Karl (or Carl) Joseph Millöcker (April 29, 1842(1842-04-29) – December 31, 1899), was an Austrian composer of operettas and a conductor.

He was born in Vienna, where he studied the flute at the Conservatory. While holding various conducting posts in the city, he began to compose operettas. The first was Der tote Gast, an operetta in 1 act, premiered in 1865, with libretto by, Ludwig Harisch, after the novel by Heinrich Zschokke.

The international success of Der Bettelstudent enabled him to retire from conducting. However, he never achieved a comparable success.

Karl Millöcker died in Baden bei Wien; on 27 October 1900, he was buried in an honorary grave in Vienna's Zentralfriedhof cemetery (group 32, A35).^[1][2]

[edit] Works

See List of operettas and operas by Millöcker.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Abraham, Hedwig. "Der Wiener Zentralfriedhof, Ehrengräber Gruppe 32 A" (in German). Vienna Tourist Guide. http://www.viennatouristguide.at/Friedhoefe/Zentralfriedhof/Index_32A_Thumbs/z_index_32A_kl.htm. Retrieved 11 October 2007. 
2. ^ (Heike) Tita Büttner (March 2007). "In the Footsteps of Vienna’s Famous Musicians" (MS Word). Vienna Tourist Board. p. 12. http://b2b.wien.info/data/artikel-db/e/Famous_Musicians.doc. Retrieved 11 October 2007. 

[edit] References

• Lamb, Andrew (1992), 'Millöcker, Carl' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7

[edit] External links

• Carl Millöcker at the Internet Movie Database
• "Short biography and discography". Naxos. http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/3967.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-11. 
• Photo of Millöcker, 1890s