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Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers
Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers

Born
10.04.1871 in Chemnitz

Died
30.01.1938 in Dresden

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Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers war Liedtextdichter, Bühnen- und Drehbuchautor, Regisseur, Verleger und Produzent. Er war auch unter dem Namen Heinz Bolten-Baeckers bekannt. Seine Lieder und auch seine Filme, überwiegend frühe Filmkomödien, sind heute noch populär. Als Librettist für Berliner Operetten schrieb er berühmte Lieder wie zum Beispiel "Berliner Luft" aus Paul Linckes Operette "Frau Luna". Seit 1988 verleiht die GEMA den Heinz-Bolten-Baeckers-Preis an Librettisten im Bereich des populären Musiktheaters.

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Anniversary / Jubilee 2021

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Berliner Luft

Berliner Luft

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Berliner Luft

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Marsch - March - Marche
“Berliner Luft” (Berlin Air) was originally a march song that appeared and was premiered in a burlesque of the same name by Paul Lincke in 1904. Soon after this, the composition became successful as an independent piece of music which was increasingly performed by numerous theater and salon orchestras, especially however by many bands. The major revision of the operetta “Frau Luna” (Mrs. Moon) in 1922 also added considerably to the dissemination of the song, as “Berliner Luft” was incorporated in it just like the rousing march “Folies Bergère” and it literally became – on international level too – the “anthem of Berlin”. Not by chance the annual concerts staged on the famous Waldbühne by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra...

Music by Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers

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RUNDEL Promo 2017/2018

RUNDEL Promo 2017/2018

The RUNDEL promo catalog 2017/2018 includes more than 50 new band pieces from RUNDEL Music Publications plus sample audio CD. You can listen to the audio samples here online or order the printed...
Concert Band
KAT17.2
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Euphoria

Euphoria

RUNDEL | audio | compact disc | CD | 102 UNO-Marsch - Im Weissen Rössl - Berliner Luft - Cartoon Spectacular - Gabriellas Sang - 80er KULT(tour) - The Way old Friends do - Musik liegt in der...
CD (Compact Disc)
MVSR102-2
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Berliner Luft

Berliner Luft

“Berliner Luft” (Berlin Air) was originally a march song that appeared and was premiered in a burlesque of the same name by Paul Lincke in 1904. Soon after this, the composition became...
Concert Band
MVSR3446
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