Carl Zeller

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Carl Zeller
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Carl Adam Johann Nepomuk Zeller (born June 19, 1842 Sankt Peter in der Au , Lower Austria ; † August 17, 1898 in Weikersdorf near Baden near Vienna ) was an Austrian lawyer , ministerial advisor, head of the art department in the Ministry of Education and, as a composer, a representative of the golden Operetta era .

Life

Zeller was born the son of a doctor and attended elementary school in his birthplace. As a child he played several instruments. At the age of eleven he became a choirboy in the imperial court orchestra ( Vienna Boys Choir ). Carl Zeller completed the lower level of the Josefstädter Gymnasium in Vienna and then the upper level of the well-known Stiftsgymnasium Melk , where he graduated with honors. He then studied law in Vienna and at the same time composition with Simon Sechter in Vienna. After his doctorate as Dr. jur. In Graz, Zeller first worked at various courts. From the legal service he was appointed by Minister Stremayr in 1873 to the Ministry of Culture and Education, where he subsequently became head of the art department and rose to the ministerial council class.

On May 15, 1875, Carl Zeller married Anna Maria Schwetz, daughter of a Viennese master tailor. The marriage resulted in two sons.

Carl Zeller only composed part-time throughout his life, but his musical work is in line with the three grandmasters of classic Viennese operetta, Carl Millöcker , Franz von Suppè and Johann Strauss .

In total, Zeller composed six full-length stage works in almost 20 years, if one disregards his unpublished preparatory work and his own post-processing of his works. His earliest compositions are songs, male choirs and cyclical song games such as The Cologne Fools Festival (Vienna 1868). His indispensable librettist Moritz West worked on his first stage play, the comic opera Joconde (Vienna 1876) . In the 1880s, Zeller went over to operetta and immediately found acceptance with his works in the Neapolitan and Circassian milieu: Die Carbonari (Vienna 1880) and Der Vagabund (Vienna 1886).

The most successful operettas The Bird Dealer (epitome of the German-Austrian hometown operetta) and The Obersteiger are still played on numerous stages today. This resulted in songs like “Hello, everyone to each other”, “Like my Ahnl twenty years old”, “I'm the Christel from the Post”, “Do you give yourself roses in Tyrol” and “Don't be angry”. The operettas Der Kellermeister by Johann Brandl (1835–1913) and Die Rosl vom Wörthersee were later completed from his estate by his son Carl Wolfgang Zeller (* 1876, Vienna; † 1965, Baden near Vienna) in conjunction with Rudolf Kattnigg .

Carl Zeller spent his last years as a seriously ill man, perceived by the public through the embarrassing affair of an inheritance dispute and a related criminal case . On March 31, 1897, Zeller was sentenced to a year long imprisonment at the Higher Regional Court of Vienna for taking a false oath . (The prosecution itself had the consequence that Councilor Zeller resigned from his official position and was retired .) Since Zeller had been convicted in absentia due to illness, Zeller's wife (and not Zeller himself) lodged a nullity complaint. On June 18, 1897 conceded the Supreme Court judgment and dismissed the affair for a new hearing at the Vienna Circuit Court . - This negotiation never took place because Carl Zeller died of pneumonia on August 17, 1898 in Weikersdorf, Eugengasse 3 (which belonged to Baden near Vienna from 1912 onwards) at the age of only 56 years.

The funeral and funeral took place on August 19, 1898. Carl Zeller was given an honorary grave by the City of Vienna ( Wiener Zentralfriedhof , grave site 47B-G1-9).

Honors, awards, prizes

  • Knight of the Order of Charles III.
  • Officer of the Legion of Honor
  • Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy
  • Commander of the Leopold Order (Belgium)
  • Knight of the Order of Civil Merit of the Bavarian Crown
  • At the birth house of Carl Zeller in St. Peter in der Au, a copper plaque designed by the sculptor Walter Schmieg was placed on July 10, 1927 as part of a Zeller celebration for the composer's 85th birthday.
  • For the composer's 125th birthday, a bird dealer fountain, created by the St. Peter sculptor Kunibert Zinner , was erected in front of the secondary school in St. Peter in der Au in 1967 .
  • On the occasion of the 150th birthday of the operetta composers Carl Zeller and Carl Millöcker, the Austrian Post issued a special postage stamp (with a nominal value of 6.00  ÖS ), the first day of which was April 30, 1992. 

Works

Songs and choirs

  • Marienlied (1855)
  • Ave Maria (1855)
  • Song in honor of St. Jacob (1858)
  • One-part songs with piano accompaniment
  • Popular songs
  • Male choirs

Stage works

  • Scenes from the Cologne Narrenfest ( Liederspiel ), first performance on November 28, 1868 in the Sophiensaal in Vienna
  • Die Thomasnacht (Liederspiel), first performance on November 27, 1869 in the Sophiensaal in Vienna
  • Joconde ( Komische Oper ), first performance on March 18, 1876 in the Theater an der Wien
  • Die Fornarina (Komische Oper), first performance on October 18, 1879 in the Gärtnerplatztheater in Munich
  • The Carbonari ( operetta ), premiered on November 27, 1880 in the Carltheater in Vienna
  • Der Vagabund (Operetta), first performance on October 30, 1886 in the Carltheater in Vienna
  • The bird dealer (operetta), first performance on January 10, 1891 in the Theater an der Wien
  • Der Obersteiger (Operetta), first performance on January 5, 1894 in the Theater an der Wien
  • Der Kellermeister (estate operetta), first performance on December 21, 1901 in the Raimund Theaterin Vienna
  • The Rosl vom Wörthersee (estate operetta), 1943/44

Musical arrangements

  • Captain Nicol (The Carbonari) , musical. Adaptation by Carl Zeller, 1882.
  • The Tyrolean (The Bird Dealer) , text-book adaptation by Helen F. Tretbar, first performed on October 5, 1891 at the Casino Theater New York.
  • The cellar master , music. Editing and arrangement by Johann Brandl and Rudolf Raimann, 1901.
  • The bird dealer - "Munich version" , revue operetta, musical. Adaptation by Arthur Bauckner, first edition on February 5, 1933 in the National Theater in Munich.
  • Der Obersteiger - "Munich version" , revue operetta, musical. Adaptation by Arthur Bauckner, 1936.
  • The Bird Trader , libretto adaptation by Rudolf Bernauer , first performance on May 15, 1947 in the Palace Theater London, conductor: Richard Tauber
  • The Rosl from Wörthersee , musical. Editing and arrangement by Rudolf Kattnigg and Carl Wolfgang Zeller, 1943/44
  • The Bird Seller , musical. Adaptation by Hans May , text-book adaptation by Bruce Walker and Fred S. Tysh, 1960.

Well-known songs from operettas by Carl Zeller

  • Howdy God, everyone ( the bird dealer )
  • Merry Palatinate, Rhine Waltz ( The Bird Trader )
  • I am the Christl from the post office ( the bird dealer )
  • If you give yourself roses in Tyrol ( the bird dealer )
  • I am the vice dean ( the bird dealer )
  • Like my ancestor for twenty years ( the bird dealer )
  • When the cherry tree blossomed ( The bird dealer )
  • The bureaucrat does his duty ( The Obersteiger )
  • Don't be angry '( The climber )
  • I was born in the year comet waltz ( The Cellar Master )
  • Take your time ( the cellar master )
  • When Noah came out of the box ( the cellar master )

museum

  • The Carl Zeller Museum in St. Peter in der Au Castle offers a complete overview of the life and work of the operetta composer who was born in St. Peter in der Au.

Trivia

The ministry is said to have informed him in writing that “it would be natural that Mr. Zeller could not appear on the stage in view of his capacity as a civil servant.” Zeller therefore had to accept the applause from a box.

literature

Web links

Commons : Carl Zeller  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Daily news. (...) Karl Zeller †. In:  Pester Lloyd , No. 198/1898 (XLV. Volume), August 18, 1898, p. 6 (unpaginated), column 3 middle. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / maintenance / pel.
  2. ↑ a b c Baden city news. A new Carl Zeller operetta. In:  Badener Zeitung , No. 88/1943 (LXIV. Volume), November 6, 1943, p. 3, top left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bzt.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Little Chronicle. (...) Ministerialrath Dr. Zeller †. In:  Wiener Zeitung , supplement: Wiener Abendpost , August 18, 1898, p. 3, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz.
  4. ↑ Composer Carl Zeller †. In:  Prager Tagblatt , August 18, 1898, p. 7, bottom left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / ptb.
  5. ↑ From the courtroom. (Orig.-Ber.) Trial against Hofrath Dr. Zeller. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 11713/1897, April 1, 1897, p. 7, top center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
  6. ↑ a b † Hofrath Dr. Karl Zeller. In:  Neue Freie Presse , August 18, 1898, p. 4, top center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
  7. ↑ (On Dr. Zeller's trial.). In:  Neue Freie Presse , April 3, 1897, p. 7, bottom center (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp
  8. ↑ (Proceß Dr. Zeller.). In:  Neue Freie Presse , June 5, 1897, p. 7, center right (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp
  9. ↑ (The founders of the judgment annulment in the Zeller process.). In:  Neue Freie Presse , June 19, 1897, p. 7, bottom center (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp
  10. ↑ (Annulment complaint.). In:  Wiener Zeitung , June 19, 1897, p. 6, top left (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz
  11. ↑ Entry on the 150th birthday of the operetta composers Carl Zeller and Karl Millöcker in the Austria Forum  (as a stamp illustration)
  12. ↑ Carl Zeller - The bird dealer . Article dated December 26, 2009, accessed August 7, 2013
  13. ↑ Zeller: The bird dealer - program booklet ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Article dated March 8, 2009, accessed August 7, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.concentus-alius.de
personal data
SURNAME Zeller, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zeller, Carl Johann Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Sankt Peter in der Au , Lower Austria
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 1898
Place of death Baden near Vienna