Will Meisel

Will Meisel
Grave of Will Meisel, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Born	17 September 1897 Berlin, German Empire
Died	29 April 1967 (1967-04-30) (aged 69) Müllheim, Baden-Württemberg West Germany
Occupation	Composer
Years active	1930-1955 (film)

Will Meisel (17 September 1897 – 29 April 1967) was a German composer, who wrote more than fifty film scores during his career. He also wrote several operettas including A Friend So Lovely as You (1930) (Eine Freundin so goldig wie du).^[1] In 1926, he founded German music publisher Edition Meisel & Co..^[2]

Selected filmography

• The Other (1930)
• The Prosecutor Hallers (1930)
• Love in the Ring (1930)
• A Storm Over Zakopane (1931)
• When the Soldiers (1931)
• The Unknown Guest (1931)
• Checkmate (1931)
• A Crafty Youth (1931)
• Queen of the Night (1931)
• At Your Orders, Sergeant (1932)
• Tugboat M 17 (1933)
• What Am I Without You (1934)
• The Sun Rises (1934)
• The Champion of Pontresina (1934)
• Gypsy Blood (1934)
• Every Day Isn't Sunday (1935)
• Trouble Backstairs (1935)
• Fräulein Veronika (1936)
• Family Parade (1936)
• Carousel (1937)
• Little County Court (1938)
• Marriage in Small Doses (1939)
• Queen of the Night (1951)
• The Inn on the Lahn (1955)

See also

• Meisel Music

References

1. Grange p.343
2. Kersten, Peter (22 January 1977). "50 Years And Still No. One". Billboard. Retrieved 8 April 2024.

Bibliography

• Grange, William. Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

• Will Meisel at IMDb