Ernst Fischer was a German keyboardist and composer of light music

Light music

Light music is a generic term applied to a mainly British musical style of "light" orchestral music, which originated in the 19th century and had its heyday during the early to mid part of the 20th century, although arguably it lasts to the present day....

both for piano and for orchestra. He became well-known to radio listeners all over the world from the 1930s to 1960s. Although he wrote numerous piano pieces, perhaps his most famous work is the orchestral suite, Südlich der Alpen (South of the Alps). He is also well known as the performer on "der grosse Odeon-orgel"; he performed under the name of Marcel Palotti, somewhere between 1930 and 1937. He created on the Odeon recordings with this (Welte)theatre-organ a very special mysterious sound.

External links

• South of the Alps performed by the Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra (YouTube).
• Pretty Baby Performed by Pianist Alex Hassan (YouTube).
• Sunny Morning - a CD of piano works performed by Alex Hassan.
• South of the Alps - a CD of orchestral works performed by Rundfunkorchester Berlin.
• http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/mbl/Biografien/1028.htm - Short biographie in German of Ernst Fischer

Persondata

• NAME =Fischer, Ernst
• ALTERNATIVE NAMES =Palotti, Marcel
• SHORT DESCRIPTION =Composer, performer der grosse Odeon-orgel
• DATE OF BIRTH =10-04-1900
• PLACE OF BIRTH =Magdeburg, Germany
• DATE OF DEATH =10-07-1975
• PLACE OF DEATH =Locarno, Schweiz