Carl Robrecht Explained

Carl Robrecht (25 June 188822 September 1961) was a German musician, conductor and composer, specializing in light music, foxtrots and other dances throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Carl Robrecht also used the pseudonym "Robert Brecht" for some works.

Musical career

Robrecht started learning piano in his home town of Immenhausen. ^[1]
In 1907 he started his studies at the Conservatory in Leipzig. There he was taught by Gottfried Merkel, Carl Heinrich Heynsen and Max Wünsche. He graduated in June 1909.
He was a theatre conductor in Vienna and Stettin before coming to Berlin in 1923, where he died in 1961.^{[2] [3]}

Recorded works

Some of Carl Robrecht's works are recorded on early LP's, including:

• Samum, a symphonic foxtrot (1935)
• Fata Morgana
• Niagara
• Spitzentanz
• Kinderlieder-Potpourri (foxtrot)

External links

• https://www.chandos.net/chanimages/Booklets/GL5176.pdf - CD inlay for re-release that includes a 1938 recording of Niagara

Notes and References

1. University of Music and Theatre Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Leipzig, archive, A, I.1, 10032
2. Kurzgefaßtes Tonkünstler-Lexikon / Paul Frank, Wilhelm Altmann; 1936
3. Kurzgefaßtes Tonkünstler-Lexikon. / Paul Frank, Wilhelm Altmann. - Zweiter Teil: Ergänzungen und Erweiterungen seit 1937. Band 2: L-Z; 1978