Walter Kollo

Walter Kollo

Known for: Sound
Biography: 1878-01-28
Deathday: 1940-09-30 (62 years old)

Biography

Walter Kollo (28 January 1878 – 30 September 1940) was a German composer of operettas, Possen mit Gesang, and Singspiele as well as popular songs. He was also a conductor and a music publisher.

Kollo was born in Neidenburg, East Prussia. His best known work, the operetta Wie einst im Mai (1913), was the basis of a 1917 Sigmund Romberg operetta in America entitled Maytime.

A merchant's son, he was expected to take his father's trade but devoted himself to the study of music in the Königsberg Sondershausen music conservatory with his mother's help. He became a theater conductor for a brief time in Königsberg before going to Berlin in 1899. In Berlin, he turned towards popular and light music, fromin8, wrote music for the popular musical theater. In 1910, with Willy Bredschneider he composed his first great success, Große Rosinen, produced on New Year's Eve 191,1. Somewhat prolifically, he continued composing musical comedies, farces and operettas, with including Wie einst im Mai (1913; with the songs Es war in Schöneberg im Monat Mai and Die Männer sind alle Verbrecher), Der Juxbaron (1916), Drei alte Schachteln (1917) and Die Frau ohne Kuß (1924).

Kollo emerged as a composer of revues and sound films in 1915, was one of the founders of the performer's rights organization GEMA, and had his own music publishing company. Later, he made successful concert tours as a conductor of his own works.

With Jean Gilbert and Paul Lincke, Kollo was a founder of the Berliner Operette.

His son Willi Kollo was also a composer of light music and his grandson is the Wagnerian tenor René Kollo.

Walter Kollo died in Berlin. Walter Kollo biography on Kollo Family website, accessed 21 December 2010

Information

Known For
Sound

Gender
Male

Birthday
1878-01-28

Deathday
1940-09-30 (62 years old)

Birth Name
Walter Elimar Kollodzieyski

Birth Place
Nidzica, Poland

Children
Willi Kollo

Citizenships
German Empire

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