Theodor Wottitz
Theodor Wottitz (born March 31, 1875 in Vienna ; † March 11, 1937 there ) was an Austrian composer, conductor and lyricist of numerous Viennese songs.
Life
Theodor Wottitz was originally supposed to work in the leather industry. However, he felt drawn to serious music, received his training at the Vienna Music Academy, earned his living as a pianist and solo entertainer, and worked as a military conductor during the First World War . He composed countless Viennese songs, marches and overtures and arranged songs for orchestra. Wottitz was musical director in the horticultural variety theater and in the Budapest Orpheum (1912–1914). In 1938 his printed sheet music was removed from music stores because of his Jewish origins.
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The City of Vienna dedicated an honorary grave to Theodor Wottitz at the Vienna Central Cemetery because of his services to the Wienerlied (grave: Group 33 E, Row 16, No. 12).
Works
- Old woman please go hump
- Budapest Orpheum March
- Conrad Hötzendorf March
- That is the household usage in Vienna
- The spruce
- The highest dance
- The Viennese vigilantes , march
- Memory of the golden fried chicken time
- I'm just a Weaner, I can't help it
- In the Vienna Woods
- In the rose pavilion
- In the Prater meadows
- Gypsy style
- I only like di allani
- Schackerl, Schackerl, trust me
- What the bells from St. Stephen's Cathedral tell
- Viennese thoroughbred children
- There are fiddles, guitars and a bricklayer's piano
Literature and Sources
- Siegfried Lang: Lexicon of Austrian light music composers in the 20th century , Vienna, 1974.
Web links
- Works by Theodor Wottitz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sound sample: Zwa fiddling, a guitar, a mason piano, Op. 334 (M: Theodor Wottitz, T: Karl Leibinger, sung by Mizzi Starecek and Leopoldine Lauth, recorded 1935/1936) (MP3; 4.2 MB)
- Image by Theodor Wottitz
- Wiener Volksliedwerk
Individual evidence
- ^ Georg Wacks: The Budapest Orpheum Society. A variety show in Vienna 1889-1919. Vorw. By Gerhard Bronner , Verlag Holzhausen, Vienna 2002 ISBN 3-85493-054-2
- ^ Eva Weissweiler, Lilli Weissweiler: Eliminated! , Berlin, 1999, ISBN 978-3920862255 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wottitz, Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer, conductor and lyricist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 1937 |
| Place of death | Vienna |