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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career at the ministry and led to prison and public disgrace in the mid-1890s (although his prison sentence was later repealed).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 (Results 26-50 of 55 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
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 March 28, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116364.

Zeller, Carl. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116364.

"Zeller, Carl." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 28 March 2024.

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