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

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
n composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 of operetta
Operetta

Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. It is also closely related, in English-language works, to forms of musical theatre....
s and a conductor
Conducting

Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. Orchestras, choirs, concert bands and other musical ensembles often have conductors....
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He was born in Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
, where he studied the flute at the Conservatory. While holding various conducting posts in the city, he began to compose operettas. The first was Der tote Gast, an operetta in 1 act, premiered in 1865, with libretto by, Ludwig Harisch, after the novel by Heinrich Zschokke
Heinrich Zschokke

Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke was a Germany author and reformer.Born in Magdeburg, Kingdom of Prussia, he was educated at the monasterial school and at the Altst?dter gymnasium there....
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The international success of Der Bettelstudent
Der Bettelstudent

Der Bettelstudent is an operetta in three acts by Karl Mill?cker to a German language libretto by Friedrich Zell and Richard Gen?e, based on Les Noces de Fernande by Victorien Sardou and The Lady of Lyons by Edward Bulwer-Lytton....
 enabled him to retire from conducting.






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

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
n composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 of operetta
Operetta

Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. It is also closely related, in English-language works, to forms of musical theatre....
s and a conductor
Conducting

Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. Orchestras, choirs, concert bands and other musical ensembles often have conductors....
.

He was born in Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
, where he studied the flute at the Conservatory. While holding various conducting posts in the city, he began to compose operettas. The first was Der tote Gast, an operetta in 1 act, premiered in 1865, with libretto by, Ludwig Harisch, after the novel by Heinrich Zschokke
Heinrich Zschokke

Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke was a Germany author and reformer.Born in Magdeburg, Kingdom of Prussia, he was educated at the monasterial school and at the Altst?dter gymnasium there....
.

The international success of Der Bettelstudent
Der Bettelstudent

Der Bettelstudent is an operetta in three acts by Karl Mill?cker to a German language libretto by Friedrich Zell and Richard Gen?e, based on Les Noces de Fernande by Victorien Sardou and The Lady of Lyons by Edward Bulwer-Lytton....
 enabled him to retire from conducting. However, he never achieved a comparable success.

Karl Millöcker died in Baden bei Wien
Baden bei Wien

Baden is a spa town in the Austrian state of Lower Austria and the capital of the Baden . Located about 26 kilometres south of Vienna, frequently the name is given as Baden bei Wien ; this name, however, is not official, but can be used to distinguish it from other cities of the same name such as Baden-Baden or Baden, Switzerland....
; on 27 October 1900, he was buried in an honorary grave
Ehrengrab

An ehrengrab is a distinction granted by certain German and Austrian cities to one of their citizens for extraordinary services or achievements in their lifetime....
 in Vienna's Zentralfriedhof
Zentralfriedhof

The Zentralfriedhof is situated in the district of Simmering , Simmeringer Hauptstra?e 230?244, Vienna 1110, Austria, and is the largest and most famous cemetery among Vienna's nearly 50 cemeteries....
 cemetery (group 32, A35).

Works


See List of operettas and operas by Millöcker
List of operettas and operas by Millöcker

This is a list of the operettas and operas of the Austria composer Karl Mill?cker ....
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