Gerd Natschinski (23 August 1928 – 4 August 2015) was a German
composer. He worked on the scores for more than forty film and television series during his career. He was employed the East German state-controlled studio
DEFA
DEFA (''Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft'') was the state-owned film studio of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) throughout the country's existence.
Since 2019, DEFA's film heritage has been made accessible and licensable on the PRO ...
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Natschinski died on 4 August 2015 in a Berlin hospital.
Komponist Gerd Natschinski gestorben
, mdr.de, access date 7 August 2015
Selected filmography
* ''My Wife Makes Music
''My Wife Makes Music'' (german: Meine Frau macht Musik) is an East German musical film directed by Hans Heinrich. It was released in 1958, and sold 6,052,050 tickets. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's set's were desig ...
'' (1958)
* ''Heißer Sommer
''Heißer Sommer'', aka ''Hot Summer'' (USA), is a 1968 East German musical film. A 2001 video release promotes the film as "The East German '' Grease''" although perhaps it is closer in concept to the 1963 British movie '' Summer Holiday'' whic ...
'' (1968)
Selected operettas and musicals
* ''Messeschlager Gisela'' (1960, premiered at Metropol Theater Berlin)
* ''Servus Peter'' (1961)
* ''Mein Freund Bunbury'' (1964, premiered at Metropol Theater Berlin) based on ''The Importance of Being Earnest
''The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People'' is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious ...
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* ''Casanova'' (1976, premiered at Metropol Theater Berlin)
* ''Caballero'' (1988)
Bibliography
* Marc Silberman & Henning Wrage. ''DEFA at the Crossroads of East German and International Film Culture: A Companion''. Walter de Gruyter, 2014.
References
External links
*
Gerd Natschinski
at schott-musik.de
1928 births
2015 deaths
German composers
People from Chemnitz
20th-century German musicians
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