The Austrian composer Leo Fall was born on February 2, 1873, in Olomouc. He died on September 16, 1925, in Vienna. September 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of his death.
Leo Fall and his two brothers were destined for a professional future. Sons of a military bandmaster who also composed dance music and operettas, they could read music before they even learned to write. Leo Fall attended the Vienna Conservatory and began his career as an orchestral musician in a Berlin variety show. From 1892 to 1898, he worked as a conductor in Hamburg, then held the same position in Berlin at the Central Theater (1898-1901), the Metropol Theater (1901/1902), and the Secession Theater (1902/1903). When his first operas remained unsuccessful, he became the house composer of the Berlin cabaret “Böse Buben” at the Berlin Künstlerhaus, where
Leo Fall and his two brothers were destined for a professional future. Sons of a military bandmaster who also composed dance music and operettas, they could read music before they even learned to write. Leo Fall attended the Vienna Conservatory and began his career as an orchestral musician in a Berlin variety show. From 1892 to 1898, he worked as a conductor in Hamburg, then held the same position in Berlin at the Central Theater (1898-1901), the Metropol Theater (1901/1902), and the Secession Theater (1902/1903). When his first operas remained unsuccessful, he became the house composer of the Berlin cabaret “Böse Buben” at the Berlin Künstlerhaus, where
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The video shows two numbers from the operetta film “Der liebe Augustin” (1962) by Leo Fall.
Peter Minich and Christine Görner sing “And the sky hangs full of violins” and
Christine Görner, Heinz Maria Lins, and Friedel Blasius sing “Where is that written?”