Julius Brammer

Julius Brammer (born March 9, 1877 in Sehraditz , Kronland Moravia , Austria-Hungary , † April 18, 1943 in Juan-les-Pins ) was an Austrian librettist .

Julius Brammer (1902)

Life

Julius Brammer, son of Hermann and Julie, b. Pretty, attended secondary school, became an actor and appeared for the first time in Munich at the Gärtnerplatztheater . He later moved to the Theater an der Wien , where he also took part in operettas, a. a. Colonel Pritschitsch at the premiere of The Merry Widow .

From 1908 he worked almost exclusively as a playwright and wrote, often with Alfred Grünwald , numerous librettos for operettas by Leo Ascher , Edmund Eysler , Leo Fall , Emmerich Kálmán , Robert Stolz and Oscar Straus . He was one of the leading creators of the silver operetta era .

As a Jew , he and his wife Rosemarie (née Herzog) had to go into exile after Austria was annexed to the German Reich in 1938 . First he lived in Paris , after the occupation of France by the Germans in World War II , he fled to the unoccupied part of the country, on the Côte d'Azur .

Awards and honors

• 1938: Awarded the Knight's Cross of the Austrian Order of Merit
• 1955: Name of Brammergasse in Vienna- Hietzing

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Libretti

• Elektra . Parodistic operetta in one act by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald , music by Béla Laszky . Franz Bard & Brother, Vienna (around 1905).
• The lady in red . Operetta in 3 acts by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald, music by Robert Winterberg . Drei Masken Verlag, Munich 1911.
• Your Highness waltzes . Operetta in 3 acts by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. Music by Leo Ascher . Karczag, Vienna 1912.
• The laughing husband . Operetta in 3 acts by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald, music by Edmund Eysler . Karczag, Vienna 1913.
• The ideal wife . Operetta in 3 acts by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald, music by Franz Lehár . Doblinger, Vienna 1913.
• The beautiful Swede . Operetta in 3 acts by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald, music by Robert Winterberg. Karczag, Vienna 1915.
• The empress , also princely love . Operetta in 3 acts by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald based on Franz von Schönthan , music by Leo Fall . Bloch, Berlin and Eibenschütz & Berte, Vienna 1916.
• The rose of Stambul . Operetta in 3 acts by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald, music by Leo Fall. Karczag, Vienna 1916.
• Brother carelessness . Operetta in a prelude and 2 acts by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald, music by Leo Ascher. Karczag, Vienna 1917.
• Poetry love . (Heinrich Heine). Singspiel in 3 acts by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald, music by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Edited for the stage by Emil Stern. Karczag, Vienna 1918.
• The last waltz . Operetta in 3 acts by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald, music by Oscar Straus . Drei Masken Verlag, Munich 1920.
• The tango queen . Operetta in 3 acts by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald, music by Franz Lehár. Doblinger, Vienna 1921.
• The Bajadere . Operetta in 3 acts by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald, music by Emmerich Kálmán . Drei Masken Verlag, Munich 1921.
• The pearls of Cleopatra . Operetta in 3 acts by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald, music by Oscar Straus. Drei Masken Verlag, Berlin 1923.
• Countess Mariza . Operetta in 3 acts by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald, music by Emmerich Kálmán. Karczag, Vienna 1924.
• The circus princess . Operetta in 3 acts by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald, music by Emmerich Kálmán. Karczag, Vienna 1926.
• The golden master . Operetta in 3 acts by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald, music by Edmund Eysler. Karczag, Vienna 1927.
• The Duchess of Chicago . Operetta in two sections (2 acts with a prelude and episode) by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald, music by Emmerich Kálmán. Karczag, Vienna 1928.
• The violet from Montmartre . Operetta in 3 acts by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald, music by Emmerich Kálmán. Crescendo, Berlin 1930.
• The peasant general . Operetta in 3 acts by Julius Brammer and Gustav Beer , music by Oscar Straus. Karczag, Vienna 1931.
• Danube love . Operetta in 3 acts (4 pictures) by Julius Brammer and Emil Marboth , music by Edmund Eysler. Karczag, Vienna 1932.
• The lady with the rainbow . Operetta in 3 acts (7 pictures) by Julius Brammer and Gustav Beer, music by Jean Gilbert . Karczag, Vienna 1933.
• Bozena . Operetta in 3 acts (4 pictures) by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald, music by Oscar Straus. Weinberger, Vienna 1952.

Song and hit lyrics

• Anita, Anita! Text by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. Music by Robert Stolz , op.50, RSWV 35. Nickau & Welleminsky, Vienna no year.
• Anuschka, you stole my heart! Song and tango. Words by Julius Brammer, music by Jerzy Peterburski . Doblinger, Vienna 1930.
• The big lot . Text by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald, music by Béla Laszky . Franz Bard, Vienna undated; (around 1910).
• Weana needs some champagne! . Wienerlied. Text by Julius Brammer, music by Erik Jaksch . Sirius-Verlag, Vienna 1931.
• The three pilgrims . Chanson. Words by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald, music by Paul Pallos . (Modern cabaret repertoire 56.) Franz Bard, Vienna undated (around 1910).
• The wife is away for a short time . Marching song. Text by Julius Brammer, music by Franz Lehár. Doblinger Vienna 1913.
• The love and the booze . Russian Fox. Text by Julius Brammer, music by Otto Geitner . Doblinger, Vienna 1931.
• The love grammar . Chanson. Text by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. Music by Robert Stolz, op. 64. Bosworth & Co., Vienna. 1912
• Spring night in Miramare . Song and tango. Text by Julius Brammer, music by Robert Katscher . Wiener Boheme-Verlag, Vienna 1930.
• In Boskowitz and Holleschau . Foxtrot parody. Text by Julius Brammer, music by Artur M. Werau , op.790. Karczag, Vienna 1929.
• In Paris, by the Madeleine's clock! Valse-americaine. Text by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald, music by Maurice Lindemann , arranged by Fritz Spielmann . Alrobi, Berlin 1928.
• Jumping jack duet . Text by Julius Brammer, music by Franz Lehár. Doblinger, Vienna 1913.
• Kiss me . Spanish barcarole. Text by Julius Brammer, music by Franz Lehár. Doblinger, Vienna 1913.
• Maneuver criticism . Text by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. Music by Béla Laszky. Lyra, Leipzig. no year
• Manuela . Song and tango. Text by Julius Brammer, music by Stefan Weiß . AJ Benjamin, Leipzig 1930.
• Orally I am very shy . Entréelied of Don Gil. Text by Julius Brammer, music by Franz Lehár. Doblinger, Vienna 1913.
• Only in Spain . Waltz song. Text by Julius Brammer, music by Franz Lehár. Doblinger, Vienna 1913.
• Nice gigolo, poor gigolo . Song and tango. Text by Julius Brammer, music by Leonello Casucci . Wiener Boheme-Verlag, Vienna 1929.
• That's how I learned it in the boarding school . Song. Text by Julius Brammer, music by Franz Lehár. Doblinger, Vienna 1913.
• Proud beautiful . Romance. Text by Julius Brammer, music by Franz Lehár. Doblinger, Vienna 1913.
• Favorite sweet melody . March. Text by Julius Brammer, music by Franz Lehár. Doblinger, Vienna 1913.
• Tango . Text by Julius Brammer, music by Franz Lehár. Doblinger, Vienna 1913.
• A thousand red roses . Text by Julius Brammer, music by Franz Lehár. Doblinger, Vienna 1913.
• The taxi meter fair . Foxtrot. Text by Julius Brammer, music by Artur M. Werau, op.791.Sirius-Verlag, Vienna 1929.
• If ... (in May in the Krieau) . Song and Foxtrot March. Words from Julius Brammer. Music by Max Pfeffer. Drei Masken Verlag, Berlin 1930.

Filmography (selection)

• 1919: The Rose of Stambul

literature

• Julius Brammer in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
• Andrea Harrandt: Brammer, Julius. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
• Julius Brammer in the Lexicon of Persecuted Musicians of the Nazi Era (LexM)
• Austrian National Library (Ed.): Handbook of Austrian authors of Jewish origin, 18th to 20th centuries . 3 volumes. tape 1 . KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-11545-8 , p. 183 .
• François Genton: songs that went around the world. German hits and cultural transfers in the 20th century. In: Olivier Agard, Christian Helmreich, Hélène Vinckel (eds.): The popular. Investigations into interactions and differentiation strategies in literature, culture and language. V&R unipress, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-89971-544-6 , pp. 189–204, here pp. 198–201 ( limited preview in Google book search).
• Harry Zohn : I'm only a son of the German language. Jewish heritage in Austrian literature . Amalthea, Vienna 1986, ISBN 3-85002-210-2 , p. 201.
• Brammer, Julius In: Werner Röder; Herbert A. Strauss (Ed.): International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Emigrés 1933–1945 . Volume 2.1. KG Saur, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-598-10089-2 , p. 139.

Web links

• Literature by and about Julius Brammer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Julius Brammer at filmportal.de
• Julius Brammer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Julius Brammer in the Internet Broadway Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Theater and amusements. In:  Neue Freie Presse , December 31, 1905, p. 55 (online at ANNO ).
2. ↑ Theater and Art. High distinction for Julius Brammer. In:  Illustrierte Kronen Zeitung , January 28, 1938, p. 10 (online at ANNO ).
3. ↑ Brammergasse in Vienna History Wiki of the city of Vienna