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- Birth nameHans Erdmann Timotheos Guckel
- Hans Erdmann was born on November 7, 1882 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was a composer and editor, known for Nosferatu (1922), The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) and Der tolle Bomberg (1932). He died on November 21, 1942 in Berlin, Germany.
- He first studied violin, composition and music theory, afterwards he worked as a concertmaster at the Schauspielhaus Breslau.
- His artistic career was interrupted by World War I where he served as a soldier. After the war followed engagements at the theaters in Riga and Jena where he was able to continue his musical passion again.
- With his engagement at the conservatory in Berlin in the field "Akademie für Filmmusik" from 1928 he became an important teacher of film music. He gave numerous young composers an understanding of this seminal media.
- Despite his successes Hans Erdmann did not realise other film compositions, instead he turned towards different publications as an editor, among them the magazine "Filmtechnik", the "Reichsfilmblatt" as well as the magazine "Film - Ton - Kunst", where he dealt with the background music of silent movies.
- At the beginning of the 20s he came in touch with the film business and he wrote his first compositions for cinema performances. His most popular film composition came into being for the German silent movie classic "Nosferatu" (1922) directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau with Max Schreck in the leading role.
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