Zelwecker, Franz#
b. Vienna, Jan. 8, 1911, d. Vienna, Aug. 16, 1998, conductor, composer. Worked in broadcasting in Austria from 1934, musical director at the court of the Emperor in Addis Abeba from 1950 to 1957 (founded the Ethiopian National Theatre and an association of music lovers in Addis Abeba); worked with the Vienna radio station "Radio Wien" from 1957 to 1976; numerous decorations.
Works#
Operettas (Wiener Bonbons, Walzerkongress), ballet-music, dance music (waltzes), songs in the Viennese tradition, chansons for his wife Minja Petja.