!!!Nedbal, Oskar

b. Tábor (Czech Republic), March 26, 1874, 
d. Zagreb, Croatia (then Agram), Dec. 24, 1930 (suicide), conductor 
and composer. Conducted the Bohemian Philharmonic in Prague 1896-1906, 
founded the Wiener Tonkuenstlerorchester in 1906, its director until 
1919, temporarily kapellmeister at the Volksoper in Vienna, after that 
a guest conductor abroad. His greatest success as a composer was with 
his operettas. His operetta "Polenblatt" (1913) was performed in 
Vienna 3376 times from its première until 1926.

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Other works: Der faule Hans (ballet pantomime), 1902; Der Bauer Jakob 
(comic opera), 1922. - Operettas: Die Winzerbraut, 1916; Die schoene 
Saskia, 1917; Eriwan, 1918; Donna Gloria, 1926. - Chamber and 
orchestral music; lieder.

!Literature
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