Franz Marszalek (born 2 August 1900 in Breslau, Schlesien, Germany (now
Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...
, Silesia, Poland); died 28 October 1975 in
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...
, Germany) was a German
conductor and
composer, who was a leading figure in
operetta. He began his studies in Wrocław, and moved to Berlin in 1933. He conducted the Cologne Radio Orchestra from 1949 to 1965, with an emphasis on operetta music. He was a longtime friend of the
operetta composer Eduard Künneke, whose music he championed in concerts and in recordings with the Cologne Radio Orchestra and the
Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra
The WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne (German: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln) is a German radio orchestra based in Cologne, where the orchestra mainly performs at two concert halls: the WDR Funkhaus Wallrafplatz and the Kölner Philharmonie.
Histor ...
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External links
Brief note in Dutch
1900 births
1975 deaths
Musicians from Wrocław
German male conductors (music)
Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Musicians from the Province of Silesia
20th-century German conductors (music)
20th-century German male musicians
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