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'''Berthold Reisfeld''' ([[Vienna]], 1906 - [[Badenweiler]], 1991) was a lyricist, noted for adapting lyrics to well-known songs either to or from English. The songs he wrote English lyrics for include:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=7785600&search_in=c&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=25&start=1|title=Works written by: REISFELD BERT|work=ACE Title Search|publisher=[[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers]]|accessdate=2011-09-06}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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* "[[It's Oh So Quiet]]", adapted from the German song "Und Jetzt ist es Still" by [[Horst Winter]], |
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'''Bert Reisfeld''' ([[Vienna]], 1906 - [[Badenweiler]], 1991) wrote the English lyrics to "The Three Bells", which was made popular by [[The Browns]] in 1959. He also co-wrote the song "Morning Mood" with [[Glenn Miller}} based on the ASCAP database. |
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* "[[The Three Bells]]", adapted from the French song "[[Les trois cloches]]" by [[Jean Villard]] |
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* "Baciare Baciare (Kissing Kissing)" by [[Dorothy Collins]]. |
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He also co-wrote the instrumental "Morning Mood" with [[Glenn Miller]] in 1941 as a trombone solo with piano accompaniment.<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/title/morning-mood/oclc/474843904. WorldCat. Morning Mood.]</ref> |
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He also translated "[[These Boots Are Made for Walkin']]{{-"}} into the German "Die Stiefel Sind Zum Wandern"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://online.gema.de/werke/detailPage.do?dbkey=19734356&title=DIE+STIEFEL+SIND+ZUM+WANDERN&pdf=false|title=title of version: DIE STIEFEL SIND ZUM WANDERN|work=Online Database – Musical Works|publisher=[[Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte]]|accessdate=2011-09-06|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402054622/https://online.gema.de/werke/detailPage.do?dbkey=19734356&title=DIE+STIEFEL+SIND+ZUM+WANDERN&pdf=false|archivedate=2 April 2012}}</ref> which was recorded by Eileen Goldsen. |
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Latest revision as of 07:43, 31 October 2023
Berthold Reisfeld (Vienna, 1906 - Badenweiler, 1991) was a lyricist, noted for adapting lyrics to well-known songs either to or from English. The songs he wrote English lyrics for include:[1]
- "It's Oh So Quiet", adapted from the German song "Und Jetzt ist es Still" by Horst Winter,
- "The Three Bells", adapted from the French song "Les trois cloches" by Jean Villard
- "Baciare Baciare (Kissing Kissing)" by Dorothy Collins.
He also co-wrote the instrumental "Morning Mood" with Glenn Miller in 1941 as a trombone solo with piano accompaniment.[2]
He also translated "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" into the German "Die Stiefel Sind Zum Wandern"[3] which was recorded by Eileen Goldsen.
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Works written by: REISFELD BERT". ACE Title Search. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved 6 September 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ WorldCat. Morning Mood.
- ^ "title of version: DIE STIEFEL SIND ZUM WANDERN". Online Database – Musical Works. Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
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