Georg Kreisler
Georg Kreisler | |
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Born | Vienna, Austria | 18 July 1922
Died | 22 November 2011 Salzburg, Austria | (aged 89)
Occupation(s) | pianist, composer, singer-songwriter, writer |
Years active | 1944–2011, retired as singer 2001 |
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Georg Kreisler (18 July 1922 – 22 November 2011) was an Austrian–American Viennese-language cabarettist, satirist, composer, and author. He was particularly popular in the 1950s and 1960s. From 2007 he lived in Salzburg, Austria, with his fourth wife, Barbara Peters . He died there on 22 November 2011 "after a severe infection," according to his wife Barbara.[1]
Life
Kreisler went to high school in Vienna, where he studied
Style
Kreisler is considered a master of language.
Despite producing several hundred original songs
References
- ^ Schriftsteller Georg Kreisler im Alter von 89 Jahren gestorben Archived 17 July 2012 at archive.today, Hamburger Abendblatt, 22 November 2011 (in German)
- ^ Georg Kreisler 89-jährig gestorben, Der Standard, 22 November 2011 (in German)
- ^ Hans Weigel: "Die ersten 50 Jahre des Georg Kreisler", afterword to: Georg Kreisler, Ich weiß nicht, was soll ich bedeuten, Artemis Verlag, Zürich/München, 1973 "... Virtuosität im Sprachstil und im Reim"
- ISBN 3-86562-509-6
- ^ "Georg Kreisler: Satirist and doyen of Viennese cabaret", obituary by Colin Beaven, The Independent (15 December 2011)
- ^ Album Vienna Midnight Cabaret mit Georg Kreisler, track 1, Amadeo records, Vienna 1957)
- ^ Kreisler lyrics website, accessed 20 May 2013
External links
- Georg Kreisler at IMDb
- Günther Rohleder: Zum 100. Geburtstag von Georg Kreisler. „Dann musste ich Jude üben statt Klavier“. Deutschlandfunk, 16 July 2022 (Audio, German, 160 Min.) - contains many songs/performances
- "Kreisler, Georg" at Hamburg University(May 4, 2015; in German)
- Dardis McNamee: Orbituary of Cabarettist Georg Kreisler: 1922-2011. The Vienna Review, 1 October 2001