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Karel Hasler
Karel Hasler

Born
31.10.1879 in Prag

Died
22.12.1941 in Mauthausen

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Karel Hašler was born 31st October 1897 in Prague. He studied to be a glove-maker, but he became intererested in theatre at a young age and occasionally performed with amateur theatre ensembles. In 1897 he left home and successively joined various travelling theatre companies. In 1902 he moved back to Prague, where he joined the National Theatre ensemble. In addition to that, he also attempted to apply his singing abilities. Around 1908, he started composing his own music, and at the same time he began to incline to cabaret activities. Gradually he became a director and head of various Prague cabarets.
During World War I he also began to appear in silent films, as an actor, director and author. The coming era of the sound film in 1930s enabled Karel Hašler to utilize his singing skills.
Karel Hašler's artistic output consists mainly of songs. He created more than 300 compositions, many of which became popular "folk songs". His most famous song is "Ta naše písnička česká" (Our Czech song) that became kind of the secret Czech National Anthem during the National Socialist occupation. As a politically active man, Karel Hašler wrote a new, Nazi-critical text for this song and after that was arrested by the Gestapo and sent to the Mauthausen concentration camp in September 1941, where he died two month later, on 22th December, as a result of torture.

Music by Karel Hasler

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Immer wieder Böhmisch

Immer wieder Böhmisch

Graf Lamberg Marsch - Tanz mit mir - Sinnlichkeiten - Böhmisch im Blut - Fesche Burschen - In einem kleinen Städtchen irgendwo - Drei Schlawiner unterwegs - Dir gillt all' meine Liebe -...
CD (Compact Disc)
T96215
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Die Egerländer Musikanten - Das Große Jubiläums-Album

Die Egerländer Musikanten - Das Große Jubiläums-Album

Salve Imperator - Böhmisches Gold - Ernst Mosch-Jubiläumsmedley - Kesselflicker - Julia - Tenorhorn-Rhapsodie - Eddi-Polka - Hörst du das Rauschen der Wälder - Pfeffer und Salz -...
CD (Compact Disc)
T96199
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