Wiki extract: Emmerich (or Imre) Kálmán (24 October 1882 – 30 October 1953) was a Hungarian composer of operettas. Kálmán was born Imre Koppstein in Siófok, then in Austria-Hungary, on the southern shore of Lake Balaton, in a Jewish family. Kálmán and Franz Lehár were the leading composers of what has been called the Silver Age of Viennese operetta during the first quarter of the 20th century. He became well known for his fusion of Viennese waltz with Hungarian csárdás. Even so, polyphonically and melodically, Kálmán was a devoted follower of Giacomo Puccini, while in his orchestration methods he employed principles characteristic of Tchaikovskys music. youtube/watch?v=7z2STTNzeMA
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 06:19:37 +0000
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