Austrian composer
Nico Dostal (full name: Nikolaus Josef Michael Dostal) (27 November 1895 – 27 October 1981) was an Austrian composer who later specialised in
operetta and
film music.
Life
Dostal was born in
Korneuburg,
Lower Austria, and was the nephew of composer
Hermann Dostal. He initially studied law at the
University of Vienna, but turned to studying music at the Academy for Church Music in
Klosterneuburg, and made a name for himself when his Great Mass in D major premiered in
Linz in 1913.
After participating in
World War I, Dostal worked as the theatre
Kapellmeister in
Innsbruck,
St. Pölten, Vienna,
Chernivtsi and
Salzburg, before moving to
Berlin in 1924, where he turned his hand to secular music. He worked in
music publishing and as a freelance arranger for
Oscar Straus,
Franz Lehár and
Robert Stolz, among others.
Whilst working as a Kapellmeister and composer, Dostal wrote the music for the film
The Emperor's Waltz (1933) and enjoyed great success with his first operetta
Clivia. This was followed by
Die Vielgeliebte (1934) (The Much-Loved),
Die ungarische Hochzeit (1939) (The Hungarian Wedding), and numerous pieces of film music.
In 1946 Dostal moved to Vienna, then in 1954 to Salzburg, where he continued to devote himself to composition, writing there among other pieces the chamber musical So macht man Karriere (1961) (How To Make a Career). Dostal also composed church music along with operettas and film music.
In 1942 he married the
opera singer
Lillie Claus, by whom he had one son, Roman Dostal, later a conductor. Dostal died in Salzburg, where he is buried in a grave of honour in the main cemetery, the
Salzburger Kommunalfriedhof.
Works
Operettas
- Die exzentrische Frau, 1922 (The Eccentric Woman)
- Lagunenzauber, 1923 (Lagoon Magic)
-
Clivia, 1933
-
Die Vielgeliebte, 1934 (The Much-Loved)
-
Prinzessin Nofretete, 1936 (Princess Nefertiti)
- Extrablätter, 1937 (Extra Sheets)
-
Monika, 1937
-
Die ungarische Hochzeit, 1939 (The Hungarian Wedding)
- Die Flucht ins Glück, 1940 (The Flight into Happiness)
- Die große Tänzerin, 1942 (The Great Dancer)
- Eva im Abendkleid, 1942 (Eva in Evening Dress)
-
Manina, 1942
- Verzauberte Herzen, 1946 (Enchanted Hearts)
- Ein Fremder in Venedig, 1946 (A Stranger in Venice)
- Süße kleine Freundin, 1949 (Sweet Little Girlfriend)
- Zirkusblut, 1950 (Circus Blood)
- Der Kurier der Königin, 1950 (The Queen's Courier)
-
de:Doktor Eisenbart, 1952 (Dr. Eisenbarth)
-
de:Der dritte Wunsch, 1954 (The Third Wish)
- Liebesbriefe Operette, 1955 (Love Letters Operetta)
- So macht man Karriere, 1961 (How To Make A Career)
- Rhapsodie der Liebe, 1963 (Rhapsody of Love)
- Der goldene Spiegel (The Golden Mirror)
- Don Juan und Figaro oder Das Lamm des Armen, 1990 (Don Juan and Figaro, or the Lamb of the Poor)
Film music
-
Everybody Wins (1930)
-
Three Days Confined to Barracks (1930)
-
Headfirst into Happiness (1931)
-
The Emperor's Waltz (1933)
-
The Cabbie's Song (1936)
- Der Optimist, 1938, with
Theo Lingen (The Optimist)
- Mordsache Holm, 1938 (The Holm Murder Case)
-
Thirteen Chairs (1938)
-
Heimatland, 1939, with
Wolf Albach-Retty (Homeland)
-
Das Lied der Wüste, 1939, with
Zarah Leander,
Gustav Knuth (The Desert Song)
-
The Vulture Wally (1940)
-
Black on White (1943)
- Glück bei Frauen, 1944, with
Johannes Heesters (Luck/Happiness with Women)
-
Child of the Danube (1950)
-
Spring on Ice (1951)
-
Das Herz einer Frau [
de], 1951 (The Heart of a Woman)
-
Starfish (1952)
-
A Night in Venice (1953)
- Die Ungarische Hochzeit, 1969, with
Maria Schell (The Hungarian Wedding)
References
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