- Carl Zeller
Carl Adam Johann Nepomuk Zeller (
19 June 1842 –17 August 1898 ) was anAustria n composer ofoperetta s.Zeller was born in
Sankt Peter in der Au ,cite web |url=http://www.johann-strauss.org.uk/composers/index.php3?content=zeller |title=Johann Strauss Society: Carl Zeller |accessdate=2008-10-01 |publisher=Johann Strauss Society of Great Britain] the only child of physician Johann Zeller and Maria Anna Elizabeth. Zeller's father died before his first birthday, after which his mother remarried Ernest Friedinger. In 1875, Zeller married Anna Maria Schwetz.Zeller had a fine sorprano voice, and sang in the
Vienna Boys' Choir before studying and composition in theUniversity of Vienna . He worked as a civil servant at the Imperial Ministry of Education while composing songs ("God Greets You All" and "Give Yourself Roses in Tyrol"), choral works, and a number of operettas, the best-known of which is "Der Vogelhändler ". All of his librettos were written (or co-written) by Moritz West, often together with Ludwig Held.Legal troubles, including a
perjury conviction, ended Zeller's career at the ministry and led to prison and public disgrace in the mid 1890s (although his prison sentence was later repealed).cite web |url=http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com.proxy-um.researchport.umd.edu/subscriber/article/grove/music/30914?q=zeller&search=quick&pos=1&_start=1#firsthit |title=Zeller, Carl in Oxford Music Online |accessdate=2008-10-02 |publisher=Oxford Music Online] After an injury in 1895 from falling on the ice, he spent his last years physically and then mentally ill. Zeller died of pneumonia inBaden bei Wien at the age of 56.Operettas
*"Joconde" (1876)
*"Die Fornarina" (1878)
*"Capitän Nicoll, oder Die Carbonari" (1880)
*"Der Vagabund" (1886)
*"Der Vogelhändler " (The Bird Seller) (1891)
*"Der Obersteiger " (The Foreman) (1894)
*"Der Kellermeister (1901; completed by Johannes Brandt)External links
* [http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.carlzeller.at/leben.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Carl%2BZeller%2522%2B1842%26start%3D30%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN Biography of Zeller]
* [http://www.johann-strauss.org.uk/composers/index.php3?content=zeller Zeller at the Johann Strauss Society of Great Britain]
* [http://musicaltheatreguide.com/composers/zeller/carl_zeller.html List of Zeller's stage works]
* [http://www.elibron.com/english/other/item_detail.phtml?msg_id=149210 Brief profile of Zeller]
* [http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl_Zeller&action=edit More complete German Wikipedia entry]References
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