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Robert Winterberg
Robert Anton Winterberg (27 February 1884 – 22 June 1930) was an Austrian composer, conducting, conductor, pianist, and theatre director. He is best known as a composer of German-language operettas, most of which he created during the 1910s and 1920s. Two of his operettas were adapted into English for Broadway theatre, Broadway: ''Die Dame in Rot'' (1911, Vienna) as ''The Lady in Red (musical), The Lady in Red'' (1919, Lyric Theatre (New York City, 1903), Lyric Theatre) and ''Die schöne Schwedin'' (1915, Vienna) as ''The Girl from Brazil'' (1916, 44th Street Theatre). His most successful operettas in Europe were ''Die Dame vom Zirkus'' (1919) and ''Günstling der Zarin'' (1921). Life and career Born into a Jewish family in Vienna on 27 February 1884, Robert Winterberg was the son of journalist Friedrich W. Winterberg (1835–1908) who was the founder of the Viennese newspaper ''Wiener Kommunalblatt''. His mother was Pauline Schönfeld. At the age of 14, he chose to cease pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Vilímek
Jan Vilímek (; 1 January 1860 – 15 April 1938) was a illustrator and Painting, painter from Boehmia who eventually became a Czechoslovak national. Vilímek was born on 1 January 1860 in Žamberk, Bohemia, Austrian Empire. He created many portraits of famous personalities from Bohemia and other Slavs, Slavic nations. During the 1880s, these portraits were regularly published in magazines such as ''Humoristické listy'', ''Zlatá Praha'' and ''Světozor''. In the 1890s, some of these illustrations were assembled into a book, ''České album''. He died on 15 April 1938 in Vienna. Jan Vilímek - Bedřich Smetana.jpg, Bedřich Smetana Jan Neruda – Jan Vilímek – České album.jpg, Jan Neruda Jan Vilímek - Ignacy Jan Paderewski.jpg, Ignacy Jan Paderewski File:Jan Vilímek - Antonín Dvořák.jpg, Antonín Dvořák External links * :cs:Seznam portrétů Jana Vilímka, List of Vilímek's portraits on Czech Wikipedia (incomplete, sorted by source, with links to digitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
