Gronostay, Walter

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Name
Gronostay, Walter Gender: M
Walter Friedrich Erich Gronostay
born on 29 July 1906 at 05:45 (= 05:45 AM )
Place Berlin, Germany, 52n29, 13e21
Timezone MET h1e (is standard time)
Data source
BC/BR in hand
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_leocol.18.gif 05°09' s_mo.18.gif s_scocol.18.gif 10°00 Asc.s_leocol.18.gif 18°49'



Biography

German composer noted for his work on film scores, such as the music for Leni Riefenstahl's 1938 documentary Olympia, written along with Herbert Windt. Gronostay studied under Arnold Schoenberg. From the late 1920s he began working on film music for a mixture of feature films and documentaries. He died unexpectedly in Potsdam on 10 October 1937 at the age of 31 before Olympia was released.

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Source Notes

Sy Scholfield provided birth registry entry from Berlin archives.

Categories

  • Vocation : Entertain/Music : Composer/ Arranger (Film scores)