Alfred Zamara (sometimes in the old sources Tsamara , German: Alfred Zamara ; April 28, 1863 , Vienna - August 11, 1940 , Vienna ) - Austrian composer and harpist. Son of Antonio Zamara .
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Biography
He studied playing the harp with his father, then studied composition at the Vienna Conservatory (including under the supervision of Anton Bruckner ), in 1884 - 1919 . taught himself in it. As a composer, he is known primarily for operettas and comic operas, the first of which, “Queen of Aragon” ( German Die Königin von Aragón ), appeared in 1883, followed by the most popular “Double” ( German Der Doppelgänger ; 1886 libretto by Victor Leon ), on which Viennese critics noticed that Zamara’s music has too much Wagnerian influence [3] . The opera Toledo Jeweler ( German: Der Goldschmied von Toledo ; 1919 , a libretto based on the novel by E. T. Hoffmann , Mademoiselle de Scodery), was arranged from Jacques Offenbach ’s re-composed music (partly in the works of Julius Stern ).
Zamara's stage works were occasionally staged and published in Russia. In the operetta The Singer from Palermo ( German: Der Sänger von Palermo ; 1888 ), in 1890 , he first appeared on the stage as a young choir Fyodor Chaliapin .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 130234842 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 International Music Score Library Project - 2006.
- ↑ Camille Crittenden. Johann Strauss and Vienna: Operetta and the Politics of Popular Culture - Cambridge University Press, 2006 .-- P. 25 .
Links
- Zamara, Alfred: sheet music at International Music Score Library Project