Franz R. Friedl

Franz R. Friedl
Franz Renée Friedl, Linz 1912
Franz Renée Friedl, Linz 1912
Born(1892-05-30)30 May 1892
Oberkappel, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary
Died5 December 1977(1977-12-05) (aged 85)
Berlin, Germany
NationalityAustrian
CitizenshipAustria, German
Occupation(s)Violinist, Composer
ChildrenJohanna Friedl

Franz R. Friedl (born 30 May 1892 in Oberkappel, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary; died 5 December 1977 in Berlin), was an Austrian violist, composer and film composer.[1] The son of a cooper he attended grammar school and then received artistic training from Rosé and Carl Flesch. Friedl then worked as concertmaster in Dortmund and Dresden. From 1923 to 1926 Franz Friedl was principal violist at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, since 1927 the Upper Austrian, worked as a composer and composed chamber music, overtures.[2] From 1933 he was music composer for theatre and films.[3][4][5] He is listed on some recordings as the conductor of the "Berlin Symphony Orchestra", a pseudonym of an unidentified ensemble, but it is doubtful whether he actually was the conductor.[6] From 1940 to 1945 he was musical director of Die Deutsche Wochenschau.[7] The grandchild of his only daughter is Björn Stenvers.[8]

  1. ^ Franz René Friedl. (Also in Oberkappler Zeitung - Regionalinformation rund um Oberkappel (Ausgabe September 2013) Seite 17). Retrieved on 24 November 2021.
  2. ^ Das Deutsche Führerlexikon 1934/1935, p. 134, Verlagsanstalt Otto Stollberg, GmbH., Berlin 1934, Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  3. ^ Kürschners biographisches Theater-Handbuch, Berlin : de Gruyter, 1956. - XII, 188 S. (in German)
  4. ^ Jürgen Wölfer, Roland Löper: Das große Lexikon der Filmkomponisten, Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2003, S. 175, 188 ISBN 978-3896022967 (in German)
  5. ^ Baumert, H., Herlinghaus, H. '20 Jahre DEFA-Spielfilm.' Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1968. pp. 13, 80, 81, 316, 317, 320. Lizenz-Nr.414.235.86.68. (in German)
  6. ^ Lumpe, Ernst A. (Fall 1990). "Pseudonymous Performers on Early LP Records" (PDF). ARSC Journal. 21 (2). Association for Recorded Sound Collections: 226–231. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  7. ^ Friedl first composer Neue Deutsche Wochenschau and composed intro music. Still basics Tagesschau. ScienceOpen. Cf. Protokoll Konstituierende Sitzung vom 23.12.1949, Film- und Fernsehmuseum Hamburg (FFMH). Retrieved on 4 December 2022.
  8. ^ Oberkappler Zeitung – Regionalinformation rund um Oberkappel, September 2013, S. 17.