Carl (or Karl) Joseph Millöcker ( – ), was an

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s and a conductor. __NOTOC__ He was born in

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, where he studied the flute at the Vienna Conservatory. While holding various conducting posts in the city, he began to compose

s. The first was ''Der tote Gast'', an operetta in one act, premiered in 1865 with

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by Ludwig Harisch, after the novel by Heinrich Zschokke. The international success of '' Der Bettelstudent'' enabled him to retire from conducting. However, he never achieved a comparable success afterward. Carl Millöcker died in

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; on 31 December 1899. He was buried in an honorary grave in Vienna's

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cemetery (group 32, A35).

Works

See List of operettas and operas by Carl Millöcker.

Notes

References

*Lamb, Andrew (1992), 'Millöcker, Carl' in ''The

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'', ed. Stanley Sadie (London)

External links

*
List of Millöcker works
at the Index to Opera and Ballet Sources Online *
Photo of Millöcker, 1890s

Broadcast audition " P. Zhuravlenko, F.Chaliapin & S. Guitry, Yvonne Printemps” (cycle " The sound history of the operette” by Maxim Malkov – in Russian)
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