Carl Michael Ziehrer

Person · Open Library

Born

1843

Died

1922

Works

11

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

AT

Active from

1843-05-02

Active to

1922-11-14

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

5,458

Total plays

23,033

Karl Michael Ziehrer (also spelled as Carl Michael Ziehrer) (May 2, 1843 - November 14, 1922) was an Austrian composer. In his lifetime, he was one of the fiercest rivals of the Strauss family; most notably Johann Strauss II[1] and Eduard Strauss. Born in Vienna,[2] Ziehrer was taught music by Simon Sechter, a famous Viennese hat-maker. He was soon discovered by music publisher Carl Haslinger,[2] one of Johann Strauss II's publishers, who had fallen out with Strauss regarding the receipts from

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Carl

Gender

male

Citizenship

Austria

Place of birth

Vienna

Place of death

Vienna

Occupation

conductor

Educated at

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

Languages spoken

German

Genre

operetta

Instrument

violin

Image

Portrait of Carl Michael Ziehrer (1895), by Johann Michael Kupfer.jpg

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