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). In 1926, he founded German music publisher Edition Meisel & Co. He was a member of the Nazi Party from 1933. He benefitted from the Nazi policy of aryanisation, buying the Alexander Haus for a quarter of its value, after its owners, the Alexander family, had fled the country. After the Second World War, his application for denazification was rejected, and he was barred from running his business until 1951. His life is described in The House by the Lake (2015) by Thomas Harding, a non-fiction book about the Alexander House and the families who lived there. |
Birth and Death Data: Born Neukölln (locality of the borough Neukölln of Berlin, Germany), Died April 29, 1967 (Müllheim im Markgräflerland (town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany) )
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 | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WR534 | 10-in. | 10/31/1932 | Die Sonne geht auf | Charles Kullman | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WR535 | 10-in. | 10/31/1932 | Schön ist jeder Tag den du mir schenkst, Marie-Luise | Charles Kullman | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Meisel, Will," accessed December 26, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106104.
Meisel, Will. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 26, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106104.
"Meisel, Will." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 26 December 2025.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Meisel, Will - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89623564
Wikidata: Will Meisel - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1701369
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/15581128
MusicBrainz: Will Meisel - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f991fc9f-8a1a-4980-ab53-dd908ddf51ae
Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/249126 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/249126
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