Georg Jarno (3 June 1868, in
Buda
Buda (; german: Ofen, sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Budim, Будим, Czech and sk, Budín, tr, Budin) was the historic capital of the Kingdom of Hungary and since 1873 has been the western part of the Hungarian capital Budapest, on the ...
– 25 May 1920, in
Breslau) 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 ...
, mainly of
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.
Biography
After he finished his studies in Budapest, he worked as
Theaterkapellmeister in Bremen, Gera, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Metz, Liegnitz, Chemnitz and Magdeburg, and also as
opera director in Bad Kissingen, before settling in Vienna as a freelance composer. Before 1903, Jarno's name was György Cohner. He is buried in the New Jewish Cemetery in
Wrocław, Poland.
Career
Jarno's greatest successes were ''
Die Försterchristl
Die Försterchristl (also ''Die Försterchristel'') is an operetta in three acts by Georg Jarno to a libretto by Bernhard Buchbinder. It premiered on 17 December 1907 at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna. Three years later, its English ver ...
'' (1907) and ''Das Musikantenmädel'' (1910). His operettas ''Das Farmermädchen'' and ''Jungfer Sonnenschein'' were well received, whereas ''Die Marine-Gustl'', ''Mein Annerl'', ''Der Goldfisch'' and ''Die Csikosbaroness'' could muster only passing interest. Much of the success of his works was due to the distinguished presentation of their title roles by his brother's (Joseph Jarno) wife, the highly popular
actress and
soubrette Hansi Niese.
He loved to introduce historically well known persons into his operettas;
Kaiser Joseph II in ''Die Försterchristl'',
Prince Eugene of Savoy
Prince Eugene Francis of Savoy–Carignano, (18 October 1663 – 21 April 1736) better known as Prince Eugene, was a Generalfeldmarschall, field marshal in the army of the Holy Roman Empire and of the Austrian Habsburg dynasty during the 17th a ...
in ''Jungfer Sonnenschein'',
Joseph Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...
in ''Das Musikantenmädel''.
Before operettas, he wrote three operas: ''Die schwarze Kaschka'' (1895), ''Der Richter von Zalamea'' (1899) based on
Calderon's ''El alcalde de Zalamea'', and ''Der zerbrochne Krug'' (1903) based on
Heinrich von Kleist's
play; none prevailed.
His main success, ''Die Försterchristl'', had a run of 64 performances at
Broadway's
Herald Square Theatre in 1910/11 under the title ''The Girl and the Kaiser''.
Stage works
Bibliography
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References
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Reclams Operettenführer, Anton Würz (ed.), Stuttgart 1962
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1868 births
1920 deaths
19th-century classical composers
20th-century classical composers
Hungarian classical composers
Hungarian expatriates in Austria
Hungarian expatriates in Germany
Hungarian opera composers
Hungarian male classical composers
Male opera composers
People from Buda
20th-century Hungarian male musicians
19th-century male musicians