Emmerich Kalman

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Emmerich Kálmán (24 October 1882 – 30 October 1953) was a Hungarian-born composer of operettas. Kálmán was born Imre Koppstein in Siófok, on the southern shore of Lake Balaton, Hungary (formerly Austria-Hungary) in a Jewish family. Kálmán initially intended to become a concert pianist, but because of early-onset arthritis, he focused on composition instead. He studied music theory and composition at the National Hungarian Royal Academy of Music (then the Budapest Academy of Music), where he was a fellow student of Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály under Hans Kössler. His early symphonic poems were well-received, although he failed to achieve publication. However, the popularity of his humorous cabaret songs led him towards the composition of operettas. His first great success was Tatárjárás (the German title is Ein Herbstmanöver ('Autumn Maneuver'), while the English name is The Gay Hussars) first staged at the Lustspieltheater in Budapest, on 22 February 1908. Thereafter he moved to Vienna where he achieved worldwide fame by composing his operettas Der Zigeunerprimas, Die Csárdásfürstin, Gräfin Mariza, and Die Zirkusprinzessin. Kálmán and Franz Lehár were the leading composers of what has been called the "Silver Age" of Viennese operetta during the first quarter of the 20th century. He became well-known for his fusion of Viennese waltz with Hungarian csárdás. Even so, polyphonically and melodically, Kálmán was a devoted follower of Giacomo Puccini, while in his orchestratio

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KALMAN: Die Csardasfurstin (The Gypsy Princess)

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Ukochana Ojczyzna

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BEST OF OPERETTA, VOL. 2

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Paganini's Devil's Violin - 30 Must-Have Virtuoso Violin Classics

Magic of Waltz

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BJORLING, Jussi: Opera and Operetta Recordings (1930-1938)

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Grafin Mariza [EMI] (in Hungarian)

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cele mai iubite 150 de piese clasice

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Gräfin Mariza

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Kalman & Kalman (Father & Son)

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Kalman, E.: Csardasfurstin (Die) / Kaiserin Josephine / Grafin Mariza

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Gräfin Maritza CD 2

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