Tango aus Berlin- Eine kleine Sehnsucht, Fr. Hollaender,1930

Eine kleine Sehnsucht, Tango-Einlage zu der Komödie "Phaea" (Friedrich Holländer) - Tango-Kapelle Komor (Géza Komor), Refrainges.: Kurt Mühlhardt, Tri-Ergon 1930 ------------------------------- Friedrich Holländer (October 18, 1896- January 18, 1976) was a German composer born in London. He was the son of composer Victor Hollander. The family returned to Germany and Frederick was educated at the Berlin Conservatory. By the age of 18 he had become an associate conductor at the Prague Opera House. After studying in Berlin, he composed music for productions by Max Reinhardt . (Reinhardt's production of the comedy „Phaea" -- based on the story by Fritz von Unruh, with F.Holländer's music -- was presented in Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1930). F. Holländer also became involved in cabaret and wrote music for the film (The Blue Angel, 1930). He left Nazi Germany and emigrated to the United States of America where he wrote the music for over a hundred films, including Destry Rides Again (1939), A Foreign Affair (1948), The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953 Academy Award nomination) and Sabrina (1954). Many of his songs were made famous by Marlene Dietrich. He can be seen as the piano accompanist in A Foreign Affair. He received four Academy Award nominations for composition . In 1956 he returned to Germany, and died in Munich in 1976