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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career at the ministry and led to prison and public disgrace in the mid-1890s (although his prison sentence was later repealed).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

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Berliner 388 7-in. 6/24/1897 Die Nachtigall Vroni Eidner Soprano vocal solo composer  
Berliner 4150 7-in. 11/3/1897 Don’t be cross Simone Mantia Euphonium solo composer  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]1281 7-in. 2/21/1902 Don't be cross Alexander Heindl Cello solo composer  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]1281 10-in. 2/21/1902 Don't be cross Alexander Heindl Cello solo composer  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]1895 7-in. 1/14/1903 Don't be cross Alexander Heindl Cello solo composer  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]1895 10-in. 1/14/1903 Don't be cross Alexander Heindl Cello solo composer  
Victor B-1949 10-in. 11/18/1904 Don't be cross Arthur Pryor's Orchestra ; Victor Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Victor E-1949 8-in. 3/22/1906 Don't be cross Victor Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Victor B-2470 10-in. 4/12/1905 Don't be cross Victor Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Victor C-2470 12-in. 4/12/1905 Don't be cross Victor Dance Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Victor E-2470 8-in. 11/21/1906 Don't be cross Victor Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Victor C-2995 12-in. 1/10/1906 Don't be cross Haydn Quartet ; Corinne Morgan Female vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-4957 10-in. 11/20/1907 Nightingale song Corinne Morgan Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor E-4957 8-in. 11/20/1907 Nightingale song Corinne Morgan Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor C-16335 12-in. 8/6/1915 Nightingale waltz Conway's Band Band composer  
Victor B-17193 10-in. 2/18/1916 Nightingale song Alma Gluck Soprano vocal solo, with bird imitations and orchestra composer  
Victor B-19497 10-in. 4/18/1917 O młynareczce z pewnej wśi Marya Zajaczkowska [i.e., Marie Zayonchkowska] Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-22014 10-in. 6/14/1918 Jeszcze raz Julja Pijanowska Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-27770 10-in. 4/24/1923 Sei nicht bös' Harry Steier Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-27772 10-in. 4/24/1923 Nachtigallen Lied Harry Steier Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-29210 10-in. 12/20/1923 Nightingale song Della Baker Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor BVE-29210 10-in. 6/30/1925 Nightingale song Della Baker Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-29596 10-in. 3/11/1924 Jeszcze raz Tadeusz Wroński Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor BVE-36712 10-in. 10/8/1926 Don't be cross Arthur Pryor's Band Band composer  
Victor BVE-37850 10-in. 3/11/1927 Nightingale song Hulda Lashanska Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
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  
Gramophone CLR3889 12-in. 2/20/1928 Der Vogelhändler : Potpourri Ferdy Kauffman Salon Orchestra Instrumental ensemble composer  
Gramophone CLR3890 12-in. 2/20/1928 Der Vogelhändler : Potpourri Ferdy Kauffman Salon Orchestra Instrumental ensemble composer  
Gramophone BLR5020 10-in. 2/12/1929 Wie mein Ahnl zwanzig Jahr Marcel Wittrisch Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble composer  
Gramophone 96014b 10-in. July 1905 Cancion del Ruisenor Braulio Rosete Male vocal solo composer  
Columbia (U.K.) WLB65 10-in. April-May 1930 Teon myn vader twintig jaar Maurice Bastin ; Arnold Munnynck ; Orchestre du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Zeller, Carl," accessed April 24, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116364.

Zeller, Carl. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116364.

"Zeller, Carl." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 April 2024.

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