Ede Poldini (13 June 186928 June 1957) was a Hungarian

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 Defi ...

of the late romantic / early modern period. Famous in Hungary for writing many operas, he became internationally famous when

Fritz Kreisler Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler (February 2, 1875 – January 29, 1962) was an Austrian-born American violinist and composer. One of the most noted violin masters of his day, and regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time, he was known ...

transcribed his piano piece "La poupée valsante" for violin. Poldini studied with István Tomka in Budapest and with Eusebius Mandyczewski in Vienna. In 1908 he settled in Switzerland, writing two of his more famous operas: ''The Vagabond and the Princess'' (1903) and ''Wedding in Carnival Time'' (1924). These were both produced in London, the latter under the title ''Love Adrift''. ''Himfy'' was produced in 1938 in Budapest. Poldini is best known for his miniature piano pieces, such as "La poupée valsante", given wider audience in

's transcription, "Arlequinades", "Morceaux pittoresques", "Episodes à la cour", "Images", and "Moments musicaux". "Marionettes" were seven piano pieces that he later orchestrated. His one-act opera ''The Vagabond and the Princess'' was given 14 times in Dresden in 1916/17 under Fritz Reiner with a cast including Ludwig Ermold,

Minnie Nast Minnie Nast (10 October 1874 – 20 June 1956) was a German soprano. She was born in Karlsruhe and studied at the Karlsruhe Conservatory, making her début at Aachen in 1897. Nast performed in Dresden from 1898 to 1919 and then taught singing th ...

, Georg Zottmayr and Richard Tauber. He died in Vevey,

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

in 1957, aged 88.

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