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Rudolf Dellinger (8 July 1857 – 24 September, 1910) was a
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Rudolf Dellinger (8 July 1857 – 24 September, 1910) was a German Bohemian
German Bohemians (german: Deutschböhmen und Deutschmährer, i.e. German Bohemians and German Moravians), later known as Sudeten Germans, were ethnic Germans living in the Czech lands of the Bohemian Crown, which later became an integral part ...
composer and Kapellmeister. He almost exclusively composed operettas and was considered to be among the most outstanding composers of his time.
Born into a family of Bohemian of instrument makers in Graslitz
Kraslice (; german: Graslitz) is a town in Sokolov District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,500 inhabitants. It was a large and important town until the World War II. It is known for manufacture of musical instrumen ...
, Dellinger received musical tuition early in life. He studied at the School of Music in Prague between 1874 and 1879, and later at the Prague Conservatory
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, where he was taught piano
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by, among others, Julius Pisarowitz.
After completing his musical education, he took a position as a clarinettist in Brno in 1880, then worked as a Kapellmeister in Passau, Eger
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, Prague and Salzburg
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. In 1883, Dellinger moved to Hamburg
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, where he worked at the Carl-Schultze-Theater. He wrote his first operettas there, which also premiered in Hamburg.
On 2 February 1886, Dellinger married Anna Maria Eppich, an Austrian singer.
In 1893, Dellinger was employed as Kapellmeister of the Residenztheater
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in Dresden
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, where he worked until his death at the age of 53.
Works
Dellinger's oeuvre includes: * 1885: ''Don Cesar'' – libretto by Otto Walther, adapted from '' Don César de Bazan'' by Philippe Dumanoir and Adolphe d'Ennery * 1886: ''Lorraine'' – libretto by Oscar Walther * 1889: ''Capitain Fracassa'' – libretto by F. Zell and Richard Genée after Th. Gautier * 1891: ''Saint Cyr'' – libretto by Otto Walther after Alexandre Dumas Sr * 1894: ''Die Chansonette'' – libretto by Victor Léon and H. v. Waldberg * 1901: ''Jadwiga'' – libretto by Richard Pohl and P. Hirschberger, after ''Les diamants de la couronne'' by E. Scribe * 1910: ''Der letzte Jonas'' (''The last Jonas'') – libretto by Richard Pohl and L. AscherSee also
* Dellinger (disambiguation)References
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