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name: "Joseph Nurnberger"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-nurnberger"
fi1m_id: "joseph-nurnberger"
tmdb_id: 1566531
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T23:26:45.790605+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joseph Nurnberger

## Identity

Joseph Nurnberger

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joseph-nurnberger
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joseph-nurnberger
- **TMDB ID:** 1566531
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1566531

Composer.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1566531

## Biography

Joseph Nurnberger was a composer and music department contributor active in American silent films during the 1910s. He is credited as composer of the overture for the Los Angeles premiere of *The Birth of a Nation* (1915).

His other documented credits include composer or music arranger roles on *The Winged Idol* (1915), *Between Men* (1915), *The Three Musketeers* (1916) and *Hearts of the World* (1918), as well as music compiler and selector work on several titles from the same period.

*Sources: shotonwhat.com, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Birth of a Nation* (1915), Fi1m 32, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-birth-of-a-nation.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hearts of the World* (1918), Music
- *The Three Musketeers* (1916), Music
- *Aloha Oe* (1915), Music Arranger
- *The Birth of a Nation* (1915), Music — Fi1m 32, [page](https://film.one/film/the-birth-of-a-nation.md)

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