Victor Hollaender

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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

Other stage works

  • It was nice after all (1901)
  • The regimental papa (1914)

literature

Web links

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personal data
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