Paul Abraham

Paul Abraham or Pál Ábrahám (born the November 2nd 1892 with Apatin (Austria-Hungary, today Serbia); died the May 6th 1960 with Hamburg) was a Compositeur Hungarian which especially wrote Opérette S.

Biography

Abraham studied with the Académie of music Franz-Liszt of Budapest of 1910 to 1916. It is with the beginning of the year 1920 qu ' it composed its first works. In 1927, it became Kapellmeister in Budapest and composed there in 1930 its first operetta Victoria and its hussard which was a sharp success. He then moved with Berlin whereas its popularity was increasing in Germany and compsé its first film musics there.

In 1933, he emigrated with Vienna then is gone back in 1938 to Budapest. Until the beginning of the Second world war, it composed several operettas which disappeared. Then he emigrated with Cuba then New York, where he could not join again with his last successes. In 1956, it has to leave the USA and to return to live in Germany, where it lived in a Sanatorium of Hamburg. It died there into 1960 of the continuations of an operation of the knee.

Works

Zenebona operetta in three acts (in company of other type-setters). Creation on March 2nd 1928 with Budapest. booklet: Lakatos László and Bródy István
Az utolsó Verebély lány ( the husband of the young woman ) Harmath Imre-Drégely Gábor. Creation on October 13rd 1928 (also under the title Az elsö Verebély lány and the husband of the young woman )
Szeretem has felségem ( wonders still arrive ) Birabeau Andre-Dolley Georges (according to Stella Adorján) Magyar Színház June 15th 1929
Viktoria und ihr Husar , operetta, in three acts + prolog. Creation on February 21st 1930 Budapest. Booklet: Földes, Imre/Harmath
the flower of Hawaii , operetta in three acts. Creation on July 24th 1931 Leipzig, Neues Theater. Booklet: Alfred Grünwald and Fritz Löhner-Beda, according to Imre Földes
Ball im Savoy , operetta in three acts + Vorspiel. Creation on December 23rd 1932 Berlin, Large Schauspielhaus. Booklet: Alfred Grünwald and Fritz Löhner-Beda. In English: Ball At The Savoy , London September 8th, 1933, Drury Lane Theater
Märchen im Large-Hotel , operetta comedy in three acts Creation on March 29th, 1934 Vienna Theater year der Wien . Booklet: Alfred Grünwald and Fritz Löhner-Beda
Viki Harmath Imre-Adorján Bónyi Creation the Magyar on January 26th, 1935 Színház
Történnek még csodák Halász Imre-Békeffi István Creation on April 20th 1935 Magyar Színház
Dschainah, das Mädchen aus dem Tanzhaus , operetta in three acts. Creation the Vienna on December 21st, 1935, Theater year der Wien . Booklet: Alfred Grünwald and Fritz Löhner-Beda
3:1 has szerelem will javára Harmath Imre-Kellér Dezső-Szilágyi László Création on December 18th 1936 Király Színház
Roxy and its team of dream (musical footballistic joke), German version of 3:1 has szerelem will javára (of Hans Weigel and Alfred Grünwald); Creation in the presence of the Austrian national team of football on March 25th 1937 Theater year der Wien
Julia operetta in two parts and an epilog - Harmath Imre-Földes Imre - Creation on December 23rd, 1937 Városi Színház Budapest; German version of Georg Kövary
has Fehér hattyu (the white swan), 1938
Zwei glückliche Herzen Livret of Robert Gilbert and Armin L.Robinson. Unknown creation date.
Tambourine musical comedy in two parts (not represented) Booklet: Alfred Grünwald
Wintermelodie musical comedy in two parts of Henryk Roberts (according to Ladislaus Fodor „Wiegenlied “) musical development and sung texts: Günther Leopold

Pasticcio with melodies drawn from Zenebona “, “Az utolsó Verebély lány and Szeretem has felségem - Creation on February 18th 1978 Landestheater Salzburg

Film musics

Ball im Savoy , 1934 with Gitta Alpar

See too

List of the type-setters persecuted during the Nazism.

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