Leo[pold] Fall
(1873 - 1925)
Austrian composer born Olomouc 2 February, 1873; died Vienna 16
September, 1925
WORKS (selective list)
Operas:
- Paroli (Frau Denise) - 1 act - L. Fernand; Hamburg, 1902;
- Irrlicht (Fernand; Mannheim, 8 Jan 1905;
- Der goldene Vogel (J. Wilhelm, P. Frank; Dresden, 21 May
1920
Operettas
(chief works published in vocal score in Berlin or Vienna at about the time of original production):
- Der Rebell - 3 acts - Book and lyrics by Rudolf Bernauer,
Ernst Welisch; Theater an der Wein, Vienna, 28 November 1905;
- Der fidele Bauer (The Merry Peasant) - 3 acts - Book and
lyrics by Victor Léon, Hoftheater, Mannheim, 27 July 1907
- Die Dollarprinzessin (The Dollar Princess) - 3 acts - Book
and lyrics by Alfred Maria Willner, Fritz Grünbaum; Carltheater,
- Die geschiedene Frau (The Divorcée) - 3 acts - Book
and lyrics by Victor Léon; Carltheater, Vienna Vienna, 23 December,
1908;
- Der Schrei nach der Ohrgeige, Vienna, 1909;
- Brüderlein fein - 1 act - Book and lyrics by Wilhelm;
Vienna, 1 Dec 1909;
- Das Puppenmädel - 3 acts - Book and lyrics by Leo Stein,
Alfred Maria Willner; Vienna, 4 Nov 1910;
- Die schöne Risette - 3 acts - Book and lyrics by Alfred
Maria Willner, R. Bodanzky; Vienna, 19 Nov 1910;
- Die Sirene - 3 acts - Book and lyrics by Leo Stein, Alfred
Maria Willner; Vienna, 5 Jan 1911;
- The Eternal Waltz - 1 act - Book and lyrics by Austen Hurgon;
London, 22 Dec 1911;
- Der liebe Augustin, (Dear Augustin) rev. of Der Rebell;
Neues Theatre, Berlin, 3 February 1912
- Die Studentengräfin - 3 acts - Book and lyrics by Victor
Léon; Berlin, 18 Jan 1913;
- Der Nachtschnellzug - 3 acts - Book and lyrics by Victor
Léon, Leo Stein; Vienna, 20 Dec 1913;
- Die Frau Ministerpräsident (Jung-England) Book and lyrics
by Rudolf Bernauer and Ernst Welisch; Berlin, 14 Feb 1914;
- Der künstliche Mensch - Book and lyrics by Alfred Maria
Willner, R. Österreicher; Berlin, 2 Oct 1915;
- Die Kaiserin (Fürstenliebe) - 3 acts - Book and lyrics
by Julius Brammer, A. Grünwald; Berlin, 16 Oct 1916;
- Die Rose von Stambul (The Rose of Stamboul) - 3 acts - Book
and lyrics by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald; Theater an
der Wein, Vienna, 2 December, 1916;
- Die spanische Nachtigall - 3 acts - Book and lyrics by Rudolf
Schanzer and Ernst Welisch; Berlin, 1920;
- Der heilige Ambrosius - 1 act - Book and lyrics by Alfred
Maria Willner, A. Rebner; Berlin, 3 Nov 1921;
- Die Strassensängerin - 3 acts - Book and lyrics by F.
Friedrichs, A. Neidthardt; Vienna, 14 Feb 1922;
- Madame Pompadour - 3 acts - Book and lyrics
by Rudolf Schanzer and Ernst Welisch; Berliner Theater, Berlin,
9 September, 1922. Daly's Theatre, London
- Der süsse Kavalier - 3 acts - Book and lyrics by Ernst Welisch; Berliner Theater, Berlin, 1923
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- H. Hutten: Leo Fall, ein neuer Operettenkomponist, Musik für
Alle (Berlin, 1908)
- F. Lehár, L. Kartousch and H. Marischka: Zum Tode Leo Fall,
Die Stunde (Vienna, 1925)
- W. Zimmerli: Leo Fall und sein kompositorisches Werk, Schweizerische Musiker-Revue (1949)