Franz Marszalek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Franz Marszalek

German conductor

Date of Birth: 02-Aug-1900

Place of Birth: Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 28-Oct-1975

Profession: composer, conductor, film score composer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Franz Marszalek (born August 2, 1900 in then Breslau, Schlesien, Germany, now Wroclaw, Silesia, Polen; died October 28, 1975 in Cologne, Germany) was a German conductor and composer, who was a leading figure in operetta.
He began his studies in Wroclaw, and moved to Berlin in 1933.
He conducted the Cologne Radio Orchestra from 1949 to 1965, with an emphasis on operetta music.
He was a longtime friend of the operetta composer Eduard Künneke, whose music he championed in concerts and in recordings with the Cologne Radio Orchestra and the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra.