Heino Gaze

{{Short description|German composer (1908–1967)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|02|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Halle, German Empire

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1967|10|24|1908|02|20|df=yes}}

| death_place = West Berlin, West Germany

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| occupation = Composer

| yearsactive = 1952–1966 (film)

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Heino Gaze (20 February 1908 – 24 October 1967) was a German composer.Fritsche p.249 He worked on more than thirty film scores during his career.

He composed "La Le Lu (nur der Mann im Mond schaut zu)", sung by Heinz Rühmann in the film Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne. His song "Kalkutta liegt am Ganges" became a hit in the United States when it was performed by Lawrence Welk under the title "Calcutta".

Selected filmography

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Bibliography

  • Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.