Richard Fall (3 April 1882 – January 1945) was an Austrian composer and

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of Jewish descent. One of his most famous compositions is the popular ''Was machst du mit dem Knie lieber Hans''.

Life

Born in Jevíčko,

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, Fall grew up in a family of musicians. His two brothers

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and

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as well as his father were also composers and conductors. Fall worked as

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s conductor in Berlin and Vienna and as film composer in

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. After the Anschluss (1938), he fled

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to France. On 20 November 1943 he was deported from the Drancy internment camp to the

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, where he died early in January 1945, before the liberation of the concentration camp.

Works

Stage plays

*''Goldreifchen''. Fairy tale in 3 acts.

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: and Mia Ewers. UA 1909 Vienna *''Das Damenparadies''. Operetta in one act. Libretto:

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and Alfred Grünwald. UA 1911 Vienna *''Wiener Fratz''. Operetta in one act. Libretto:

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and . UA 1912 Vienna *''Arms and the Girl''. Operetta in 2 scenes, Libretto: Austen Hurgon. UA 1912 London *''Leute vom Stand''. Operetta in one act. Libretto: Robert Bodanzky and

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. UA 1913 Vienna *''Der Weltenbummler''. Operetta in one prelude and 2 acts. Libretto: Fritz Löhner-Beda and Karl Lindau. UA 1915 Berlin *''Die Dame von Welt''. Operetta in 3 acts. Libretto: Fritz Löhner-Beda and Hans Kottow. UA 1917 Vienna *''Die Puppenbaronessen''. Musical comedy in 2 acts. Libretto: Alexander Engel and Fritz Grünbaum. UA 1917 Vienna *''Großstadtmärchen''. Operetta in 3 acts. Libretto: and . UA 1920 Vienna *''Im Alpenhotel''. Operetta in one act. Libretto: Julius Horst and Ernst Wengraf. UA 1921 Vienna *''Der geizige Verschwender''. Operetta in 3 acts. Libretto: and . UA 1922 Berlin *''Apollo? Nur Apollo!'' Revue in 18 scenes (together with other composers). Libretto: Fritz Grünbaum, and Fritz Löhner-Beda. UA 1925 Vienna *''Hallo! Hier Grünbaum!'' Revue. Text: Fritz Grünbaum. UA 1927 Vienna

Songs

*''Junger Mann'', text: Arthur Rebner. 1923. Verlag Gabor Steiner, N.Y. *''Liebe Katharina, komm zu mir nach China!'' Lied and Foxtrot. Text: Fritz Löhner-Beda. 1927. Wiener Bohême Verlag *''Meine Tante, deine Tante''. One-step, text: Fritz Löhner-Beda. 1925. Wiener Bohême Verlag *''Was machst du mit dem Knie, lieber Hans''. Pasodoble, text: Fritz Löhner-Beda. 1925. Wiener Bohême Verlag *''Wenn man’s noch nie gemacht''. Foxtrot, text: Arthur Rebner. 1923. Verlag Gabor Steiner, N.Y. *''Wo sind deine Haare, August?'' Foxtrot, text: Fritz Löhner-Beda

Bibliography

* Kay Weniger: ''Zwischen Bühne und Baracke. Lexikon der verfolgten Theater-, Film- und Musikkünstler 1933 bis 1945''.''Zwischen Bühne und Baracke. Lexikon der verfolgten Theater-, Film- und Musikkünstler 1933 bis 1945''
on Amazon With an introduction by Paul Spiegel. Metropol, Berlin 2008, , .

References

External links

*
Richard Fall
on Lexm.uni-hamburg *

on musiques-regenerees.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:Fall, Richard 1882 births 1945 deaths 20th-century classical composers 20th-century Austrian conductors (music) 20th-century Austrian male musicians Austrian film score composers Austrian operetta composers Austrian people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp Male conductors (music) Male film score composers People from Jevíčko Austrian Jews who died in the Holocaust