Josef Bayer
Josef Bayer (6 March 1852 – 12 March 1913) was an Austrian composer and the director of the Austrian Court Ballet from 1883 until his death. He was born and died in Vienna. Biography He studied at the Vienna Conservatory under the elder Josef Hellmesberger, Anton Bruckner and Otto Dessoff, and was a violinist in the Wiener Hofoper (the Vienna Court Opera Orchestra), 1870-1898. In 1883 he was appointed Court Kapellmeister. Though he created over twenty one-act ballets including '' Die Braut von Korea'', he is remembered for ''Die Puppenfee'' ("The Fairy Doll") of 1888, which began life as ''Im Puppenladen'' ("In the Doll Shop"). It was the definitive Austrian court ballet, and remains in the repertory of the Vienna State Opera. Bayer was also friends with the Viennese waltz composer Johann Strauss II and it was Bayer who completed the unfinished Strauss Cinderella ballet, '' Aschenbroedel'' in 1900, Strauss having died in 1899 leaving a completed draft of the work lacki ...
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Josef Bayer (before 1913) - Archivio Storico Ricordi FOTO000426
Josef Bayer (6 March 1852 – 12 March 1913) was an Austrian composer and the director of the Austrian Court Ballet from 1883 until his death. He was born and died in Vienna. Biography He studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, Vienna Conservatory under the elder Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr., Josef Hellmesberger, Anton Bruckner and Otto Dessoff, and was a violinist in the Wiener Hofoper (the Vienna Court Opera Orchestra), 1870-1898. In 1883 he was appointed Court Kapellmeister. Though he created over twenty one-act ballets including ''Die Braut von Korea'', he is remembered for ''Die Puppenfee'' ("The Fairy Doll") of 1888, which began life as ''Im Puppenladen'' ("In the Doll Shop"). It was the definitive Austrian court ballet, and remains in the repertory of the Vienna State Opera. Bayer was also friends with the Viennese waltz composer Johann Strauss II and it was Bayer who completed the unfinished Strauss Cinderella ballet, ''Aschenbroedel'' in 1900, Str ...
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