Who Are Those Composers? ~ Peter Rabenalt

Peter Rabenalt was born in Rathenow, Brandenburg, Germany. He was a scientist and film composer. Peter studied film production at the Konrad Wolf University of Film and Television in Potsdam-Babelsberg and composition and sound composition at the Hanns Eisler University of Music in Berlin. His teachers included Wolfgang Hohensee and Jurge Wilbrandt. After a short time as an actor in the feature film “Miss Butterfly” (1966), he began writing film music that same year. His compositions were not only used for feature films, but also for teaching and (short) documentaries. His work on the film “Zille and ick” (one of the few film musicals of DEFA) became special. Rabenalt also worked as an editor on German television radio.

Rabenalt also worked as a research assistant at the Konrad Wolf University of Film and Television, where he was a lecturer for sound and music dramaturgy from the mid-1980s and later a professor for film and television dramaturgy. Even after his retirement, he continued to work as a visiting professor for dramaturgy at the HFF.

RABENALT, Peter [7/16/1937, Semlin, Rathenow, Brandenburg, Germany -     ] – writer, composer, actor.

Blue Bird – 1979