Bernard Etté, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bernard Etté

German conductor, violinist, musician and actor

Date of Birth: 13-Sep-1898

Place of Birth: Kassel, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 26-Sep-1973

Profession: actor, conductor, musician, violinist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Bernard Etté (September 13, 1898, Kassel - September 26, 1973, Mühldorf) was a German jazz and light music violinist and conductor. Etté was the son of a hairdresser and studied music formally at the Louis Spohr Conservatory in Kassel.
He initially worked with Carl Robrecht as an instrumentalist, playing piano and banjo in addition to violin.
In the early 1920s he assembled his own ensemble, which took up a residency in Berlin and performed on radio in the early 1920s.
The group also recorded in the 1920s, often with traveling American musicians.During the 1930s, as the Nazi party rose to power, Etté shifted away from jazz to light music, leading a large orchestra; during World War II he played for wounded soldiers on behalf of the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt in 1940 and for prison overseers at Auschwitz in 1944.
After the war, he moved to the United States and attempted a new career, but was unsuccessful in adopting to new stylistic trends.
He returned to Germany, leading bands for luxury retreats in the East Frisian Islands and schlager and operetta backing bands in central Germany.
By the end of the 1950s he had quit actively playing music, and lived out his last years in an old folk's home.



Description	German photographer
Date of birth/death	4 May 1908	25 June 1992
Location of birth/death	Berlin	Freiburg im Breisgau
Work period	1924–1992
Work location	Berlin, Freiburg im Breisgau
Authority control	: Q2571685 VIAF: 10376614 ISNI: 0000 0000 7101 1250 LCCN: n83143703 GND: 119061309 BNF: 16138165k WorldCat