Leopold Wenzel

Leopold Wenzel
In The Sketch in 1904
Born(1847-01-23)23 January 1847
Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Died21 August 1923(1923-08-21) (aged 76)
Asnières, France
OccupationsConductor, composer

Léopold de Wenzel (23 January 1847 – 21 August 1923), also known as Leopold Wenzel, was an Italian-born conductor and composer, known for his ballets and contributions to Edwardian musical comedies, who spent most of his career in Britain.

Biography

Poster for the ballet Brighton in the Olympia

Born in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Wenzel spent most of his career working in London, with the exception of some years spent in Paris. Wenzel was appointed as musical director, music arranger and ballet composer at the Empire Theatre of Varieties in London in 1889, where he wrote and arranged numerous ballets. Later, he conducted at the Gaiety Theatre in London until 1913. In addition to ballets, his many works include art songs, orchestral works, and operas in the late Victorian era and early Edwardian period. Some of his songs were incorporated into Edwardian musical comedies. He died in Asnières, near Paris, on 21 August 1923.

Selected works

Ballets with choreographer Katti Lanner at the Empire:

Operas
Other works

Notes

  1. ↑ Opera Glass
  2. ↑ "Retirement of Gaiety Conductor", The Observer, 23 February 1913, p. 10
  3. ↑ Richards, Jeffrey.Imperialism and Music: Britain 1876–1953, pp. 258–60 (2002) Manchester University Press ISBN 0-7190-4506-1
  4. ↑ Profile of Wenzel
  5. ↑ Guest. "Appendix A: Ballets Produced at the Empire Theatre, 1884-1915". Archived from the original on 13 October 2012 – via Questia.
  6. 1 2 3 Guest. "Appendix C: Some Empire Ballets: Selected Scenarios". Archived from the original on 13 October 2012 – via Questia.
  7. ↑ Poster from "Grand Ballet: Brighton" at the Olympia Archived 2007-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ "List of cast and crew for Cinder Ellen and other Cinderella adaptations". Archived from the original on 26 February 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
  9. ↑ Johnson, Colin, M. Links to Midi files for songs in An Artist's Model, including the songs composed by Wenzel, The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, accessed 31 March 2018

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