Heinrich Reinhardt (1865–1922) was an Austrian composer. He died on 31 January 1922 in Vienna and is buried at the

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Biography

Reinhardt was born on 13 April 1865 in Pressburg (now Bratislava). The son of a jeweller, he went to Vienna to study at the conservatory of the

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where he was one of Anton Bruckner's pupils. He became an accomplished

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and

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, and his familiarity with several other instruments later served him well as orchestrator of his own works and those of others. Between 1890 and 1900 he published numerous

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and salon pieces, as well as an

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, ''Die Minnekönigin'' (1895). He also wrote music reports for the ''

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'', '' Neues Wiener Journal'' and '' Die Zeit'', but abandoned this after the tremendous success of his first operetta, ''Das süsse Mädel'' (

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, 25 October 1901). It opened a new phase for Viennese operetta, being more overtly in the song and dance musical comedy style. However, Reinhardt's dozen later works were eclipsed by those of

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, Oscar Straus and

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Compositions

Operas

* ''Die Minnekönigin'' (1895) * ''Der Söldner'' (1922)

Operettas

* ''Das süsse Mädel'' (1901) * ''Der liebe Schatz'' (1902) * ''Der General-Konsul'' (1904) * ''Krieg im Frieden'' (1906) * ''Die süssen Grisetten'' (1907) * ''Ein Märchen für alles'' (1908) * ''Die Sprudelfee'' (1909) * ''Die siamesischen Zwillinge'' (1909) * ''Studentenhochzeit'' (1910) * ''Miss Exzentrik'' (1910) * ''Napoleon und die Frauen'' (1911) * ''Prinzessin Gretl'' (1914) * ''Die erste Frau'' (1915) * ''Der Gast der Königs'' (1916) * ''Der Glückstrompeter'' (1922) * ''Grisettenliebe'' (1928) * ''Der Schuster von Delft'' (?)

Sources

* * Andrew Lamb: "Heinrich Reinhardt", '' Grove Music Online'' ed. L. Macy (Accessed 20 September 2008)
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External links

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