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Ralph Benatzky

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Ralph Benatzky
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Ralph Benatzky (5 June 1884 – 16 October 1957), born in Mährisch Budwitz (Moravské Budějovice) as Rudolph Franz [František] Josef Benatzky,[1] was an Austrian composer of Moravian origin.[2] He composed operas and operettas, such as Casanova (1928), Die drei Musketiere (1929), Im weißen Rössl (1930) and Meine Schwester und ich (1930). He died in Zürich, Switzerland.

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Ralph Benatzky
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Works

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Ralph Benatzky's grave in St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut
  • Laridon (1911)
  • Cherchez la femme (1911)
  • Der lachende Dreibund (1913)
  • Anno 14 (1914)
  • Prinzchens Frühlingserwachen (1914)
  • Liebe im Schnee (1916)
  • Die tanzende Maske (1918)
  • Die Verliebten (1919)
  • Apachen (1920)
  • Ein Märchen aus Florenz (1923)
  • Casanova, with music by Johann Strauss II (1928)
  • Die drei Musketiere [de] (1929)
  • Im weißen Rößl (1930) aka The White Horse Inn
  • Meine Schwester und ich (1930)
  • Zur goldenen Liebe (1931)
  • Zirkus Aimée (1932)
  • Büxl (1932)
  • Bezauberndes Fräulein (1933)
  • Reichste Mann der Welt (1935)
  • Der König mit dem Regenschirm (1935)
  • Axel an der Himmelstür [de] (1936)
  • Majestät privat (1937)
  • Herzen im Schnee (1937)
  • Der Silberhof (1941)
  • Kleinstadt zauber (Zürich, 1947)
  • Liebesschule (Göttingen, 1950)
  • Mon Ami René (Karlsruhe, 1951)
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Notes

Benatzky is often mistakenly referred to as Jewish due to an error published in a book of Jewish musicians during World War II. Benatzky himself was not Jewish, but he was twice married to Jewish women: Josma Selim, a singer (Hedwig Josma Fischer; born 1884 in Vienna; died 1929 in Berlin) and Melanie "Mela" Hoffmann, a dancer.[3][4][5]

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