Hansheinrich Dransmann

Hansheinrich Dransmann (12 April 1894 – 25 November 1964) was a German composer, conductor, cultural functionary, and theater owner.

Hansheinrich Dransmann
Born	(1894-04-12)12 April 1894 Hagen am Teutoburger Wald, German Empire
Died	25 November 1964(1964-11-25) (aged 70)
Occupation	Composer
Years active	1923–1940

Professional life

Dransmann studied with Franz Schreker and the Academy of Arts in Berlin. He was a pioneer of film music, working with avant-garde directions such as Walter Ruttmann.^[1] He joined the SA in 1931 and the NSDAP itself in 1932, and subsequently became a leading composer of mass propaganda works for the Third Reich after the Machtergreifung.^[2] After 1945, his work fell into obscurity, and there were no further public performances of his music.^[3]

Selected filmography

• Jimmy: The Tale of a Girl and Her Bear (1923)
• Chamber Music (1925)
• Prem Sanyas (1925)^[4]
• The Hanseatics (1925)
• The Salesgirl from the Fashion Store (1925)
• Our Daily Bread (1926)
• Give My Regards to the Blonde Child on the Rhine (1926)
• Lord of the Night (1927)
• Excluded from the Public (1927)
• Thieves (1928)
• The Sinner (1928)
• The Story of a Little Parisian (1928)
• When the Mother and the Daughter (1928)
• The Women's War (1928)
• Anastasia, the False Czar's Daughter (1928)
• Under the Lantern (1928)
• A Better Master (1928)
• The Page Boy at the Golden Lion (1928)
• Eva in Silk (1928)
• Lemke's Widow (1928)
• Sir or Madam (1928)
• The Woman Everyone Loves Is You (1929)
• Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1929)
• The Green Monocle (1929)
• German Wine (1929)
• Children of the Street (1929)
• Bobby, the Petrol Boy (1929)
• The Circus Princess (1929)
• The Three Kings (1929)
• Yes, Yes, Women Are My Weakness (1929)
• Waterloo (1929)
• Daughter of the Regiment (1929)