Leo Held (musician)

Leo Held
(from the Vienna Pictures , 1900)

Leo Held (born January 27, 1874 in Vienna ; † May 16, 1903 there ) was an Austrian music director and composer.

Leo Held, son of Ludwig Held , was taught at the Conservatory of the Society of Friends of Music . a. by Anton Bruckner . He then worked as a theater conductor in Berlin and Hamburg before moving back to Vienna. Here he began to work as an operetta composer ; most of the libretti of his works are by his father.

Held ended his life by suicide .

Works

• The swallows , operetta in 3 acts. Libretto by Ludwig Held and Moritz West . Premiere: February 12, 1897, Theater an der Wien .

Based on motifs from this operetta:

• In May , polka-mazurka.
• Swallow Waltz .

• The stepmama , operetta in 3 acts. Libretto by Ludwig Held. Premiere: February 20, 1900, Theater an der Wien.
• Gaudeamus , operetta in 3 acts. Libretto by Anton Herger. Premiere: December 23, 1902, Jantsch-Theater .
• The sniffer , farce with singing in 3 acts. Libretto based on an idea by Poole by Ludwig Held. WP: Vienna, around 1900 (?)

literature

• Karl Lustner: Death list of the year 1903 concerning the music . In: Monthly Issues for Music History . Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1904.
• Paul Frank, Wilhelm Altmann : Briefly summarized Tonkünstler Lexicon . Gustav Bosse, Regensburg 1936.
• Anton Bauer: Operas and Operettas in Vienna . Böhlau, Vienna 1955.
• Hero Leo. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 255.
• Susanne Blumesberger, Michael Doppelhofer, Gabriele Mauthe: Handbook of Austrian authors of Jewish origin from the 18th to the 20th century . Volume 1: A-I. Edited by the Austrian National Library. Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-11545-8 , p. 521.
• Austrian music lexicon . Volume 2. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7001-3044-9 ; P. 730f.