Alfred Hause was a German violinist, conductor and composer, celebrated as the “King of Tango” for his distinctive Continental Tango Sound.
Born on August 8, 1920, in Ibbenbüren, Germany, Hause displayed early musical talent, studying classical music at the Weimar Conservatory, where he mastered violin, saxophone, clarinet, and piano.
After World War II, during which he served as a military musician, he joined the Northwest German Radio (NWDR) in Hamburg in 1945, initially as a violinist in Willy Steiner’s orchestra. By 1948, he led the NWDR Dance Orchestra, shaping post-war German entertainment music.
Hause gained fame through radio, TV appearances, and recordings, winning the first German Schlager Festival in 1961 with “Bailando a dos.” His orchestral work spanned tango, easy-listening, and film scores, including The Third from the Right (1950).
From 1965 to 1989, he performed over 100 concerts in Japan, collaborating with Polydor and Nippon Grammophon. Awarded the Federal Cross of Merit in 1995, Hause retired from NDR in 1973. He died on January 14, 2005, in Hamburg, leaving a legacy in instrumental music and tango innovation.
86 recordings of Alfred Hause you can hear on Instrumentals Forever:
13 jours en France • A Day In May Under A Lucky Star • A Media Luz • A Sunny Noon In June • A Time For Us • Adios Muchachos • After A Night Of Lonely Dreams • Air (Bach) • All The Wonders Of This World • Allegretto (Schubert) • Anonimo Veneziano • Beautiful Dreamer (Foster) • Bilitis (Lai) • Both Sides Now • Caravan • Charade • Daremo Inai Umi • Dreaming And Drifting In The Air • Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade G-dur KV 525) Rondo_ Allegro (Mozart) • España (Albeniz) • Frühlingslied (Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) • Für Elise (Beethoven) • Fuyu No Yoro • Fuyugeshiki • Greensleeves • Guitar Player’s Lullaby • Hamabe No Uta • Hana • Haru Ga Kita – Haru No Ogawa (Medley) • Jalousie • J’attendrai • Jeux interdits • Kaasan No Uta • Komm’ doch in meine Arme • La Cumparsita • La Danza (Rossini) • La vie en rose • Lara’s Theme • Meditation aus ”Thais” (Massenet) • Menuett aus dem Notenbüchlein der Anna Magdalena Bach (Bach) • Menuett von Boccherini • Momiji • Nadia’s Theme (Cosma) • Natsu No Omoide • Natsu Wa Kinu – Chatsumi (Medley) • Olé Guapa • Pantera Negra • Präludium e-moll Op. 28 Nr. 4 (Chopin) • Rainbows Never Stay Forever • Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head • Regentropfen • Sakura Sakura • September Feeling • Sinfonie Nr 3 – Thema (Brahms) • Sinfonie Nr 40 – 1 Satz ”Allegro Molto” (Mozart) • Sinfonie Nr 6 (Pastorale) 5 Satz (Beethoven) • Sinfonie Nr. 94 G-dur (Haydn) • Sinnò me moro • Ski Polka • Sonate Nr 15 C-dur KV 545 (Mozart) • Soushunfu • South Of The Border • Ständchen ”Leise flehen meine Lieder” (Schubert) • Sunrise In The Forest • Swedish Rhapsody • The Charming Sound Of Magic Strings • The Doorway To Your Dreams • The Great Escape March • The Seventh Heaven Of Delight • The Sunshine Of My Country • Thema (Brahms) • Theme from ”Shaft” • Tonight • Tulpen aus Amsterdam • Umi – Ware Wa Umi No Ko (Medley) • Ungarischer Tanz Nr 4 (Brahms) • Violinenkonzert Nr. 1 g-moll Op. 26 Adagio (Thema) (Bruch) • Walking On The Rainbow Of My Life • Walzer As-dur Op. 39 Nr. 15 (Brahms) • Walzer aus der Streicherserenade (Tschaikowsky) • Walzer b-moll aus der Sinfonie Nr. 8 (Dvorák) • Wiener Blut • Yashi No Mi • Yoimachigusa • Yuki No Furu Machi O • Zigeunerlied Op 55 Nr 4 (Dvorák) •
