Artur Guttmann
Artur Guttmann ( born August 21, 1891 in Vienna, † September 3, 1945 in Los Angeles) ( pseudonyms: Otto Erwin, Erwin Otto Kulm ) was an Austrian conductor and film composer.
Life and work
The son of a musician began his artistic career in 1909 as head of the boys' choir at the Vienna Volksoper. In 1912 he was Kapellmeister at the Johann Strauss Theater, where he remained until 1914. After the war he conducted, among others, from 1919 in Berlin at the Komische Oper.
During the 1920s, Guttmann played in Berlin, to public events with its ' Jazz Symphony ' on.
Guttmann was a conductor, like heard guest on Radio Berlin. The Odeon Lindström brand he made the late 1920s a series of recordings in which he conducted the ' Universe Symphony ' or the ' UFA Symphony Orchestra '.
Since mid 20s, he composed music for silent movies and directed the theater orchestra in Berlin movie theaters. With the beginning of the sound film era, he became one of the busiest composers in the German film. Most Guttmann it worked together with colleagues, such as with Friedrich Hollaender and Will Meisel in the sound film version of the play " The Other " from 1930, with Franz Wachsmann in " Scampolo " or with Allan Gray in " The Countess of Monte Cristo ", both in 1932.
In the first film adaptation of the novel "Berlin Alexanderplatz" by Alfred Doblin 1930 he conducted the recording of film music by Allan Gray. His own composition, he conducted in the period drama " Danton ", directed by Hans Behrendt 1930/31, in which Carl Boese - farce " My cousin from Warsaw " 1931 or the crisis comedy " You do not need money," 1932.
His sound film hits were played by the first bands of its time as the Jazz Orchestra of Theo Mack Eben, the dance orchestra of Paul Godwin or the Marek Weber Orchestra, Berlin by artists such as Fritzi Massary, Trude and Paul O'Montis interpreted and delivered on the record for posterity.
After the " seizure of power" of the National Socialists in 1933, the Jewish origins Guttmann returned to Vienna; In 1936 he emigrated to Spain at the invitation of the film company MGM in the United States.
In Hollywood, he served several times as a musical director, but received only two orders to his own compositions. His last work was the music for the anti - Goebbels film Enemy of Women, 1944.
Artur Guttmann is not to be confused with his conductor colleagues Alfred Guttmann, who also directed orchestras in movie theaters. Not even with the Austrian theater actor Arthur Guttmann ( 1877-1956 ).
Filmography
Sounds (selection)
- Odeon O- 2825 a ( Be 8049 ) The wedding of the winds. Waltz ( John T. Hall )
- Odeon O- 2825 b (Be 6936-2 ) Fascination. Waltz (F. D. Marchetti )
" Artur Guttmann with his Universe Symphony " 7:28
- Odeon O- 11 492 a ( Be 8051 ) comedy overture / Kéler - Béla
- Odeon O- 11 492 b (Be 8164 ) Spring Song / Music: Felix Mendelssohn -Bartholdy
" Artur Guttmann with his Universe Symphony " 7:28
" UFA Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Artur Guttmann. " 07:28
- Ultraphon A 531 ( mx 10 984 ) Kiss me if you love me. Song and Tango ( Guttmann, Meisel and Schwabach ) from the sound film " The Other ". Juan Llossas with his tango orchestra. Chorus singing: Walter Jurmann.
- Ultraphon A 1076 ( matrix number 18 260 ) For the love I have no time! Engl Waltz, from the sound-film " Your Highness amused " / music by Artur Guttmann, text by Charles Amberg. Efim chess master with his jazz orchestra, chorus vocals: Eric Helgar.
- Electrola EG 1768 7 60-812 ( mx BLR 6030 -I) Do you still think of me, my dear little girl? English Waltz from the sound film " The Donkosakenlied " ( Artur Guttmann ). Specific arrangement of K. Ettlinger. Marek Weber and his Orchestra. Recorded at the Academy of Music in Berlin.
Sound Samples
- In the case of love. Contribution from the operetta " Madame Pompadour " by Arthur Guttmann, text by Julius friend of Rudolf Schanzer and Erich Welisch. Fritzi Massary, soprano in German with orchestra. Electrola E.W.35 / 8-43084 from 10.Jänner 1926
- The Susi blows the saxophone. Foxtrot (Rudolf Nelson) Odeon Dance Orchestra conducted by Artur Guttmann; Vocals by Paul O'Montis. Odeon A 160 069 a ( mx D 5895 ) - October 1928
- Boxer song from the movie " Love in the Ring" ( Artur Guttmann, text by Fritz Rotter ). Theo Mack plane with his jazz orchestra. Chorus Vocals: Robert Koppel. Ultraphon A 379 ( 10 701 mx ) - 1930
- The soldier is faithful. Marching song from the sound-film " Three days means Arrest" ( Guttmann, Dostal and Amberg ) Paul Godwin Dance Orchestra, chorus singing John Hendrik. Grammophon 23 959 ( mx 3481 BR -II) - 1931
- For the great love I have no time. Song and English Waltz from the sound film " Your Highness amused " (A. Guttmann - Ch Amberg ) Trude Berliner, accompanied by the orchestra Paul Godwin. Polydor 24 450 A / mx 4302 BR - Berlin 1932.