Victor Hollaender
Victor Hollaender (born April 20, 1866 in Leobschütz, Silesia , today: Głubczyce ; † October 24, 1940 in Hollywood , California ) was a German pianist, conductor and composer.
Life
Hollaender completed a music degree at the Neue Akademie der Tonkunst (founded by Theodor Kullak ) in Berlin . He belonged to Franz Kullak's piano class ; He received composition lessons from Otto Neitzel and Albert Becker . After studying music, Hollaender got around a lot through various engagements: From 1886 he worked as a theater and concert conductor in Hamburg (Carl-Schulze-Theater), Budapest, Marienbad and Berlin. An engagement at the New German Theater in Milwaukee followed in 1890 . Berlin ( Wallner Theater ) and Chicago were the next stops; this was followed by a longer activity in London, first at the Royal Opera Comique , then in 1896 at the Barnum & Bailey Circus . Hollaender was the musical director here; his wife Rosa Perl singer in the circus revue.
In 1899 the family returned - their son Friedrich Hollaender was born in 1896 - back to Berlin, where Hollaender not only taught at the Stern Conservatory , but also for the first German cabaret (the Überbrettl founded in 1901 by Ernst von Wolhaben ) composed. The collaboration with the Berlin Metropol-Theater also began in 1901 : Hollaender wrote the so-called annual revues in addition to operettas for about ten years ; the cabaret-style number revues, characterized by dance and song, became an outstanding social event in Berlin. Some Hollaender compositions became known with singers like Fritzi Massary or Henry Bender . Further operettas followed during the First World War; in the 20s Hollaender was mainly active as a theater director. In view of the anti-Semitic terror of the Nazis, Hollaender followed his son Friedrich into exile in Hollywood in 1934.
Works
Hollaender composed his first operetta while still a student. But also hits, revues, antics, film music and singing games were written by him. His songs are considered elegant and witty. Along with Paul Lincke and Walter Kollo , Hollaender was one of the most popular composers of light music during the imperial era. Sometimes he also composed under the pseudonym Arricha del Tolveno.
Operettas
- King Rhampsinite (1891)
- The Bey of Morocco (1894)
- The twelve women of Japhet (1902)
- Tailor Fips (1908)
- The Beauty of the Beach (1915)
- The Princess of the Nile (1915)
- The Swan of Siam (1920)
- The Marble Count (1921)
- Prince Lottchen (1927)
Revues
- Latest, Latest (1904)
- Off to the Metropol! (1905)
Famous songs
- The cherries in the neighbor's garden
- Rocking song
- Annemarie
- The coal girl
Film music
- Rocking Song (1908)
- Sumurun (feature film, 1920)
- Two worlds (feature film, 1930)
Other stage works
- It was nice after all (1901)
- The regimental papa (1914)
literature
- Volker Kühn : Hollaender, Victor. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 9 (Himmel - Kelz). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2003, ISBN 3-7618-1119-5 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
- Edmund Nick : Art .: Gustav Hollaender . In: Friedrich Blume (Ed.): The music in past and present . Volume 6, Bärenreiter, Kassel 1957, Sp. 626 f. DNB 550439609 .
- Alan Lareau (Ed.): Victor Hollaender. Review of my life. Memories of a Berlin entertainment composer around 1900. With audio CD , Hentrich & Hentrich , Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-95565-041-4 (= Jewish memoirs. Volume 23).
Web links
- Victor Hollaender in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Works by and about Victor Hollaender in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by Victor Hollaender on deutscheslied.com
- List of stage works by Victor Hollaender based on the MGG at Operone
- Sheet music and audio files by Victor Hollaender in the International Music Score Library Project
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hollaender, Victor |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tolveno, Arricha del (pseudonym) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pianist, conductor and composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1866 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Leobschütz, Silesia, today: Głubczyce |
DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 1940 |
Place of death | Hollywood , California |