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- Birth nameAdolf Beeneken
- Marc Roland was born on January 4, 1894 in Bremen, Germany. He was a composer and writer, known for Bashful Felix (1934), Alt Heidelberg (1923) and A Night in Paradise (1932). He died on February 25, 1975.
- In 1944 he had to go to the front as a soldier.
- Marc Roland had contacts to the motor sports when he also wrote the music for documentaries like "Deutscher Kraftfahrsport" (1937) or "Deutsche Rennwagen in Front" (1938).
- His military march "Parademarsch der langen Kerls" for the movie "Fridericus Rex" became very popular and which will be played till today by marching bands.
- Only after the war he was able to continue his career as a film composer and he wrote the music for productions like "Ferien vom Ich" (1952).
- After a study in composition by Simon Breu and Max Meyer-Olbersleben and a study at the conservatory Würzburg he began his professional career as a bandmaster at the theater in 1914. Beside it he already composed first own pieces.
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