Walter Wilhelm Goetze ometimes ''Götze''(17 April 1883 in

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– 24 March 1961 in Berlin) was a German

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. Etymology and def ...

operetta Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs and including dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, and length of the work. Apart from its shorter length, the oper ...

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revue A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatre, theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketch comedy, sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural pre ...

s. Goetze began as composer of songs; the first of his many works for the stage was the revue ''Nur nicht drängeln'' (''Don't Rush'') in 1912, followed by his first operetta ''Der liebe Pepi'' (''The Charming Pepi'') in 1913. His most successful works in this form were '' Ihre Hoheit, die Tänzerin'' (1919) which achieved almost 700 performances in Berlin alone, ''Adrienne'' (1926) and '' Der goldene Pierrot'' (1934). Other successful numbers from his other works include "Was wär' mein Lied, könnt' ich's dir nicht singen" ("What would my song be if I couldn't sing it to you") from ''Der Page des Königs'' (''The King's Page'') (1933) and "Das Branntweinlied" ("The Brandy Song") from ''Adrienne'' (1926). 12 February 2004

Works

*1911: ''Parkettsitz Nr. 10'', Posse mit Musik, prologue and three acts (

libretto A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to th ...

: Herman Haller and Willi Wolff) *1912: ''Nur nicht drängeln'', Posse mit Musik, three acts (libretto: Richard Nessler and Willy Prager) *1914: ''Der liebe Pepi'', operetta, three acts (libretto: Bruno Decker and Otto Sprinzel) *1918: ''Am Brunnen vor dem Tore'',

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, three acts (libretto: Oskar Felix) *1919: '' Ihre Hoheit, die Tänzerin'', operetta, three acts (libretto: Richard Bars and Oskar Felix) *1920: ''Die Spitzenkönigin'', operetta, three acts (libretto: Richard Bars and Oskar Felix) *1926: ''Adrienne'', operetta, three acts (libretto: originally by Günther Bibo and Alexander Pordes-Milo; 1936 reworked by Oskar Felix.) *1934: '' Der goldene Pierrot'', operetta, eight scenes (libretto: Oskar Felix and Otto Kleinert) *1935: ''Schach dem König'', operetta *1950: ''Liebe im Dreiklang '', operetta (libretto: Emil F. Malkowsky and Walter W. Goetze)

References

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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goetze, Walter 1883 births 1961 deaths German classical composers German male classical composers German operetta composers Composers from Berlin 20th-century German male musicians