Hans Spialek

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Hans Spialek

Hans Spialek (April 17, 1894 – November 20, 1983) was an Austrian-born American composer and orchestrator. Raised in Vienna and given an early musical education, he continued his studies in Moscow, at first as a prisoner of war during World War I, before settling in the US in 1924. Spialek is best known for scoring the music for Broadway musicals by Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart and others, as well as ballet music, and radio broadcasts. He orchestrated 147 musicals from 1926 to 1967, many in collaboration with other arrangers such as Robert Russell Bennett. In his retirement in the 1980s, he helped reconstruct the original orchestrations for recordings of some of his 1930s Broadway shows.

Birth and Death Data: Born April 17, 1894 (Vienna), Died November 20, 1983 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1930

Roles Represented in DAHR: orchestrator

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role	Audio
Victor	BVE-62383	10-in.	8/13/1930	E's dance	Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra	Orchestra	orchestrator

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Spialek, Hans," accessed October 31, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108666.

Spialek, Hans. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108666.

"Spialek, Hans." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 31 October 2024.