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'''Leo Fall''' (2 February 1873{{spaced ndash}}16 September 1925) was an [[Austria]]n [[composer]] of [[operetta]]s.
'''Leopold Fall''' (2 February 1873{{spaced ndash}}16 September 1925) was an Austrian [[Kapellmeister]] and [[composer]] of [[operetta]]s.


==Life==
==Life==
Born in [[Olomouc|Olmütz]] (Olomouc), Leo (or Leopold) Fall was taught by his father Moritz Fall (1848–1922), a bandmaster and composer, who settled in [[Berlin]]. The younger Fall studied at the [[University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna|Vienna Conservatory]] before rejoining his father in Berlin. His teachers in [[Vienna]] were [[Robert Fuchs]] and [[Johann Nepomuk Fuchs (composer)|Johann Nepomuk Fuchs]]. In 1895 he began a new career as an operetta conductor in [[Hamburg]], and started to compose. From 1904 onwards he devoted himself to composition. While less successful than his contemporary [[Franz Lehár]], he was nevertheless capable of producing melodious and well orchestrated work. After working in [[Berlin]], [[Hamburg]] and [[Cologne]] he settled in Vienna in 1906, where he died. He is buried at the Vienna [[Zentralfriedhof]].
Born in Olmütz ([[Olomouc]]), Leo (or Leopold) Fall was taught by his father Moritz Fall (1848–1922), a bandmaster and composer, who settled in Berlin. The younger Fall studied at the [[University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna|Vienna Conservatory]] before rejoining his father in Berlin. His teachers in [[Vienna]] were [[Robert Fuchs (composer)|Robert Fuchs]] and [[Johann Nepomuk Fuchs (composer)|Johann Nepomuk Fuchs]]. In 1895 he began a new career as an operetta conductor in [[Hamburg]], and started to compose. From 1904 onwards he devoted himself to composition. While less successful than his contemporary [[Franz Lehár]], he was nevertheless capable of producing melodious and well orchestrated work. After working in Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne he settled in Vienna in 1906, where he died. He is buried at the [[Vienna Central Cemetery]].


His brothers {{ill|Siegfried Fall|de|lt=Siegfried}} and [[Richard Fall|Richard]] were also composers; both were murdered in the [[Nazi concentration camps]].
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His best known operettas in the English-speaking world are ''[[The Dollar Princess]]'' and ''[[Madame Pompadour (operetta)|Madame Pompadour]]'', which had successful runs in London and New York and remained in the repertory in Germany and Austria throughout the 20th century. ''Der liebe Augustin'' (1912; ''[[Princess Caprice]]'' in London) is reported to have been given an unprecedented 3,360 performances. His opera ''Der goldene Vogel'', which was performed in [[Dresden]] in 1920 with [[Richard Tauber]] and [[Elisabeth Rethberg]] was less successful.

Leo Fall's relatives live today in Sweden and U.S.A
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His best known operettas in the English-speaking world are ''[[The Dollar Princess]]'' and ''[[Madame Pompadour (operetta)|Madame Pompadour]]'', which had successful runs in London and New York and remained in the repertory in Germany and Austria throughout the 20th century. ''{{ill|Der liebe Augustin (operetta)|de|Der liebe Augustin (Operette)|lt=Der liebe Augustin}}'' (1912; ''[[Princess Caprice]]'' in London) is reported to have been given an unprecedented 3,360 performances.


== Stage works==
== Stage works==
Fall wrote incidental music to numerous plays, and three unsuccessful operas; he is mainly known as a composer of operettas in the Silver Age of Vienna operetta.<ref>{{cite book|title=Reclams Operettenführer|editor=Anton Würz|page=180|publisher=Reclam|location=Stuttgart|year=1962}}</ref><ref>[http://www.operetten-lexikon.info/?menu=50 Works], operetten-lexikon.info</ref><ref>[http://www.operone.de/komponist/fall.html Stage works], operone.de</ref>

'''Operas:'''
'''Operas:'''
* ''Paroli'' (1 act; 1902)
* ''Paroli oder Frau Denise'' (1 act; 1902)
* ''Irrlicht'' (1905)
* ''Irrlicht'' (1905)
* ''Der goldene Vogel'' (1920)
* ''Der goldene Vogel'' (1920)


'''Operettas:'''
'''Operettas:'''
{{cols}}
* ''Der Rebell'' (Vienna, 1905)
* ''Der Rebell'' (Vienna, 1905), later reworked as ''Der liebe Augustin''
* ''[[Der fidele Bauer]]'' ([[Mannheim]], 1907)
* ''[[The Merry Farmer (operetta)|The Merry Farmer]]'' (''Der fidele Bauer'', Mannheim, 1907)
* ''[[Die Dollarprinzessin]]'' (Vienna, 1907; adapted into English as ''[[The Dollar Princess]]'' 1909)
* ''[[Die Dollarprinzessin]]'' (Vienna, 1907; adapted into English as ''[[The Dollar Princess]]'' 1909)
* ''[[Die geschiedene Frau]]'' (Vienna, 1908; adapted into English as ''The Girl in the Train'' 1910)
* ''[[Die geschiedene Frau]]'' (Vienna, 1908; adapted into English as ''The Girl in the Train'' 1910)
* ''Der Schrei nach der Ohrgeige'' (Vienna, 1909)
* ''Der Schrei nach der Ohrfeige'' (Vienna, 1909)
* ''[[Brüderlein fein]]'' (Vienna, 1909)
* ''{{ill|Brüderlein fein|de}}'' (Vienna, 1909)
* ''Das Puppenmädel'' (Vienna, 1910)
* ''Das Puppenmädel'' (Vienna, 1910)
* ''Die schöne Risette'' (Vienna, 1910)
* ''Die schöne Risette'' (Vienna, 1910)
* ''Die Sirene'' (Vienna, 1911; adapted into English as ''[[The Siren (Musical)|The Siren]]'' 1911)
* ''Die Sirene'' (Vienna, 1911; adapted into English as ''[[The Siren (musical)|The Siren]]'' 1911)
* ''The Eternal Waltz'' ([[London]], 1911)
* ''The Eternal Waltz'' (London, 1911)
* ''[[Der liebe Augustin]]'' (Berlin, 1912) (Princess Caprice) (performed 3,360 times)<ref>[http://www.world-theatres.com/longruns.html#longruns.vienna.html LONG RUNS – BROADWAY, OFF BROADWAY, LONDON, TORONTO & OTHER MAJOR CITIES<!-- bot-generated title -->] at www.world-theatres.com</ref>
* ''{{ill|Der liebe Augustin (operetta)|de|Der liebe Augustin (Operette)|lt=Der liebe Augustin}}'' (Berlin, 1912) (''[[Princess Caprice]]'') (performed 3,360 times)<ref>[http://www.world-theatres.com/longruns.html#longruns.vienna.html Long Runs Broadway, off Broadway, London, Toronto & Other Major Cities] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100402061014/http://world-theatres.com/longruns.html|date=2010-04-02}} at www.world-theatres.com</ref>
* ''Die Studentengräfin'' (Berlin, 1913)
* ''Die Studentengräfin'' (Berlin, 1913)
* ''Der Nachtschnellzug'' (Vienna, 1913)
* ''Der Nachtschnellzug'' (Vienna, 1913)
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* ''Der künstliche Mensch'' (Berlin, 1915)
* ''Der künstliche Mensch'' (Berlin, 1915)
* ''Die Kaiserin'' (Fürstenliebe) (Berlin, 1916)
* ''Die Kaiserin'' (Fürstenliebe) (Berlin, 1916)
* ''Die Rose von Stambul'' (Vienna, 1916)
* ''[[The Rose of Stamboul (operetta)|The Rose of Stamboul]]'' (Vienna, 1916)
* ''Die spanische Nachtigall'' (Berlin, 1920)
* ''Die spanische Nachtigall'' (Berlin, 1920)
* ''Der heilige Ambrosius'' (Berlin, 1921)
* ''Der heilige Ambrosius'' (Berlin, 1921)
* ''Die Strassensängerin'' (Vienna, 1922)
* ''Die Straßensängerin'' (Vienna, 1922)
* ''[[Madame Pompadour (operetta)|Madame Pompadour]]'' (Berlin, 1922)
* ''[[Madame Pompadour (operetta)|Madame Pompadour]]'' (Berlin, 1922)
* ''Der süsse Kavalier'' (Berlin, 1923)
* ''Der süße Kavalier'' (Berlin, 1923)
* ''Jugend im Mai'' (Dresden,1926)
* ''Jugend im Mai'' (Dresden, 1926)
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==References==
==References==
'''Notes'''
;Note
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


;Sources
'''Sources'''
''Fall, Leo(pold)'' by [[Andrew Lamb (writer)|Andrew Lamb]], in 'The [[New Grove Dictionary of Opera]]', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
*"Fall, Leo(pold)" by [[Andrew Lamb (writer)|Andrew Lamb]], in ''[[The New Grove Dictionary of Opera]]'', ed. [[Stanley Sadie]] (London, 1992) {{ISBN|0-333-73432-7}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://operetta-research-center.org/main.php?task=archart&cat=4&sub_cat=13&id=00238 Online biography and list of works from Kurt Gänzl's ''Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre'' in the archive of the Operetta Research Center Amsterdam]
* {{IMSLP|id=Fall, Leo}}
* [http://musicaltheatreguide.com/composers/fall/leopold_fall.htm List of Fall's stage works with information about librettists and theatres]
* [http://musicaltheatreguide.com/composers/fall/leopold_fall.htm Fall's stage works], with information about librettists and theatres, musicaltheatreguide.com
* [http://www.musicals101.com/who20.htm Profile of Fall]
* [http://www.musicals101.com/who20.htm#Fall Profile of Fall], musicals101.com
* Marcus Pyka (Franklin College Switzerland), ''Das Osmanische Reich als Vorbild wider Willen in Leo Fall's Rose von Stambul (1916)'', in: Archiv des Operetta Research Center Amsterdam [http://www.operetta-research-center.org/main.php?task=5&cat=4&sub_cat=13&id=00357 1] [http://www.operetta-research-center.org/main.php?task=5&cat=4&sub_cat=13&id=00358 2]


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Latest revision as of 05:15, 11 April 2024

Leo Fall, 1915;
by Rudolf Dührkoop

Leopold Fall (2 February 1873 – 16 September 1925) was an Austrian Kapellmeister and composer of operettas.

Life

[edit]

Born in Olmütz (Olomouc), Leo (or Leopold) Fall was taught by his father Moritz Fall (1848–1922), a bandmaster and composer, who settled in Berlin. The younger Fall studied at the Vienna Conservatory before rejoining his father in Berlin. His teachers in Vienna were Robert Fuchs and Johann Nepomuk Fuchs. In 1895 he began a new career as an operetta conductor in Hamburg, and started to compose. From 1904 onwards he devoted himself to composition. While less successful than his contemporary Franz Lehár, he was nevertheless capable of producing melodious and well orchestrated work. After working in Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne he settled in Vienna in 1906, where he died. He is buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery.

His brothers Siegfried [de] and Richard were also composers; both were murdered in the Nazi concentration camps.

His best known operettas in the English-speaking world are The Dollar Princess and Madame Pompadour, which had successful runs in London and New York and remained in the repertory in Germany and Austria throughout the 20th century. Der liebe Augustin [de] (1912; Princess Caprice in London) is reported to have been given an unprecedented 3,360 performances.

Stage works

[edit]

Fall wrote incidental music to numerous plays, and three unsuccessful operas; he is mainly known as a composer of operettas in the Silver Age of Vienna operetta.[1][2][3]

Operas:

  • Paroli oder Frau Denise (1 act; 1902)
  • Irrlicht (1905)
  • Der goldene Vogel (1920)

Operettas:

  • Der Rebell (Vienna, 1905), later reworked as Der liebe Augustin
  • The Merry Farmer (Der fidele Bauer, Mannheim, 1907)
  • Die Dollarprinzessin (Vienna, 1907; adapted into English as The Dollar Princess 1909)
  • Die geschiedene Frau (Vienna, 1908; adapted into English as The Girl in the Train 1910)
  • Der Schrei nach der Ohrfeige (Vienna, 1909)
  • Brüderlein fein [de] (Vienna, 1909)
  • Das Puppenmädel (Vienna, 1910)
  • Die schöne Risette (Vienna, 1910)
  • Die Sirene (Vienna, 1911; adapted into English as The Siren 1911)
  • The Eternal Waltz (London, 1911)
  • Der liebe Augustin [de] (Berlin, 1912) (Princess Caprice) (performed 3,360 times)[4]
  • Die Studentengräfin (Berlin, 1913)
  • Der Nachtschnellzug (Vienna, 1913)
  • Der Frau Ministerpräsident (Berlin, 1914)
  • Der künstliche Mensch (Berlin, 1915)
  • Die Kaiserin (Fürstenliebe) (Berlin, 1916)
  • The Rose of Stamboul (Vienna, 1916)
  • Die spanische Nachtigall (Berlin, 1920)
  • Der heilige Ambrosius (Berlin, 1921)
  • Die Straßensängerin (Vienna, 1922)
  • Madame Pompadour (Berlin, 1922)
  • Der süße Kavalier (Berlin, 1923)
  • Jugend im Mai (Dresden, 1926)

References

[edit]

Notes

  1. ^ Anton Würz, ed. (1962). Reclams Operettenführer. Stuttgart: Reclam. p. 180.
  2. ^ Works, operetten-lexikon.info
  3. ^ Stage works, operone.de
  4. ^ Long Runs Broadway, off Broadway, London, Toronto & Other Major Cities Archived 2010-04-02 at the Wayback Machine at www.world-theatres.com

Sources

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