Richard Bars
Richard Bars (born August 15, 1890 in Berlin ; † October 5, 1987 ) was a German librettist and lyricist .
Life
From 1919 Bars was a board member of the Association of German Stage Composers and Stage Writers. Together with the copyright holder Wenzel Goldbaum , he founded the central office for stage authors and publishers in 1923. It was followed by the Letters' Supply Foundation - also an initiative by Richard Bars.
With his participation, the Association of German Librettists and Song Poets was created in 1945, which in the early 1960s gave itself the current name " German Text Poet Association ".
Richard Bars was a member of the GEMA supervisory board . The estate of Richard Bars and his wife Hertha went to the GEMA Foundation.
Works
- Musical theater
- Lady Hamilton - Operetta in three acts by Richard Bars and Leopold Jacobson . Music Eduard Künneke
- Your Highness - the dancer (music by Walter Wilhelm Goetze )
- Gasparone
- The dancing Helena (Richartz / Bars, Oehl)
- Movie
- The Brigantin of New York (screenplay, Germany 1924, director: Hans Werckmeister )
- Songs
- I'm in love with a mouth
- The song of the weak hour (music by Walter Wilhelm Goetze )
Awards
- 1965 Silver Sheet of the Dramatists Union
- 1980 Golden Pin of the Union of Dramatists
- Honorary membership of GEMA
Web links
- Literature by and about Richard Bars in the catalog of the German National Library
- Richard Bars at filmportal.de
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bars, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German librettist and lyricist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th October 1987 |