Georg Haentzschel
Georg Haentzschel ( born December 23, 1907 in Berlin, † April 13, 1992 in Cologne, born Georg Friedrich Esaias Häntzschel ) was a German pianist and composer.
Haentzschel received his education from 1920 to 1929 at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin. Since the mid-1920s he played as a pianist in various dance bands. Since the end of the decade he worked in the bands of Lud Gluskin, Gabriel Formiggini, Marek Weber and Billy Barton.
From 1937, he led the Golden Seven and worked with Peter Igelhoff and Freddie Brocksieper. In addition to Fritz Schulz- Reichel Haentzschel was at that time considered the best German Swing pianist.
As assistant Theo Mack Eben Haentzschel came to the film. From 1937 he composed independently. For several years he worked there together with director Josef von Baky. His most important work was the music for the epic film Münchhausen, from their main motives he finally both the large and small Munchausen Suite formed.
In 1940 he took over as one of the conductors and arrangers, the German dance and entertainment orchestra, which first launched back in 1942. After the war he worked for the Radio Berlin dance bands and then went to Cologne, where he became head of the little entertainment Orchestra of the WDR. As a film composer he worked until 1959, still with director Josef von Baky.
Haentzschel also composed string quartets and orchestral music as mosaic for Big Band and Mixturaleske for large orchestra and big band. Mid-70s, he went into retirement. In 1984 he received the Film Award for many years of excellent work in the German film.