Franz Wickenhauser

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Franz Wickenhauser (born March 3, 1872 in Brno , † January 15, 1940 in Munich ) was a German composer and conductor.

He worked in Munich as Kapellmeister in the State Theater on Gärtnerplatz . Wickenhauser composed several operettas under the pseudonym Franz Werther .

Works (selection)

  • The Landsknecht . Munich 1911.
  • The model women . Dresden 1911.
  • The unfaithful Adelheid . Munich 1920.
  • The forbidden song . Munich 1916.
  • The conscript bride . Munich 1914.

literature

  • Otto Schneidereit: The operetta from Abraham to Ziehrer. 3. Edition. Henschel Verlag for Art and Literature, Berlin 1966.
  • Wilhelm Kosch, Ingrid Bigler-Marschall (ed.): German Theater Lexicon . Volume 6: Weisbrod – Wolansky. Saur, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-908255-46-8 , p. 3270 f. ( limited preview in Google Book search).
personal data
SURNAME Wickenhauser, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Werther, Franz (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1940
Place of death Munich