Hugo Felix

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Hugo Felix, 1900

Hugo Felix born Hugo Felix Haymann (born November 19, 1866 in Budapest , † August 24, 1934 in Los Angeles ) was an Austrian-American composer.

The mother was the legume dealer Jenny Hayman (!), Geb. Bachrich (d. Vienna, March 1, 1908). Felix attended the Schottengymnasium in Vienna and obtained a doctorate in chemistry in the subsequent course. He also studied at the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna and then worked for some time as Kapellmeister in and around Vienna. In 1896 he left Judaism. In 1900 he was brought to justice, but he was moved to an unknown place. At that time he emigrated to the USA . Between 1910 and 1925 he was very successful with his operettas on Broadway in New York .

In 1912 he married the American actress Mary Halton (born Prendergast, * 1873 New York) in Kensington, who subsequently called herself Mary Felix-Halton.

In the 1890s he was in the vicinity of “Young Vienna” and appears several times in Arthur Schnitzler's diary.

Around 1930 Felix settled in Los Angeles, where he died completely impoverished on August 24, 1934 at the age of almost 68 and also found his final resting place.

Works (selection)

  • The kitten. Operetta . 1892
  • The blood of the hussars. Operetta . Vienna 1894 (Libretto: Ignaz Schnitzer )
  • Madame Sherry . Berlin 1902 (Libretto: Maurice Ordonneau)
  • Rhodope. Operetta . Berlin 1902 (Libretto: Alexander Engel)

literature

  • Deems Taylor et al. (Ed.): The biographical dictionary of musicians . Garden City Books, Garden City 1950 (reprint of New York 1940 edition).
  • Karin Ploog: ... When the notes learned to run ...: History and stories of popular music up to 1945 - Part one . Books on Demand, 2016, ISBN 978-3-7386-7011-0 ( google.at [accessed September 28, 2017]).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Austrian National Library: New Free Press. March 3, 1908, p. 25 , accessed September 28, 2017 . on: ANNO
  2. ↑ Anna L. Staudacher: ... announces the departure from the Mosaic faith. Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-631-55832-4 , serial number 7532, IKG 1896/265
  3. ^ Austrian National Library: Wiener Zeitung. September 6, 1900, p. 24 , accessed September 28, 2017 . on: ANNO
  4. ↑ FreeBMD Entry Info. Retrieved September 28, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Felix, Hugo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haymann, Hugo Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-American composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 1934
Place of death los Angeles