Jean Gilbert

Jean Gilbert (born Hamburg, 11 February 1879, died Buenos Aires, 20 December 1942) was an German operetta composer and conductor. His real name was Max Winterfeld. He adopted the name of Jean Gilbert for the production of his first operetta in 1901.

Gilbert studied at the conservatories of Sondershausen and Weimar, as well as under Philipp Scharwenka in Berlin.

He composed more than 50 operettas before and after the World War I, working mainly in Berlin. His most successful work was "Die keusche Susanne" (1910). He emigrated to Argentina in 1933. His son Robert Gilbert (1899–1978) was also a composer. His cousin was the composer Paul Dessau.

elected works

*"Das Jungfernstift", 1901, Hamburg
*"Polnische Wirtschaft", 1909, Cottbus
*"Die keusche Susanne", 1910, Magdeburg
*"Das Autoliebchen", 1912, Berlin:"Ja, das haben die Mädchen so gerne"
*"Puppchen", 1912, Berlin:"Puppchen, du bist mein Augenstern"
*"Die Kino-Königin", 1913
*"Die Frau im Hermelin", 1919, Berlin
*"Katja, die Tänzerin", 1923, Vienna
*"Das Weib in Purpur", 1923, Vienna
*"Annemarie", 1925, Berlin
*"Hotel Stadt Lemberg", 1929, Hamburg

References

*"Reclams Operettenführer", Anton Würz (ed.), Stuttgart 1962

External links

*Imdb name|id=0318090
* [http://www.operone.de/komponist/gilbert.html Stage works]