Will Meisel

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).

Birth and Death Data: Born September 17, 1897 (Neukölln), Died April 29, 1967 (Müllheim)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1928 - 1939

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BVE-55677 10-in. 9/6/1929 Won't you give in? Arden-Ohman Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Edison N-1112 10-in. 9/5/1929 Won't you give in? Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra ; B. A. Rolfe Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio composer  
Gramophone 0RA8 10-in. 8/9/1934 Tausend rote Rosen blüh'n Orchester Will Glahé Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Gramophone 0RA3176 10-in. 8/31/1938 Weekend Glahé Musette Orchestra Instrumental ensemble composer  
Gramophone BL3929 10-in. 3/6/1928 Ilona Marek Weber Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Gramophone BLR4946 10-in. 1/26/1929 Fräulein, pardon Marek Weber Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Gramophone BD9153 10-in. 10/16/1939 Wenn man einen Tango tanzt Marek Weber Orchestra ; Marek Weber Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Odeon £Be9089 10-in. 1930 Erika, brauchst du nicht einen Freund Frank Leo ; Tanz-Orchester Dajos Béla Orchestra, with male vocal solo composer  
Columbia (U.K.) CL4880 10-in. 5/30/1934 On n'a jamais vu ça Pierre Chagnon ; Adrien Lamy Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Meisel, Will," accessed April 17, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106104.

Meisel, Will. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 17, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106104.

"Meisel, Will." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 17 April 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106104

External Sources

Wikipedia: Will Meisel

Discogs: Will Meisel

RISM: Will Meisel

IMDb: Will Meisel

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Meisel, Will - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89623564

Wikidata: Will Meisel - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1701369

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/15581128

MusicBrainz: Will Meisel - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f991fc9f-8a1a-4980-ab53-dd908ddf51ae

ISNI: 0000 0001 0873 1957 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000108731957

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/249126

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