Henry Krtschil (3 October 1932 – 7 July 2020Private Traueranzeige in der ''

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'' vom 11./12. Juli 2020, S. 6) 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 Defi ...

, music producer and pianist. He worked for 25 years as a film composer for

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and over 30 years with the German singer

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. Krtschil studied music between 1951 and 1956 at

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. Then he was a

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for one year at ''Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin'' and until 1970 at

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. Between 1970 and 1977 he worked at the theatre

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. From 1991 until his retirement in 1999 he worked as a composer and pianist at ''Theater im Palais''.

Selected filmography

* 1965: Schule der Frauen * 1972: Der Mann seiner Frau * 1977: Der Stein des Glücks * 1978:

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: Doppeltes Spiel * 1978: Rentner haben niemals Zeit * 1980: Abenteuer mit den Abrafaxen * 1982: Der Hase und der Igel * 1982: Geschichten übern Gartenzaun * 1985: Der verzauberte Weihnachtsmann * 1987: Der Hauptmann von Köpenick * 1987:

: Die letzte Kundin * 1989: Die Irrfahrten des Weihnachtsmannes

References

* Ulrike Borowczyk: ''Knochenarbeit am Klavier''. In:

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, Jg. 101, Nr. 183, July 8, 1999, Page 26.

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krtschil, Henry Composers from Berlin German film score composers Male film score composers German male composers German musical theatre composers 1932 births 2020 deaths