Emil Ferstl

Emil Ferstl (born 16 February 1904 in Munich; † 12 March 1972) was a German musician, composer and film composer. There is little known about Ferstl's life, not even about his education. There is evidence of a series of published compositions, which he wrote for piano ("Fidele Polka"), clarinet and piano ("Mal oben, mal unternein"), tenor horn and brass orchestra ("Bravour-Polka"), accordion ("Tango-Melodik"), xylophone and accompaniment ("Spanish Dance") and saxophone ("Parade der Saxophone" and "Thema und Variationen").In 1949, starting with a recording for a film shot by Theo Lingen in 1945 (love marriage), Emil Ferstl wrote the scores for a series of entertainment and documentary films in the next five years. The majority of these films had a white-blue or alpine plot background and are insignificant in film history.After the composition of three full-length TV films based on Peter-Rosegger novels in 1963, Ferstl finished his work as a film and television composer.His son Erich Ferstl chose his father's profession.