Paul Knepler

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Paul Knepler (born October 29, 1879 in Vienna , † December 17, 1967 there ; also Paul Knöpler ) was an Austrian librettist , composer and publisher .

Life

Paul Knepler was born as the fourth of five children (including brother Hugo ) to Moriz and Pauline Knepler. His father traded in tobacco pipes, which he also produced for the South American market.

After studying at the University of Vienna , he worked as a bank clerk. In 1905 he acquired the Wallishausser'sche k. u. k. Court bookstore on Hohen Markt . After 1910 Paul Knepler began working as a publisher. His publishing program was very diverse. In addition to medical and fictional first publications by Wilhelm Stekel , he published works by, among others, Alfons Bolz-Feigl , Friedrich Schreyvogl and Paul Hohenau . At the end of October 1916 he handed the bookstore and publishing house over to his brother Hugo.

Musically without any professional training, he composed two operettas with the help of a ghostwriter: Josefine Gallmeyer (premiered on March 22, 1921 at the Wiener Bürgertheater ) and Wenn der Hollunder blooms (premiered on July 1, 1924 at the Wiener Metropoltheater).

Knepler became more successful and better known as a librettist, among others for Eduard Künneke : Die enticing Flamme (1933), Robert Stolz : The lost waltz (1933, based on the sound film Two Hearts in Three-Four Time ); Oscar Straus : Three Waltzes (1935); Emmerich Kálmán : Empress Josephine (1936) and for Franz Lehár: Paganini (1925) and Giuditta (1934), which was probably his greatest success and with which his name is still known today.

After Austria's annexation on March 12, 1938, as a Jew, he and his wife had to emigrate to Great Britain. In London he became a board member of the Austrian Center and wrote and composed for the exile cabaret "Laterndl". He also worked on the culture papers, such as the cultural series of the Free Austrian Movement.

Not until 1955, shortly after his 75th birthday, did Knepler return to Austria.

His son was the musicologist Georg Knepler .

Works

Operettas

  • Josefine Gallmeyer . Operetta in three acts. Text and music by Paul Knepler, 1921.
  • When the elder blooms . Operetta in three acts. Text by Paul Knepler and Ignaz Michael Welleminsky ; Music by Paul Knepler, 1924.

Libretti and texts

  • Paganini . Operetta in three acts by Paul Knepler and Bela Jenbach, music by Franz Lehár , 1925.
  • That cannot be the will of the Creator! Song. Text by Paul Knepler and JM Welleminsky , music by Richard Fall , 1927.
  • Lover! Song. Text by Paul Knepler and Ignaz Michael Welleminsky, music by Richard Fall, 1927.
  • The bells of Paris . Operetta in three acts by Paul Knepler and JM Welleminsky, music by Richard Fall, 1927.
  • Dear Dorothee . Song. Text by Paul Knepler and JM Welleminsky. Music by Richard Fall, 1927.
  • Belsazar . Opera in one act by Paul Knepler and JM Welleminsky; Music by Hans Peró, 1929.
  • At the landlady's Rosenrot . Singspiel by Beda and Paul Knepler; Music by Leo Ascher , 1930.
  • Village swallows from Austria . Singing waltz. Text by Paul Knepler, music based on motifs by Josef Strauss arranged by Julius Lehnert, around 1930.
  • Yes, student love . Marching song and fox trot. Text by Beda and Paul Knepler; Music by Leo Ascher, 1931.
  • Toni from Vienna : Singspiel in three 3 acts (4 pictures) based on AM Willner and E. Rubricus by Ernst Steffan and Paul Knepler, music by Ernst Steffan, 1931.
  • The Dubarry . New version of the comic opera “Countess Dubarry” in three acts by F. Zell and Richard Genée by Paul Knepler, JM Welleminsky and Hans Martin Cremer, music based on Carl Millöcker by Theo Mackeben , 1931.
  • Gasparone . Operetta in 10 pictures. Redesign of the text by Ernst Steffan and Paul Knepler; Music by Carl Millöcker , 1932.
  • Giuditta . Musical comedy in five pictures by Paul Knepler and Fritz Löhner , music by Franz Lehár, 1933.
  • Two hearts in three-quarter time . Operetta based on the sound film "Two Hearts in Three-Four Time" by Walter Reisch and Franz Schulz in the new version by Paul Knepler, Robert Gilbert and Ignaz Michael Welleminsky, music by Robert Stolz , 1933
  • The alluring flame . Romantic Singspiel in eight pictures by Paul Knepler and Ignaz Michael Welleminsky, music by Eduard Künneke , 1933.
  • Empress Josephine . Operetta in eight pictures by Paul Knepler and Géza Herczeg . Music by Emmerich Kálmán, 1936.
  • Three waltzes . Operetta in three parts by Paul Knepler and Armin Robinson . Music by Johann Strauss father and son edited by Oscar Straus , 1936.
  • Lamparilla . Operetta in three acts based on “El barberillo di Lavapiés” by Luis Mariano de Larra by Roberto Gerhard, Paul Knepler and Fred S. Tysh, music by Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, 1955.
  • Rhapsody of love . Operetta in three acts, a prelude and an aftermath by Peter Herz and Paul Knepler, music by Nico Dostal , 1963.

swell

  1. ^ According to a statement by Georg Knepler , quoted from Walter Pass , Gerhard Scheit , Wilhelm Svoboda : Orpheus in Exile . Vienna 1995

literature

  • 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. 234.
  • Rudolf Flotzinger (Ed.): Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Volume 3. Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7001-3045-7 , p. 1081.
  • Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna. Volume 1: A – Da. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 , p. 439.

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personal data
SURNAME Knepler, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knöpler, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian librettist, composer and bookseller
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH 17th December 1967
Place of death Vienna