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Michael Krasznay-Krausz (also known as Michael Krausz; Hungarian: Krasznai Krausz Mihály; 11 April 1897 – 3 November 1940) was a Hungarian–Austrian composer. He was born in Pancsova, Austria-Hungary (present-day Pančevo, Serbia), and died in Budapest.
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Michael Krasznay-Krausz (also known as Michael Krausz; Hungarian: Krasznai Krausz Mihály; 11 April 1897 – 3 November 1940) was a Hungarian–Austrian composer. He was born in Pancsova, Austria-Hungary (present-day Pančevo, Serbia), and died in Budapest.
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Life Krasznay-Krausz was born into a Jewish family; his father owned a gramophone factory. He began composing at the age of 13. He studied counterpoint and composition at the Budapest Academy of Music under Victor von Herzfeld, as one of his first students, and also studied with Zoltán Kodály. In 1919, his opera Mariká premiered at the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest. He subsequently moved to Vienna, where he initially focused on symphonic and operatic works before turning to operetta in 1923. His first operetta, Bajazzos Abenteuer (Bajazzo's Adventures), premiered on 22 December 1923 at the Johann Strauss Theatre in Vienna. Another operetta, A Woman with Style, starring Fritzi Massary, was a major success in Berlin in 1927. In the early 1930s, Krasznay-Krausz moved to Berlin, where his works continued to be staged until he was forced to leave in 1933. In May 1934, he was accused of plagiarism by Paul Abraham in connection with his operetta Die gelbe Lilie (The Yellow Lily). He demonstrated that he had composed the work in August 1932, and the dispute was resolved amicably. Die gelbe Lilie premiered in Budapest on 5 January 1934 and in Vienna on 24 May, receiving 20 performances in…
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Awards 1916: Haynald Prize (Hungary) for the best Mass
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Operas Marika (libretto by Imre Földes), premiered 22 May 1919 at the Hungarian State Opera, Budapest. Táncosnő (Dancer), after Melchior Lengyel, premiered 1921.
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Operettas Bajazzos Abenteuer (Nur ein Bajazzo!) (text: Ludwig Staerk and Adolf Eisler), premiered 22 December 1923, Johann Strauß-Theater, Vienna. Pusztaliebchen (text: Wilhelm Sterk), premiered 19 December 1924, Johann Strauß-Theater, Vienna. Glück in der Liebe (text: Julius Horst and Peter Herz), premiered 25 February 1927, Johann Strauß-Theater, Vienna. Eine Frau von Format (text: Rudolph Schanzer and Ernst Welisch), premiered 21 September 1927, Theater des Westens, Berlin; French version (La Femme sans voile: Robert de Machiels and André Mauprey), premiered 3 March 1931, Théâtre des Célestins, Lyon; Hungarian version (A fenséges asszony: Andor Szenes), premiered 31 January 1934, City Theatre, Budapest. Yvette und ihre Freunde (text: Rudolf Österreicher and Wilhelm Sterk), premiered 18 November 1927, Bürgertheater, Vienna. Die Frau in Gold (text: Leopold Jacobson and Bruno Hardt-Warden), premiered 28 February 1929, Neues Operetten-Theater, Leipzig. Der treue Musikant (Das Herrgottslied) (text: Bruno Hardt-Warden; song texts: Fritz Rotter and Bruno Hardt-Warden), premiered 21 November 1930, Neues Wiener Schauspielhaus. Arrangement of Sigmund Romberg's The Student Prince as Der Studentenprinz (German text: Rudolph Schanzer and Ernst Welisch), premiered 22 October 1932, Großes Schauspielhaus, Berlin. Die Lindenwirtin (based on the sound film of the same name; text: Rudolph Schanzer and Ernst Welisch; song texts: Bruno Hardt-Warden), premiered…
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Film music Der Kaufmann von Venedig (The Merchant of Venice), 1923
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Panic in Chicago, 1931 Girls to Marry (German: Mädchen zum Heiraten, 1931–32; song texts: Robert Gilbert and Armin L. Robinson) Marry Me (British version of Girls to Marry, 1932)