Has anyone ever seen a photo of this historically-constantly-neglected composer?
In my humble opinion, the man was a real "Herms Niel" of the Wilhelminian Era (and way ahead of his time), and I personally love each and every composition of his that I've heard. He remained very popular during the Third Reich period, WWII, and shortly after WWII as well. But after that - nothing. He was the main soldiers' march composer before Niel appeared on the scene. And today this tallented military composer/arranger gets no attention in the military-musical circles, as far as I could notice, which is a real shame. He's been (and will remain) at the very top of my personal favourites list for a long, long time
It would be also interesting to find out more about Gnauck's Third Reich activities. I've noticed he composed a couple of RAD marches, but was he a member of the organization? I assume he must have known Niel in any case.
And I would really like to add a face to his music if possible.
Cheers,
Ivan
