Carl Zeller

Carl Zeller

Carl Adam Johann Nepomuk Zeller (19 June 1842 – 17 August 1898) was an Austrian composer of operettas. Zeller was born in Sankt Peter in der Au, the only child of physician Johann Zeller and Maria Anna Elizabeth. Zeller's father died before his first birthday, after which his mother remarried Ernest Friedinger. In 1875, Zeller married Anna Maria Schwetz. Zeller had a fine soprano voice, and sang in the Vienna Boys' Choir before studying and composition in the University of Vienna. He worked as a civil servant at the Imperial Ministry of Education while composing choral works and a number of operettas, the best-known of which is Der Vogelhändler. All of his librettos were written (or co-written) by Moritz West, often together with Ludwig Held. Legal troubles, including a perjury conviction, ended Zeller's career at the ministry and led to prison and public disgrace in the mid-1890s (although his prison sentence was later repealed). After an injury in 1895 from falling on the ice, he spent his last years physically and then mentally ill. Zeller died of pneumonia in Baden bei Wien at the age of 56.

Birth and Death Data: Born 1842 (Lower Austria), Died August 17, 1898 (Baden bei Wien)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1897 - 1935

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 55 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	[Trial 1928-12-24-02]	Not documented	12/24/1928	Reveries	Kedroff Quartet	Vocal quartet, unaccompanied	composer
Columbia	45550	10-in.	4/9/1915	The nightingale song	Grace Kerns	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	46170	10-in.	11/1/1915	Nachtigallen Lied	Robert Leonhardt	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	49023	12-in.	12/9/1916	The nightingale's song	Sibyl Sanderson Fagan ; Lucy Gates	Soprano vocal solo, with bird calls and orchestra	composer
Columbia	5475	10-in.	between 1903 and 1908	Canción del ruiseñor	Banda Española	Band	composer
Columbia	11071	10-in.	approximately 1908 to 1914	Canzone dell'usignuolo	Luigi Baldassare	Male vocal solo	composer
Columbia	84784	10-in.	approximately October 1918	Don't be cross	Olga Bibor's Gypsy Orchestra	Instrumental ensemble ("Gypsy")	composer
Columbia	86896	10-in.	approximately December 1920	Nachtigall Lied	Robert Leonhardt	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
OKeh	W80706	10-in.	4/7/1927	Nightingale song	Sibyl Sanderson Fagan Ensemble	Whistling, with violin, piano, and celeste	composer
Brunswick	6762	10-in.	approximately Nov. 1921	Nightingale song	Margaret McKee ; Marie Tiffany	Female vocal solo, with orchestra and bird imitations	composer
Brunswick	E28435	10-in.	9/28/1928	Nightingale song	Florence Easton ; Margaret McKee	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra and bird effects	composer
Brunswick	E16757-E16759	10-in.	10/24/1925	Nightingale song	Florence Easton	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	E25133-E25134	10-in.	11/10/1927	Nachtigall-lied	Karl Priester	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	XE25400-XE25401	12-in.	12/3/1927	Wie mein Ahn’l zwanzig Jahr	Peter Koska Schuhplattler Band	Band, with male vocal duet	composer
Edison	3655	10-in.	3/19/1915	The nightingale song	Vincent Bach	Cornet solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	4001	10-in.	7/22/1915	Nightingale song	Beatrice Collin	Female vocal solo and mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Edison	4274	10-in.	11/15/1915	You remember love	Helen Clark	Soprano vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra	composer
Edison	11588	10-in.	3/18/1927	Don't be cross	B. A. Rolfe	Trumpet solo	composer
Gramophone	0M90	10-in.	9/22/1931	Valzer dell'usignolo	Rosetta Ferlito ; Pierette Fiore	Female-male vocal duet, with vocal chorus and instrumental ensemble	composer
Gramophone	345L	10-in.	1902	Sing again	N. G. Svetlanov	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	composer
Gramophone	395L	10-in.	1902	Czyliż było warto	Wiktorya Kawecka	Soprano vocal solo	composer
Gramophone	610C	7-in.	1902	Kwiat alpejski	K. Czosnowska	Female vocal solo	composer
Gramophone	0RA625	10-in.	5/21/1935	Vögelhändler. Wie mein Ahnl zwanzig Jahr	Karl Reich's Aviary	Instrumental ensemble, with bird calls	composer
Gramophone	0RA626	10-in.	5/21/1935	Schenkt man sich Rosen in Tirol	Karl Reich's Aviary	Instrumental ensemble, with bird calls	composer
Gramophone	640C	7-in.	1902	Ja pragnę aby mąż mój był	Wiktorya Kawecka ; Wincenty Proniewicz	Vocal duet (soprano and tenor)	composer

(Results 26-50 of 55 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Zeller, Carl," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/116364.

Zeller, Carl. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/116364.

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