Hans Erdmann
Hans Erdmann Thimonville Theos Guckel ( born November 7, 1882 in Breslau, † November 21, 1942 in Berlin) was a German film music composer, music journalist and editor. Hans Erdmann was his artist & author name.
Life
He studied in Breslau there violin, music theory and composition. With a thesis on the history of the Catholic church music in Silesia, he finished his studies in 1912 and received a doctorate in phil. He worked as concertmaster at the Schauspielhaus in Breslau, where for 1913 Claudio Monteverdi's L' Orfeo in on own arrangement. After the First World War, where he served as a soldier, he worked at the City Theatre Riga and at the Stadttheater Jena. As Director of the Chamber games he led there on his own composition, the dancer. It was followed by engagements in Potsdam and Brandenburg.
At the beginning of the 1920s Erdmann began writing film scores, including 1921/22, the Original Music to Murnau's Nosferatu, which he conducted the world premiere on March 4, 1922. He worked closely with the Head of UFA ud Orchestra Film music department ( Decla Bioskop ) Giuseppe Becce together. In 1924 Erdmann wrote as a music editor for the Reich Film Journal and the Journal -film technology. In 1926 he joined the magazine film - sound - art that dealt with the theory and practice of silent film accompaniment music. 1928 Erdmann led the Academy of Film Music at Klindworth - Scharwenka Conservatory in Berlin and there formed young film music composers. He was the most important theorists of silent film music in the twenties. Along with Giuseppe Becce and Ludwig Brav wrote Erdmann 1927, the General Handbook of film music, a standard work of silent film cinema music.