Walter Kollo
Walter Kollo (28 January 1878 – 30 September 1940) was a German composer of operettas, Possen mit Gesang, and Singspiele as well as popular songs. He was also a conductor and a music publisher. Kollo was born in Neidenburg, East Prussia. His best known work, the operetta Wie einst im Mai (1913), was the basis of a 1917 Sigmund Romberg operetta in America entitled Maytime. A merchant's son, he was expected to take his father's trade, but devoted himself to the study of music in the Königsberg Sondershausen music conservatory with his mother's help. He became a theater conductor for a brief time in Königsberg before going to Berlin in 1899. In Berlin, he turned towards popular / light music, and from 1908, wrote music for the popular musical theater. In 1910 with Willy Bredschneider he composed his first great success, Große Rosinen, produced on New Year's Eve 1911. Somewhat prolifically, he continued composing musical comedies, farces and operettas, with including Wie einst im Mai (1913; with the songs Es war in Schöneberg im Monat Mai and Die Männer sind alle Verbrecher), Der Juxbaron (1916), Drei alte Schachteln (1917) and Die Frau ohne Kuß (1924). Kollo emerged as a composer of revues and sound films in 1915, was one of the founders of the performer's rights organization GEMA, and had his own music publishing company. Later he made successful concert tours as a conductor of his own works. With Jean Gilbert and Paul Lincke, Kollo was a founder of the Berliner Operette. His son Willi Kollo was also a composer of light music and his grandson is the Wagnerian tenor René Kollo. Walter Kollo died in Berlin. |
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Recordings (Results 26-36 of 36 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Edison | 18873 | 10-in. | 11/16/1928 | Land of Going-to-be | Elinor Gail | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | N-568 | 10-in. | 11/16/1929 | Land of Going-to-be | Elinor Gail | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 0D197 | 10-in. | February 1931 | Wenn ein Mädel... | Kapelle Otto Kermbach | Instrumental ensemble, with vocal | composer | |
Gramophone | BL4035 | 10-in. | 4/18/1928 | Mein Papagei frißt keine harten Eier | Marek Weber Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | composer | |
Gramophone | BLR5818 | 10-in. | 11/26/1929 | Auf deinen Lippen liegt mein letzter Kuss | Marek Weber Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Gramophone | BLR6329 | 10-in. | 5/8/1930 | Maddalena | Siegfried Arno ; Marek Weber Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Gramophone | BD9265 | 10-in. | 11/12/1930 | Im Rosenbusch vorm Elternhaus | Marek Weber Orchestra ; Leo Moll | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Gramophone | BD9352 | 10-in. | 12/13/1930 | Immer an der Wand lang | Alexander Flessburg ; Kapelle Otto Kermbach | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Gramophone | 13167r | 10-in. | 10/14/1913 | Die Männer sind alle Verbrecher | Apollo Orchester | Orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 13171r | 10-in. | 10/14/1913 | Das war in Schöneberg | Apollo Orchester | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL754 | 10-in. | 11/16/1927 | Quand on r'vient | Pierre Chagnon ; Maurice Chevalier | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer |
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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kollo, Walter," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105634.
Kollo, Walter. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105634.
"Kollo, Walter." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.
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