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Emmerich Kálmán
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Hungarian-born composer of operettas (1882–1953)
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Emmerich Kálmán, born Kopstein Imre on October 24, 1882, in Siófok, was a Hungarian composer, conductor, and musician. He studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music under Hans von Koessler. His career spanned from 1908 to 1953, during which he composed works in the operetta genre, including The Gay Hussars, Der Zigeunerprimas, and The Gipsy Princess. He held citizenship in Hungary, Austria, and the United States.
Kálmán died in Paris on October 30, 1953, and is buried in Vienna Central Cemetery. He was a recipient of the Knight of the Legion of Honour award. He spoke Hungarian and had a child named Charles Kalman. His archives are held at the International Institute of Social History.
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Emmerich Kálmán (Siófok, October 24, 1882 - Paris, October 30, 1953), also known as Imre Kálmán, was a Hungarian composer of operettas. Kálmán was born in Siófok, on the southern shore of Lake Balaton, Hungary (formerly in the Austro-Hungarian Empire) in a Jewish family. Kálmán had initially intended to become a concert pianist, but because of early-onset arthritis, he instead started focusing on composition. He studied music theory and composition at the National Hungarian Royal Academy of Musi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Imre
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Siófok
- Place of death
- Paris
- Child
- Charles Kalman
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Educated at
- Franz Liszt Academy of Music
- Languages spoken
- Hungarian
- Notable work
- The Gipsy Princess
- Student of
- Hans von Koessler
- Genre
- operetta
- Image
- Kálmán Imre cropped (Willinger Vilmos, 1924).jpg
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- place of burial
- Vienna Central Cemetery
- Commons category
- Emmerich Kálmán
- date of birth
- 1882-10-24
- date of death
- 1953-10-30
- topic's main category
- Category:Emmerich Kálmán
- name in native language
- Kálmán Imre
- birth name
- Kopstein Imre
- start of work period
- 1908-00-00
- end of work period
- 1953-00-00
- Commons gallery
- Emmerich Kalman
- archives at
- International Institute of Social History
- P8168
- Yakut Wikipedia
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Works in European collections
8 objects attributed to Emmerich Kálmán, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Emmerich Kálmán Emmerich Kálmán (Hungarian: Kálmán Imre [ˈkaːlmaːn ˈimrɛ]; 24 October 1882 – 30 October 1953) was a Hungarian composer of operettas and a prominent figure in the development of Viennese operetta in the 20th century. Among his most popular works are Die Csárdásfürstin (1915) and Gräfin Mariza (1924). Influences on his compositional style include Hungarian folk music (such as the csárdás), the Viennese style of precursors such as Johann Strauss II and Franz Lehár, and, in his later works, American jazz. As a result of the Anschluss, Kálmán and his family fled to Paris and then to the United States. He eventually returned to Europe in 1949 and died in Paris in 1953.
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