Karl Kleiber

Karl Kleiber (born December 21, 1838 in Reiserhof near Grunddorf, municipality of Perschling ; † June 15, 1902 in Vienna ) was an Austrian composer and conductor who composed the music for numerous stage works at the Vienna Volkstheater.

Life

Kleiber completed his musical training with the composer Franz Krenn, among others . From 1861 he was the piano player in the Viennese folk singing society of Johann Fürst and Josef Matras and from 1862 Kapellmeister at the Fürst's Singspielhalle . There he wrote the music for almost all of the pieces listed there. His collaboration with the theater poets Alois Berla and Karl Bayer, of whom he musically framed over 50 folk plays, should be emphasized . After Fürst's death in 1882, he went on tour with his own company. Between 1883 and 1889 Karl Kleiber was Kapellmeister at the Theater in der Josefstadt , between 1889/90 at the Carltheater and from 1890 again at the Theater in der Josefstadt.

Karl Kleiber was married to the soubrette and actress Hermine Kirchhofer (born April 10, 1843 Vienna, † after 1891), who was engaged at the Fürsttheater from 1879 to 1892.

Works (selection)

Factory name	genre	Librettist / playwright	Year first performance	Place of premiere	file	annotation
A Viennese from the London industrial exhibition	Scene with singing	Alois Berla	1862	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	Premiere July 19, 1862
The farmer's school	Singspiel	Alois Berla	1862	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	Premiere September 26, 1862
The Fidelen	?	Karl Bayer	1862	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
The craft boys	?	Karl Bayer	1862	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
The caretaker's daughters	?	Alois Blank	1862	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	Author: alias Alois Blankowsky
May, or The Competitors in the Prater	?	Karl Bayer	1862	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
A prater	?	Karl Bayer	1862	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
A Praterwurstel	?	Karl Bayer	1862	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
Stadtmamsell and Bauernbua	?	Karl Bayer	1862	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
Fatalities in tails	?	Johann Prince	1863	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
The missing uncle	?	Valais	1863	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
Seamstresses are wanted here	?	Clement Franz Stix	1863	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
The high school in Gablitz	?	?	1863	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
In the business office	?	Karl Bayer	1863	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
The goiter	?	Steinbauer	1863	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
A long nose	?	Carl Haffner	1863	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
The nephew in the pantry	?	German	1863	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
Only noble Schani	?	Karl Bayer	1863	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
The uncle from America	?	Karl Bayer	1863	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
On Easter Monday	?	Karl Bayer	1863	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
Patti and Batty	?	Karl Bayer	1863	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
The Viennese in America	?	Karl Bayer	1863	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
Vienna and Berlin	?	Carl Haffner	1863	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
Two guns	?	Joseph Riener	1863	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
A related family	Posse	?	1863	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna (probably)	?	-
Fiaker and comfortable	?	?	1863	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna (probably)	?
The very clever doctor	?	?	1863	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna (probably)	?
In the waiting room III. class	?	?	1863	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna (probably)	?
Get up!	Dramatic little thing with singing	Alois Berla	1863	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	1	Premiere May 16, 1863
Too deep by a stick	Stagger with song	Alois Berla	1863	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	1	Premiere July 18, 1863
City landlady and winegrower	Funny scene with singing	Alois Berla	1863	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	Premiere July 31, 1863
Old and New Vienna	?	?	1864	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna (probably)	?
A foundling	Image of life	Karl Elmar	1864	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna (probably)	?
Hussars advertisement	?	?	1864	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna (probably)	?	-
The yodelers	?	Karl Elmar	1864	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
The suburbanites	Funny Singspiel	Alois Berla	1864	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	WP April 9, 1864
The female hunters	Stagger with song	Alois Berla	1864	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	1	Premiere May 7, 1864
Village musician and poacher	Rural genre picture with singing	Alois Berla	1864	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	Premiere August 27, 1864
Tight lock, or the starvation diet	Stagger with song	Alois Berla	1864	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	Premiere September 23, 1864
In der Sparkasse (Orig .: In der Sparkassa)	Stagger with song	Alois Berla	1864	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	1	Premiere September 23, 1864
Factory owner and worker	Viennese life picture with singing	Alois Berla	1864	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	Premiere September 23, 1864
Bricklayer and technician	Posse with singing	Alois Berla	1864	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	1	Premiere September 23, 1864
The legacy sneaks	Stagger with song	Alois Berla	1864	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	Premiere October 7, 1864
Ten men and one woman	?	Karl Bayer	1864	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
At the Naschmarkt and in the market hall	?	Karl Bayer	1865	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?
The riot in the harem	?	Karl Bayer	1865	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?
's Hoamweh	Character picture with singing	Karl Bayer	1865	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	1	-
The provincial cousins	?	Karl Bayer	1865	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
The schoolmaster's birthday (also: on the schoolteacher's birthday)	Posse with singing	Alois Berla	1865	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	Premiere April 7, 1865 (Premiere in the Josefstheater on November 22, 1865)
The Maibleaml	Rural picture with singing	Alois Berla	1865	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	WP April 29, 1864
Acquitted!	Posse with singing	Alois Berla	1865	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	1	Premiere May 29, 1865
The Herzbünkerl	Character picture with singing	Alois Berla	1864	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	1	Premiere June 19, 1865
Gas flame and cobbler candles	Folk picture with singing	Alois Berla	1865	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	1	WP July 8, 1865
Chorus player and ballet girl	Posse with singing and dancing	Alois Berla	1868	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	1	WP July 8, 1865
The child girls	Posse with singing	Alois Berla	1865	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	1	Premiere August 5, 1865
Singer, gymnast and contactor	Stagger with song	Alois Berla	1865	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	1	Premiere August 22, 1865
The one from the needle	Image from folk life with singing	Alois Berla	1865	Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna	3	Premiere October 31, 1865
The first intoxication	?	Karl Bayer	1866	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
In the Marchand des Modes shop and Reiter barracks	?	Karl Bayer	1866	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?
Black ghosts	?	Clement Franz Stix	1866	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?
The suicide	Posse	Alois Blank	1866	?	?	Author: alias Alois Blankowsky . WP possibly earlier. Was apparently also performed as a prelude to the farce Rejoice in Life .
Young blood	Posse	?	1866	?	?
Student and laundry girl	Funny Singspiel	Johann Prince	1866	?	?
The volunteers	Genre image	Alois Blank	1866	?	?	Author: alias Alois Blankowsky
In the IX. district	Posse with singing	Alois Berla	1866	Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna	3	Premiere March 17, 1866
Doctor and bath towel	Stagger with song	Alois Berla	1866	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	WP April 2, 1866
Mr. Josef	Stagger with song	Alois Berla	1866	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	Premiere April 28, 1866
The schoolmaster's wife	Posse with singing	Alois Berla	1866	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	Premiere May 3, 1866
The Prussians are here	Stagger with song	Alois Berla	1866	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	Premiere May 8, 1866
The last moment	Stagger with song	Alois Berla	1866	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	WP July 21, 1866
Horse lover and art rider	Posse with singing	Alois Berla	1866	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	Premiere July 28, 1866
Sarah Kohn	?	Johann Karl Bohm	1867	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
The beautiful Polish women	Singspiel	?	1867	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?
A choral society (also: the choral society)	Singspiel	Karl Bayer	1868	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?
In the spring	Singspiel	?	1868	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?
Infantryman and Cavalryman	?	Josef Doppler	1868	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	-
A family of soldiers	Singspiel	Karl Bayer	1868	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?
In the orphanage	Genre image	Clement Franz Stix	1869	?	-
In the parish hall	Posse with singing	Alois Berla	1869	Fürst's Singspielhalle in the Prater, Vienna	?	Premiere August 14, 1869
The Meistersinger von Erdberg (also: ... in Erdberg)	Funny Singspiel	Clement Franz Stix	1870	Fürst's Volkstheater in the Imperial and Royal Prater, Vienna	1
Between heaven and earth	Funny operetta	F.	1870	Fürst's Volkstheater in the Imperial and Royal Prater, Vienna	1
The peasant pastor, or: the end justifies the means (other title: the end justifies the means, or: the chapel builders)	Original character picture with singing	Eduard Dorn	1870	?	?	WP possibly earlier. In seven pictures. Another author or composer: Adolf Oppenheim.
Josefine Gnallmeyer	Life picture with song	Karl Bayer	1871	?	3	Obviously related to Josefine Gallmeyer .
Bad paper	Original folk piece with singing	Friedrich Kaiser	1872	Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna	3
Viennese carnival ghosts	Carnival dream	?	1873	Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna	3	Kleiber arranged music by Johann Strauss and Joseph Lanner .
The daughter of the wicked	Folk piece with singing	Carl Elmar	1874	Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna	5	-
The golden dragon	foreplay	Carl Elmar	1874	Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna	4th	Carl Kleiber's involvement is uncertain. It is also unclear whether "The Golden Dragon" is an independent work or can be assigned to an indefinite stage play.
A cruiser	Original farce with song and dance	Carl Kosta	1875	?	3	-
Rejoice in life	Folk piece with singing	Carl Elmar	1875	Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna	?	Book edition date, first performance probably earlier
The orphan and her knights	Folk piece with song and dance	Carl Elmar	1877	Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna	?	Book edition date, first performance probably earlier
The Prater birds	Liederspiel from Viennese life	Ludwig Gottsleben	1879	Fürst's Volkstheater in the Imperial and Royal Prater, Vienna	1
A Turkish economy	Singspiel	Ludwig Gottsleben	1879	Fürst's Volkstheater in the Imperial and Royal Prater, Vienna	1
Cobbler and baron	?	Josef Doppler	1879		?
Travel adventure between Kikinda and Becskerek	Fluctuation of opportunity	Ludwig Gottsleben	1879	Fürst's Volkstheater in the Imperial and Royal Prater, Vienna	1	WP possibly earlier. Kikinda and Becskerek (today: Zrenjanin) are Serbian cities in Vojvodina , which at the time belonged to Austria-Hungary .
The dancers	Singspiel	Karl Kleiber	1881	Fürst's Volkstheater in the Imperial and Royal Prater, Vienna	1
A heart for the people	Folk piece with singing	Karl Gärtner	1883	?	?
The angel maker	farce	Ferdinand Maierfeld	1884	?	?	Title uncertain: Le Faiseur d'anges translated from French. WP possibly earlier.
The bride show	Original posse with singing	Alois Berla	1886	?	4th	WP January 2, 1886
After 100 years (also: 100 years)	Historical Quodlibet with singing	Karl Lindau and Friedrich von Radler	1888	Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna	3	Prelude: The Privilege.
The Gigerln of Vienna (also: Mamsell Gigerl)	Local farce with singing	Josef Wimmer	1888	Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna	4th
Our folk males	Posse with singing	Alois Berla	1888	Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna	4th	WP March 10, 1888
Something to laugh about	?	?	1893	?	?	Together with Franz von Suppè , G. Schirmer [Gustav Schirmer?] And L. Rot

Honors

In the 14th district of Penzing in Vienna , the Kleibersteig was named after Karl Kleiber in 1883 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Karl Kleiber in the catalog of the German National Library
• Andrea Harrandt: Kleiber, Karl. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7001-3044-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag} Diploma thesis Alois Berla - The life and work of Kamila Anna Majkowska, Vienna 2013
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Andrea Harrandt: Kleiber, Karl. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7001-3044-9 .
3. ↑ Diploma thesis Music in the Theater - Theater Music by Ines Rosa Maierbrugger, Vienna 2010
4. ↑ Google Books, Textbook Berla, Alois / Kleiber, Karl: Chorist and Ballet Girl, farce with singing in one act , libretto. Vienna, 1868
5. ↑ Google Books, Textbook Berla, Alois / Kleiber, Karl: Die von der Nadel, picture from folk life in three departments with singing , libretto, Vienna, 1866
6. ↑ operone.de, from the catalog raisonné by Franz von Suppé ( Memento of the original from October 27, 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. 
7. ^ Niederösterreichisches Landesarchiv, index card for the text book Stix, Carl F .: Die Meistersinger von Erdberg! Komisches Singspiel in 1 act , Volkstheater im kk Prater 1870. Signature: Lower Austria Reg. Pres Theater TB K 447/11 ( Memento of the original from December 14, 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. 
8. ^ Lower Austrian Provincial Archives, index card for the text book Kleiber, Karl: Between Heaven and Earth! Komische Operetta in 1 Ackte (by F.) , Volkstheater im kk Prater 1870. Signature: Lower Austria Reg. Pres Theater TB K 447/31 ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ Google Books, text book Der Bauernpharrer, or the end justifies the means . Ed. Dorn, Ad. Oppenheim, Karl Kleiber
10. ↑ Google Books, text book Josefine Gnallmeyer: Life picture with singing in 3 acts and 6 pictures . Karl Kleiber, Karl Bayer. Kratz, 1871
11. ↑ Google Books, Textbuch Kaiser, Friedrich / Kleiber, Karl: Schlechtes Papier, original folk piece with singing in three departments , libretto, Vienna, 1872
12. ↑ Niederösterreichisches Landesarchiv, index card for the text book Wiener Faschings-Geister. Carneval's dream in three pictures and a prelude and epilogue. Music by (Johann) Strauss and (Joeph) Lanner and other masters. Arranged by Kapellmeister C (arl) Kleiber. , Theater in der Josefstadt 1873. Signature: Lower Austria Reg. Pres Theater TB K 368/03 ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
13. ^ Niederösterreichisches Landesarchiv, index card for text book: Gottsleben, Ludwig: Die Prater-Vögel. Liederspiel from Viennese life in 1 act. , Volkstheater im kk Prater 1879, signature: Lower Austria Reg. Pres Theater TB K 455/02 ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
14. ↑ Niederösterreichisches Landesarchiv, index card for text book: Gottsleben, Ludwig: Eine Türkische Wirthschaft. Singspiel in 1 act , Volkstheater im kk Prater 1879, signature: Lower Austria Reg. Pres Theater TB K 455/02 ( Memento of the original from December 14, 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. 
15. ↑ ^{a b} Google Books, excerpt from 'Jahrbuch für das Deutsche Theater 1879
16. ^ Niederösterreichisches Landesarchiv, index card for the text book: Kleiber, Karl: Die Tanzlustigen. Singspiel in one act , Volkstheater im kk Prater 1881, signature: Lower Austria Reg. Pres Theater TB K 457/12 ( Memento of the original from December 14, 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. 
17. ↑ Google Books, text book Ein Herz für's Volk: Volksstück mit Gesang . Karl Gärtner, Karl Kleiber. Eirich, 1883
18. ^ Google Books, excerpt from Revue britannique: ou Choix d'articles traduits des meilleurs écrits périodiques de la Grande-Bretagne , 1884, title derived from the French
19. ↑ Google Books, text book Die Brautschau: Original posse with singing in 4 acts. Alois Berla, Karl Kleiber . Eirich, 1886
20. ↑ Niederösterreichisches Landesarchiv, index card for text book: Radler, Friedrich von and Karl Lindau (recte Gemperle): After 100 years! (deleted) (Final review). Historical Quodlibet with singing in three acts, plus a prelude: The Privilege, compiled by Friedrich von Radler and Karl Lindau. Music arranged by Kapellmeister Karl Kleiber , Theater in der Josefstadt 1888, signature: Lower Austria Reg. Pres Theater TB K 381/04 ( Memento of the original from December 14, 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. 
21. ↑ Niederösterreichisches Landesarchiv, index card for text book: Wimmer, Josef: Die Gigerln von Wien. Local posse with singing in 4 acts by J (osef) Wimmer. Music by Karl Kleiber. , Theater in der Josefstadt 1888, signature: Lower Austria Reg. Pres Theater TB K 380/16 ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.