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Rudolf Dellinger (8 July 1857 – 24 September, 1910) was a German Bohemian
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Rudolf Dellinger (8 July 1857 – 24 September, 1910) was a German Bohemian composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
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and Kapellmeister
(, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...
. He almost exclusively composed operetta
Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs, and dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, length of the work, and at face value, subject matter. Apart from its s ...
s and was considered to be among the most outstanding composers of his time.
Born into a family of Bohemia
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n of instrument makers in Graslitz, Dellinger received musical tuition early in life. He studied at the School of Music in Prague between 1874 and 1879, and later at the Prague Conservatory, where he was taught piano by, among others, Julius Pisarowitz.
After completing his musical education, he took a position as a clarinet
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tist in Brno
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in 1880, then worked as a Kapellmeister in Passau
Passau (; bar, label=Central Bavarian, Båssa) is a city in Lower Bavaria, Germany, also known as the Dreiflüssestadt ("City of Three Rivers") as the river Danube is joined by the Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north.
Passau's popu ...
, Eger, Prague and Salzburg. In 1883, Dellinger moved to Hamburg, where he worked at the Carl-Schultze-Theater. He wrote his first operetta
Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs, and dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, length of the work, and at face value, subject matter. Apart from its s ...
s there, which also premiered in Hamburg.
On 2 February 1886, Dellinger married Anna Maria Eppich, an Austrian singer.
In 1893, Dellinger was employed as Kapellmeister of the Residenztheater in Dresden, where he worked until his death at the age of 53.
Works
Dellinger's oeuvre includes: * 1885: ''Don Cesar'' –libretto
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by Otto Walther, adapted from '' Don César de Bazan'' by Philippe Dumanoir and Adolphe d'Ennery
* 1886: ''Lorraine'' – libretto by Oscar Walther
* 1889: ''Capitain Fracassa'' – libretto by F. Zell and Richard Genée after Th. Gautier
* 1891: ''Saint Cyr'' – libretto by Otto Walther after Alexandre Dumas Sr
* 1894: ''Die Chansonette'' – libretto by Victor Léon and H. v. Waldberg
* 1901: ''Jadwiga'' – libretto by Richard Pohl and P. Hirschberger, after ''Les diamants de la couronne'' by E. Scribe
* 1910: ''Der letzte Jonas'' (''The last Jonas'') – libretto by Richard Pohl and L. Ascher
See also
* Dellinger (disambiguation)References
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