Stolz, Robert#
b. Graz (Styria), Aug. 25, 1880, d. Berlin (Germany), June 27, 1975, composer (operettas, typical Viennese folk-songs, political and satirical songs), conductor. The decisive meeting with J. Strauss the Younger in 1899 made him turn to the operetta; from 1907 Kapellmeister at the Theater an der Wien; 1919 international breakthrough with "Hallo, du suesse Klingelfee"; from 1924 in Berlin. 1938 emigrated to the USA, 1946 returned to Vienna; 1952-1971 musical director of the Vienna Ice Revue ("Wiener Eisrevue"); numerous guest performances abroad. Awarded the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art in 1975.
Works#
51 operettas and musicals: Venus in Seide; Manoeverliebe; Sperrsechserl; Himmelblaue Traeume; Mitternachtswalzer; Trauminsel. - Music for 98 sound films: Zwei Herzen im Dreivierteltakt; Ein Tango fuer dich; Herbstmanoever; Deutschmeister. - Opera: Die Rosen der Madonna. - Approx. 1,200 songs: Im Prater bluehn wieder die Baeume; Adieu, mein kleiner Gardeoffizier; Wien wird bei Nacht erst schoen. - Orchestral music, waltzes, marches.Literature#
G. Holm, Im Dreivierteltakt durch die Welt, 1948; W. D. Bruemmel and F. van Booth, R. S., 1967; O. Herbrich, R. S., 1975; NOeB.