Franz Lehár

Japanese: レハール - れはーる(英語表記)Franz Lehár
Franz Lehár

Austrian composer. Born April 30, 1870 in Komárom (now Komarno, Slovakia), which was then part of Hungary. After receiving his musical training from his father, a military bandmaster, he studied violin and theory at the Prague Conservatory, but was encouraged by Dvorak to pursue composition. His experiences as a military bandmaster in Trieste, Budapest, Vienna, and other cities, as well as his travels, are said to have contributed to the variety of his operettas. After the success of Die Viennese Women in 1902, he settled in Vienna. With the great success of The Merry Widow in 1905, he gained worldwide fame, and thereafter secured his position as the most successful Viennese operetta composer after Johann Strauss. He died in Bad Ischer on October 24, 1948. Other notable works include Gypsy Love (1910), Paganini (1925), The Tsarevich (1927), The Land of Smiles (1929), and the waltz Gold and Silver.

[Shuhei Hosokawa]

[References] | The Merry Widow

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Japanese:

オーストリアの作曲家。1870年4月30日、当時ハンガリー領だったコマロム(現スロバキアのコマルノ)に生まれる。軍楽隊隊長の父に音楽の手ほどきを受けたのち、プラハ音楽院でバイオリンと理論を学ぶが、ドボルザークの勧めで作曲を目ざすようになる。トリエステ、ブダペスト、ウィーンなどで軍楽隊指揮者を務め、各地を旅行した経験が、彼のオペレッタを変化に富んだものにしているという。1902年の『ウィーンの女たち』の成功以降ウィーンに定住。05年の『メリー・ウィドー』の大成功で世界的名声を博し、以後、ヨハン・シュトラウス以降でもっとも成功したウィーン・オペレッタ作曲家としての地位を確保した。48年10月24日バド・イシェルで没す。そのほかの代表作に『ジプシーの恋』(1910)、『パガニーニ』(1925)、『ロシアの皇太子』(1927)、『ほほえみの国』(1929)、そしてワルツ『金と銀』などがある。

[細川周平]

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