!!!Benatzky, Ralph b. Moravske Budějovice, Czech Republic (then Maehrisch-Budwitz), June 5, 1884, d. Zurich (Switzerland), Oct. 16, 1957, successful composer at the end of the 1920s when pastiche operettas came into fashion ("silver operetta era"). Began a musical career as a song writer; after moving to Berlin in the late 1920s he changed to the Operetta genre; had tremendous success with "White Horse Inn" ("Im weissen Roessl", Berlin 1930). 1933 B. fled from Berlin via Paris and Vienna to the USA; from 1948 he lived in Zurich. !Further works operettas: Casanova, 1928; Die drei Musketiere, 1929; Meine Schwester und ich, 1930; Bezauberndes Fraeulein, 1933; Axel an der Himmelstuer 1936. - Numerous chansons and popular songs, film music. !Literature F. Hennenberg, Es muss was Wunderbares sein ... R. B., 1998. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Benatzky,_Ralph|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]