Rudolf Sieczynski

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Rudolf Sieczynski

Rudolf Sieczyński (February 23, 1879, Vienna – May 5, 1952, Vienna) was an Austrian composer of Polish ancestry. His fame today rests almost exclusively on the nostalgic Viennese song Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume (Vienna, City of My Dreams), whose melody and lyrics he wrote in 1914. A well-known recording was made in 1957 by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf with Otto Ackermann conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra. The song was featured in the soundtrack of the Stanley Kubrick film Eyes Wide Shut.

Birth and Death Data: Born February 23, 1879 (Vienna), Died May 5, 1952 (Vienna)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1923 - 1941

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

Notes: Identified on disc label as Dr. Rudolf Sieczynski.

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-28370	10-in.	8/14/1923	Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume	Adolf Engel	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-28791	10-in.	10/30/1923	Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume	Victor Schrammel-Orchester	Orchestra	composer
Victor	BRC-70199	10-in.	8/31/1931	Vienna, city of my dreams	Richard Crooks	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BS-102042	10-in.	6/12/1936	Say not life is a dream	Frances Alda ; Mrs. Jessie Donohue	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BS-06129	10-in.	3/4/1937	Vienna dreams	George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Columbia	CO25921	10-in.	approximately 1940	Merry widow waltz	Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra ; Andre Kostelanetz	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Columbia	CO31494	10-in.	7/9/1941	Wenn du Stadt meiner Träume	Lotte Lehmann ; Paul Ulanowsky	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	composer
Gramophone	BKR2726	10-in.	1/16/1928	Wien, du stadt meiner Träume	Marek Weber Salon Orchestra	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Gramophone	0EA3924	10-in.	11/13/1936	Vienna, city of my dreams	Jack Hylton Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Gramophone	BL4206	10-in.	5/24/1928	Wien, Wien, nur du allein	Anton Maria Topitz	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	WA12402	10-in.	between February and April 1932	Vienna, city of my dreams	Charles Kullman	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	CL6342	10-in.	3/9/1938	Vienne, ô ville exquise	Assia de Busny ; Marcel Carivan	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Sieczynski, Rudolf," accessed April 18, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116374.

Sieczynski, Rudolf. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116374.

"Sieczynski, Rudolf." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 April 2024.

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