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Victor Léon

Victor Léon, also Viktor Léon (born Victor Hirschfeld; 4 January 1858, Szenic, Nyitra County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (today Senica, Slovakia) – 23 February 1940, Vienna) was a well-known Jewish Austrian-Hungarian librettist. He collaborated with Leo Stein to produce the libretto of Franz Lehár's romantic operetta The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe).

Birth and Death Data: Born January 4, 1858 (Senica), Died February 3, 1940 (Vienna)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1922 - 1936

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, composer

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor B-30869 10-in. 9/29/1924 Vilja-Lied Editha Fleischer Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 80230 10-in. 3/7/1922 Vilia Gladys Rice Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 80261 10-in. 3/24/1922 Vilia Margaret Romaine Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
OKeh S-70896 10-in. Oct. 1922 Turtle dove Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez Jazz/dance band composer  
Gramophone 0RA1152 10-in. 3/20/1936 Wenn zwei sich lieben Walther Ludwig Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Léon, Victor," accessed April 23, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103092.

Léon, Victor. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103092.

"Léon, Victor." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 23 April 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103092

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Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Léon, Victor, 1858-1940 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81028130

Wikidata: Victor Léon - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q112366

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/104231828

MusicBrainz: Victor Léon - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2a5653cd-65e1-4727-a5d2-4725f0ac9ddb

ISNI: 0000 0001 2146 2560 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000121462560

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1447790

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