Franz R. Friedl

Franz R. Friedl (born 30 May 1892 in Oberkappel, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary; died 5 December 1977 in Berlin), was an Austrian violist, composer and film composer. The son of a cooper he attended grammar school and then received artistic training from Rosé and Carl Flesch. Friedl then worked as concertmaster in Dortmund and Dresden. From 1923 to 1926 Franz Friedl was principal violist at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, since 1927 the Upper Austrian, worked as a composer and composed chamber music, overtures. From 1933 he was music composer for theatre and films. He is listed on some recordings as the conductor of the "Berlin Symphony Orchestra", a pseudonym of an unidentified ensemble, but it is doubtful whether he actually was the conductor. From 1940-1945 he was musical director of Die Deutsche Wochenschau. The grandchild of his only daughter is Björn Stenvers.

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