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Walter Romberg
Walter Romberg (27 December 1928 – 23 May 2014) was a German politician who was the last finance minister of East Germany.
Career and activities.
Romberg was a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He was appointed minister of finance to the cabinet led by prime minister Lothar de Maizière on 12 April 1990 following the first free elections of East Germany which had been held on 18 March 1990. Romberg was one of the senior social democratic members of de Maizière's cabinet. On
Romberg's Viennese-style score was praised. The cast included Walter Slezak as Johann, Nancy McCord as Marie, Betty Allen as Friedl and Walter Woolf King as Kuno. The orchestrations were by Don Walker, who later worked with Romberg several times.
Romberg and Hammerstein had worked together on the hit operetta "The New Moon" in 1928.
Songs.
- Act 1
- Something in the Air of May – Prof. Johann Volk
- Interlude in a Barber Shop – Johann and Baron Kuno Adelhorst