Richard Franz Joseph Heuberger (18 June 1850 in

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– 28 October 1914 in

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) was an

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n composer of

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s and operettas, a music

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, and teacher. Heuberger was born in

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, the son of a

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manufacturer. He initially studied engineering, but gave it up in 1876, and turned to music. He studied at the Graz Conservatory (where he studied with

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), and later transferred to

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, where he eventually became the chorus master of the Wiener Akademischer Gesangverein, conductor of the Wiener Singakademie, director of the Wiener Männergesang-Verein (Vienna Men's Choral Association), and a teacher at the Konservatorium der Stadt Wien. As a music critic he wrote for the ''

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'' from 1881, the ''Allgemeine Zeitung'' in Munich from 1889, and (succeeding Hanslick) on the ''

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'' from 1896 until 1901. He also edited the ''Musikbuch aus Österreich'' (1904–6).Andrew Lamb. 'Heuberger, Richard (Franz Joseph)' in ''Grove Music Online'' (2001) Although Heuberger wrote many

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s, choral works, and songs, he is best known today for his operetta '' Der Opernball'', which he composed in 1898. He taught at the

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from 1902. Among his pupils was

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Selected works

Operettas *'' Der Opernball'' (1898) *''Ihre Excellenz'' (1899), revised as ''Eine entzückende Frau'' *''Der Sechsuhrzug'' (1900) *''Das Baby'' (1902) *''Der Fürst von Düsterstein'' (1909) *''Don Quixote'' (1910) Operas *''Abenteuer einer Neujahrsnacht'' (1886) *''Manuel Venegas'' (1889), revised as ''Mirjam, oder Das Maifest'' (1894) *''Barfüssele'' (1905) Ballets *''Die Lautenschlägerin'' (1896) *''Struwwelpeter'' (1897)

References

External links

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Biography
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Songs by Richard Heuberger on The Art Song Project
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