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Richard Franz Joseph Heuberger (18 June 1850 in Graz, Austria – 28 October 1914 in Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian composer of operas and operettas, a music critic, and teacher. Heuberger was born in Graz, the son of a bandage manufacturer. He initially studied engineering, but gave it up in 1876, and turned to music. He studied at the Graz Conservatory (where he studied with Robert Fuchs), and later transferred to Vienna, where he eventually became the chorus master of the Wiener Akademischer Gesangverein, conductor of the Wiener Singakademie, director of the Wiener Männergesang-Verein (Vienna Men's Choral Association), and a teacher at the Konservatorium der Stadt Wien. Although Heuberger wrote many operas, ballets, choral works, and songs, he is best known today for his operetta Der Opernball, which he composed in 1898. He taught at the Vienna Conservatory from 1902. Among his pupils was Clemens Krauss. Selected works Operettas Der Opernball (1898) Ihre Excellenz (1899), revised as Eine entzückende Frau Der Sechsuhrzug (1900) Das Baby (1902) Der Fürst von Düsterstein (1909) Don Quixote (1910) Operas Abenteuer einer Neujahrsnacht (1886) Manuel Venegas (1889), revised as Mirjam, oder Das Maifest (1894) Barfüssele (1905) Ballets Die Lautenschlägerin (1896) Struwwelpeter (1897) User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Der Opernball, Op. 40, Act III: Entr'acte (Arr. F. Kreisler for Theremin & Piano)
8782Midnight Bells
5543Der Opernball. Overture: Im Chambre Separée
5534Im chambre séparée
2245Der Opernball: Im Chambre Separée
2206Der Opernball: Midnight Bells (Arr. Kreisler for Violin and Piano)
1867Der Opernball: Im Chambre séparée
1178Opernball: Komm mit mir ins Chambre Séparée
729Der Opernball. Overture
6810The Kiss In Your Eyes
60
Clara Rockmore's Lost Theremin Album
Violin Meditations

Souvenirs

Waltzes and Overtures
Romantic Moments
Wiener Walzerträume (Classical Choice)
Heuberger: Der Opernball
12 Stradivari
In a Monastery Garden: The Immortal Works of Albert Ketèlbey
Meine Lippen sie küssen so heiss - Operetta's Greatest Hits
Kreisler plays Kreisler
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sings operetta