Voldemar Rosenberg, better known by his stage name Wal-Berg (born October 13, 1910,
Istanbul
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- July 12, 1994,
Suresnes
Suresnes () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. Located in Hauts-de-Seine, from the centre of Paris, it had a population of 49,145 as of 2016. The nearest communes are Nanterre, Puteaux, Rueil-Malmaison, Saint-Cloud an ...
) was a French composer and conductor.
Rosenberg studied piano at the
Berlin Conservatory and then attended the
Paris Conservatory
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, where he studied harmony, composition, and conducting under
Samuel Rousseau
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,
Noel Gallon
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Christmas
* , French for Christmas
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,
Henri Rabaud
Henri Benjamin Rabaud (10 November 187311 September 1949) was a French conductor, composer and pedagogue, who held important posts in the French musical establishment and upheld mainly conservative trends in French music in the first half of t ...
,
Philippe Gaubert
Philippe Gaubert (5 July 1879 – 8 July 1941) was a French musician who was a distinguished performer on the flute, a respected conductor, and a composer, primarily for the flute.
Biography
Gaubert – commonly referred to as Gauberto – ...
, and
Pierre Monteux
Pierre Benjamin Monteux (; 4 April 18751 July 1964) was a French (later American) conductor. After violin and viola studies, and a decade as an orchestral player and occasional conductor, he began to receive regular conducting engagements in ...
.
From 1932 to 1936, he orchestrated for
Polydor Records
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recordings, and composed songs performed by
Marlene Dietrich
Marie Magdalene "Marlene" DietrichBorn as Maria Magdalena, not Marie Magdalene, according to Dietrich's biography by her daughter, Maria Riva ; however Dietrich's biography by Charlotte Chandler cites "Marie Magdalene" as her birth name . (, ; ...
(''Moi je m'ennuie'', ''Assez'', ''
Embrasse-moi''). In the 1930s he was involved with the recordings of stars of the era such as
Jean Sablon
Jean Sablon (Nogent-sur-Marne 25 March 1906 – Cannes 24 February 1994) was a French singer, songwriter, composer and actor. He was one of the first French singers to immerse himself in jazz. The man behind several songs by big French and Amer ...
,
Josephine Baker
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,
Charles Trenet
Louis Charles Augustin Georges Trenet (; 18 May 1913 – 19 February 2001) was a renowned French singer-songwriter who composed both the music and the lyrics to nearly a thousand songs over a career that lasted more than 60 years. These include ...
,
Leo Marjane
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, and
Damia. He also wrote film music, e.g. for the film ''
Katia
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Notable people with this name
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* Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress
*Katia Margaritoglou, Greek fashion model and beauty contestant
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'' (with
Danielle Darrieux
Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux (; 1 May 1917 – 17 October 2017) was a French actress of stage, television and film, as well as a singer and dancer.
Beginning in 1931, she appeared in more than 110 films. She was one of France's g ...
).
During
World War II
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, he was in
Monte Carlo
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, where he conducted symphonic jazz concerts, whose programs included
George Gershwin
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and
Cole Porter
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Born to ...
alongside
Maurice Ravel
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and
Claude Debussy
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. He also worked with
ORTF on a series of radio broadcasts, in which he conducted orchestras backing soloists such as
Yehudi Menuhin
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* Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), violinist and conductor
** Yehudi Menuhin School, a music school in Surrey, England
** Who's Yehoodi?, a catchphrase referring to the v ...
and
Andres Segovia
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*Andres, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in Pas-de-Calais, France
*Andres (name)
*Hurricane Andres
* "Andres" (song), a 1994 song by L7
See also ...
.
In the 1950s, he toured widely in Europe as a conductor with
Victoria de Los Angeles
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and Segovia, and worked in France with
Janine Micheau
Janine Micheau (17 April 1914 – 18 October 1976) was a French operatic soprano, one of the leading sopranos of her era in France, particularly associated with lyric soprano and coloratura soprano repertory.
Biography
Janine (or Jeanine) Miche ...
,
Mathé Altéry
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Career
Altéry was born in Paris. She began h ...
,
Roger Bourdin
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Life and career
Born in t ...
,
Stéphane Grappelli
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, and at the
Opéra de Lille
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with
Mado Robin
Madeleine Marie Robin (; 29 December 191810 December 1960), generally known as Mado Robin, was a French coloratura soprano. A soprano acuto sfogato, she was noted for her extremely high register.
Early life
Robin was born in Yzeures-sur-Creuse ...
and
Christian Ferras
Christian Ferras (17 June 1933 – 14 September 1982) was a French violinist.
Early years
Ferras was born at Le Touquet in 1933. He began studying the violin with his father. He entered the Conservatoire de Nice as a student of Charles Bistesi i ...
.
He composed more than 300 pieces for symphony orchestra and scored about forty films.
Selected filmography
* ''
Katia
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Notable people with this name
Actresses and models
* Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress
*Katia Margaritoglou, Greek fashion model and beauty contestant
*Katia Winter (born 1983), Swedis ...
'' (1938)
* ''
As Long as I Live'' (1946)
* ''
Destiny Has Fun'' (1947)
* ''
After the Storm'' (1948)
* ''
Guilty?'' (1951)
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French composers
1910 births
1994 deaths
French people of Jewish descent
Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to France