- Josef Bayer
Josef Bayer (
6 March 1852 —12 March 1913 ) was an Austriancomposer and the director of the Austrian Court Ballet from 1883 until his death. He was born and died inVienna . He studied at the Vienna Conservatory under the elder Josef Hellmesberger,Anton Bruckner andOtto Dessoff , and was a violinist in the "Wiener Hofoper " (the Vienna Court Opera Orchestra), 1870-1898.Though he created over twenty one-act ballets, he is remembered for "
Die Puppenfee " ("The Fairy Doll") of 1888, which began life as "Im Puppenladen" ("In the Doll Shop"). It was the definitive Austrian court ballet, and remains in the repertory of theVienna State Opera .Bayer was also friends with the
Viennese waltz composerJohann Strauss II and it was Bayer who completed the unfinished Strauss Cinderellaballet ,Aschenbroedel in 1900, Strauss having passed away in 1899 leaving a completed draft of the work lacking itsorchestration . Earlier, Bayer commemorated Strauss'golden anniversary as conductor andcomposer with Bayer's specially composed ballet "Rund um Wien" in 1894, which was performed at the Vienna State Opera. [ [http://www.planet-vienna.com/Musik/Komponisten/bayer/bayer.htm PLANET VIENNA - Josef Bayer (1852-1913) ] ]Bayer also composed several
operettas including "Der Chevalier von San Marco" (1882), "Mister Menelaus" (1896),"Fräulein Hexe" (1898), "Der Polizeichef"(1904), "Spitzbub & Cie" (1907), and "Das Damenduell" (1907). [http://www.operone.de/komponist/bayer.html]He is buried in the
Zentralfriedhof , Vienna.References
External links
* [http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/6104.htm Josef Bayer]
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