Victor Hollender ( German: Viktor Hollaender ; April 20, 1866 , Leobsciutz , Silesia , Kingdom of Prussia [1] - October 24, 1940 , Hollywood , California ) - German pianist, conductor and composer of Jewish origin. Brother of composer Gustav Hollander and writer Felix Hollander , father of composer Friedrich Hollander .
| Victor Hollander | |
|---|---|
| Full name | him. Viktor Hollaender |
| Date of Birth | April 20, 1866 |
| Place of Birth | Leobsciutz , Silesia , Kingdom of Prussia |
| Date of death | October 24, 1940 ( 74) |
| A place of death | Hollywood |
| A country |  German Empire |
| Professions | performer, conductor , composer |
| Years of activity | 1886 - 1940 |
| Instruments | |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Creativity
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
Biography
He studied music at the New Academy of Music (founded by Theodore Kullack ) in Berlin . He studied piano with Franz Kullack . He took composition lessons from Otto Neitzel and Albert Becker . Hollander begins an active musical career. Since 1886 he worked as a theater and concert conductor, in Hamburg (Karl Schulze Theater), Budapest , Marienbad and Berlin. Then, in 1890 , he worked at the New German Theater in Milwaukee. After that he worked in Berlin (Theater Wallner) and in Chicago ; then there was continued work in London , first in Opera Comic (London) ", And after in 1896, in the circus " Barnum and Bailey ". Here Hollender was the music director, and his wife, Rose Pearl, was a singer in the circus revue.
In 1899, the family returned to Berlin. Here in 1896 their son Frederick was born. In Berlin, Hollander taught at the Stern Conservatory . As a musical director and composer, he works in one of the first German literary and art cabarets, Uberbrettl ”, Founded in 1901 by Ernst von Volzogen . In 1901, Hollander also began to collaborate with the Metropolitan Theater (Berlin-Mitte) ". For about ten years, Hollander has been working in the operetta genre and writes the so-called annual reviews. His compositions for dance reviews and compositions for cabaret became a prominent public event in Berlin. Some of Hollander’s compositions were performed by such singers as Fritzi Massari and Henry Bender .
In Russia, the name of the composer Victor Hollander became known, first of all, in connection with the popular song “Swing”, which director A. A. Bryansky saw in the revue “Auf in's Metropol!” [2] , which was shown in 1905 at the Berlin Theater -var " Wintergarten ”And used for the insertion number in his production of the opulent piece“ The Merry Widow ”by Franz Lehar at the St. Petersburg Theater“ Buff ”in October 1906 [3] . The notes and records with the recording of this composition performed by the popular Russian opera singer M. I. Vavich were very successful and were published in the Russian Empire in large print runs. [4] [5]
During the First World War, Victor Hollander continues to create music for operettas. In the 1920s, Hollander worked primarily as a theater director. In 1934 , after the intensification of anti-Semitic politics in Nazi Germany, Hollander was forced to emigrate, following his son Frederick, he went to Hollywood .
Creativity
Victor Hollander composed his first operetta during his studies. Subsequently, he created music for a variety of dance revues, cabaret rooms, music for films and songs.
Along with Paul Linke and Walter Collot , Hollander was one of the imperial era's most popular light music composers.
For some works, Victor Hollander used the pseudonym “ Arricha del Tolveno” .
He is the author of the ballet Sumurun, the operetta Moroccan Bay (1894), Lord from Maxim (Maximists) (1905), Felix (1907) and a number of other works.
Notes
- ↑ Nowadays - a city in Glubchytsky district , Opole Voivodeship of Poland .
- ↑ Notenmuseum .
- ↑ Buff Theater // Theater and Art: Journal. - 1906. - No. 40 . - S. 608 .
- ↑ Vladimirskaya A.R. Franz Lehar . - 2nd ed., Rev .. - M .: Doe. Planet of Music, 2009 .-- 224 p. - ISBN 978-5-8114-0878-8 .
- ↑ Uvarova E. D. How to have fun in the Russian capital. - Aletheia, 2004 .-- S. 110. - 278 p.
Literature
- Volker Kühn : Art .: Victor Hollaender . In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart . 2. neubearbeitete Auflage, Personenteil, Band 9. Bärenreiter / Metzler , Kassel et al. 2003, Sp. 210-212, ISBN 978-3-7618-1100-9 (Bärenreiter) / ISBN 978-3-476-41022-1 (Metzler).
- Edmund Nick : Art .: Gustav Hollaender . In: Friedrich Blume (Hrsg.): Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart . Band 6, Bärenreiter, Kassel 1957, Sp. 626 f. Dictionary of National Biography . - London: Elder Smith & Co. .
- Alan Lareau (Hrsg.): Victor Hollaender. Revue meines Lebens. Erinnerungen an einen Berliner Unterhaltungskomponisten um 1900. Mit Audio-CD , Hentrich & Hentrich , Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-95565-041-4 (= Jüdische Memoiren. Band 23). [one]