Robert Stolz
Robert Elisabeth Stolz, born August 25, 1880, in Graz, Austria, died June 27,
1975, in West Berlin, was an Austrian composer and conductor. After studying
music in Graz, Berlin, and Vienna, Stolz worked as an opera répétiteur in Graz
and as a Kapellmeister in Maribor and Salzburg, where he premiered his first
operetta, Schön Lorchen, in 1903. From 1907 to 1917, Stolz served as musical
director at the Theater an der Wien, conducting the premiere of Franz Lehár's
Der Graf von Luxemburg in 1909. Stolz composed over 60 operettas and earned two
Academy Award nominations for his film m...
