カルマン, エメリッヒ (1882 - 1953)
ウィーンでオペレッタ作曲家として活躍。第2次世界大戦中はアメリカに移住して活躍。代表作「チャルダーシュ姫」「マリーツァ伯爵夫人」「サーカスの女王」
Works such as the Csardasfuerstin, Graefin Maritza, the Zirkusprinzessin remain even today, many decades after his death, the basis of operetta repertory. To a greater extent than his compatriot, Franz Lehar, Kalman imbued his operettas with a Hungarian flavor.
He attempted to revive the rather petrified world of turn-of-the-century operetta and give it a new direction by including refined tonal effects and contemporary forms of musical dance. Kalman lived in the United States in the years 1940-45, and later in Paris, where he died on October 30, 1953.
Works such as the Csardasfuerstin, Graefin Maritza, the Zirkusprinzessin remain even today, many decades after his death, the basis of operetta repertory. To a greater extent than his compatriot, Franz Lehar, Kalman imbued his operettas with a Hungarian flavor.
He attempted to revive the rather petrified world of turn-of-the-century operetta and give it a new direction by including refined tonal effects and contemporary forms of musical dance. Kalman lived in the United States in the years 1940-45, and later in Paris, where he died on October 30, 1953.
