot
It is a revue film, loosely based on the stage work ''Karl III. und Anna von ...
'' (1942)
* '' Hooray, It's a Boy!'' (1953)
* ''Hit Parade
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'' (1953)
* ''One Woman Is Not Enough?
''One Woman Is Not Enough?'' (German: ''Eine Frau genügt nicht?'') is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Ulrich Erfurth and starring Hilde Krahl, Hans Söhnker and Rudolf Forster.Bock & Bergfelder p.451 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studio ...
'' (1955)
* ''The Double Husband
''The Double Husband'' (German: ''Der doppelte Ehemann'') is a 1955 West German comedy film directed by Ferdinand Dörfler and starring Joe Stöckel, Grethe Weiser and Ingrid Pan. https://www.filmportal.de/film/der-doppelte-ehemann_6de1f3c9a4114d ...
'' (1955)
* ''Love, Summer and Music
''Love, Summer and Music'' (German: ''Liebe, Sommer und Musik'') is a 1956 Austrian-German musical comedy film directed by Hubert Marischka and starring Joe Stöckel, Fritz Heller and Rudolf Wasserlof.Elsaesser & Wedel p.171
The film's sets were ...
'' (1956)
* ''Two Bavarians in the Jungle
''Two Bavarians in the Jungle'' (german: Zwei Bayern im Urwald) is a 1957 West German comedy film directed by Ludwig Bender and starring Joe Stöckel, Beppo Brem and Lucie Englisch.Eppenberger & Stapfer p. 39 It is a sequel to the 1956 hit ''Two B ...
'' (1957)
* ''Two Bavarians in the Harem
''Two Bavarians in the Harem'' (german: Zwei Bayern im Harem) is a 1957 West German comedy film directed by Joe Stöckel and starring Stöckel, Beppo Brem and Christiane Maybach. It was one of three sequels made to the 1956 hit ''Two Bavarians i ...
'' (1957)
* ''Of Course, the Motorists
''Of Course, the Motorists'' (german: Natürlich die Autofahrer) is a 1959 West German comedy film directed by Erich Engels and starring Heinz Erhardt, Maria Perschy and Erik Schumann.Hake p. 120
The film's sets were designed by the art direc ...
'' (1959)
* ''Paprika
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'' (1959)
External links
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Igelhoff, Peter 1904 births 1978 deaths Austrian male musicians Musicians from Vienna Austrian jazz pianists Goldene Sieben members 20th-century male musicians