Kevin Clarke (born 14 February 1967) is an Irish-German music historian specializing in 1920s jazz operettas. Born in

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, Germany, Clarke is the author of various books dealing with topics such as the

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

and

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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 of the

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, operetta in

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, and

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and operetta. Since 2006 he has been director of the Operetta Research Center Amsterdam (ORCA).

Writings

* ''The Art of Looking: The Life and Treasures of Collector Charles Leslie'' (Bruno Gmuender, 2015). * ''Die Welt der Operette. Glamour, Stars & Showbusiness'' (Wien: Brandstätter, 2011), . * ''"Im Himmel spielt auch schon die Jazzband". Emmerich Kálmán und die transatlantische Operette 1928–32'' (Hamburg: von Bockel, 2007, . * ''Glitter and be Gay: Die authentische Operette und ihre schwulen Verehrer'' (Hamburg: Männerschwarm, 2007), . * ''Im Weißen Rössl – Auf den Spuren eines Welterfolg'' (St. Wolfgang: Rössl Hotel, 2007), . * ''Die Tagebücher des Dr. Ralph Benatzky. Zwischen Berlin und Hollywood: Eine Zeitreise in die 20er Jahre'', audio book )Duo-phon Records), . * ''Holland in musicals en operettes'', in: ''Actuele Onderwerpen'', No. 2814 (2004).

External links

Official site of the Operetta Research Center Amsterdam (ORCA)
(in English)

Article in German on the performance tradition of operetta, 2006, online magazine of th
Frankfurter ''Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft''

Ralph Benatzky official site
1967 births Musicologists from Berlin Living people Irish music historians German music historians Musicians from Berlin {{Germany-musicologist-stub