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Theo Mackeben
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Theo Mackeben, born 5 January 1897 in Preußisch Stargard, Westpreußen, died 10 January 1953 in Berlin, was a German pianist, conductor and composer, particularly of film music. Life and career From 1916 to 1920 Mackeben studied violin and piano at the Hochschule für Musik Köln, as well as taking lessons from Jules de Westheim. He then became active as a café and radio pianist during the 1920s, at the Café Größenwahn and the Hotel Esplanade in Berlin. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Theo+Mack
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Theo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Starogard Gdański
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- conducting
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Grabtondo Theo Mackeben.jpg
- Work location
- Berlin
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- date of birth
- 1897-01-05
- date of death
- 1953-01-10
- Commons category
- Theo Mackeben
- place of burial
- Wilmersdorf Cemetery
- pseudonym
- John Morris
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Theo Mackeben, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
![Lullaby: [Good evening, good night]/v. Brahms](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fb%2F006941%2Ffon_snp_b_006941_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)
