Werner Eisbrenner
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Werner Friedrich Emil Eisbrenner (2 December 1908, Berlin 7 November 1981, Berlin) was a German composer and conductor, best known for his film music.
Eisbrenner studied church music and musical education from 1927 to 1929 at the Berlin Staatlichen Musikademie
. He then worked as a pianist, arranger, Kapellmeister and conductor, as well as composing violin concertoes, orchestral music, the musical comedy Von Hand zu Hand and the music for film, radio and television for which he is best known. This includes the theme for Hans Albers
's film Große Freiheit Nr. 7
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Eisbrenner was a member of the jury at the 1st Berlin International Film Festival
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Eisbrenner also headed a private "Lehrinstitut für Kirchen- und Schulmusik". In 1974 he received the Filmband in Gold for his long and outstanding contributions to German film. On 23 April 1998 a plaque was unveiled at his former home at Wohnung Bismarckallee 32a in Berlin. He is buried in the Waldfriedhof Dahlem
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Eisbrenner studied church music and musical education from 1927 to 1929 at the Berlin Staatlichen Musikademie
Berlin University of the Arts
The Universität der Künste Berlin, UdK is a public art school in Berlin, Germany, one of the four universities in the city...
. He then worked as a pianist, arranger, Kapellmeister and conductor, as well as composing violin concertoes, orchestral music, the musical comedy Von Hand zu Hand and the music for film, radio and television for which he is best known. This includes the theme for Hans Albers
Hans Albers
Hans Philipp August Albers was a German actor and singer. He was the single biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1945 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century.- Life and work :...
's film Große Freiheit Nr. 7
Große Freiheit Nr. 7
Große Freiheit Nr. 7 is a 1944 German musical drama film directed by Helmut Käutner. It was named after Große Freiheit , a street next to Hamburg's Reeperbahn road in the St...
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Eisbrenner was a member of the jury at the 1st Berlin International Film Festival
1st Berlin International Film Festival
The 1st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 6 to June 17, 1951. The opening film was Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca.At this very first Berlin Festival, the Golden Bear award was introduced, and it was awarded to the best film in each of five categories: drama, comedy, crime or...
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Eisbrenner also headed a private "Lehrinstitut für Kirchen- und Schulmusik". In 1974 he received the Filmband in Gold for his long and outstanding contributions to German film. On 23 April 1998 a plaque was unveiled at his former home at Wohnung Bismarckallee 32a in Berlin. He is buried in the Waldfriedhof Dahlem
Waldfriedhof Dahlem
The Waldfriedhof Dahlem is a cemetery in Berlin, in the district of Steglitz-Zehlendorf on the edge of the Grunewald forest at Hüttenweg 47. Densely planted with conifers and designed between 1931 and 1933 after the plans of Albert Brodersen, it is one of Berlin's more recent cemeteries...
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