Emmerich Kálmán

Hungarian-born composer of operettas (1882–1953)

  • Fame54.6
  • Momentum0.7
  • Wikipedia7.2K
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Lived 1882–1953, aged 71
MusiciansSinger / Musician
  • Wikipedia
    41 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1882–1953
    Aged 71
  • Known for
    Operetta Festival
    1982
Summary
Updated 2026-06-09

He wrote the operettas that kept Vienna humming through the first half of the twentieth century — Die Csárdásfürstin, Gräfin Mariza — blending Hungarian folk rhythms with the glide of the Viennese stage and, later, the snap of American jazz.

Biography

About

Emmerich Kálmán was born in Hungary on 24 October 1882 and became a composer who helped shape Viennese operetta as it moved into modernity. His style pulled from the csárdás and other Hungarian folk forms, the sweep of Johann Strauss II and Franz Lehár, and eventually the syncopation of jazz. Die Csárdásfürstin arrived in 1915, Gräfin Mariza in 1924 — both became fixtures of the repertoire. The Anschluss forced him and his family into exile, first to Paris, then to the United States. He returned to Europe in 1949 and died in Paris on 30 October 1953, six days after his seventy-first birthday.

Deep cuts

Albums

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  • Emmerich Kálmán: Symphonic Poems
    2020
  • Marilyn Hill Smith sings Franz Lehár and Emmerich Kálmán
    2001
  • El soldado de chocolate (Soldaditos de plomo) / La princesa de la czarda (Opereta en tres actos)
    2000
  • Stephen Hough's New Piano Album
    1999
  • Die Herzogin von Chicago
    1999
  • Im weißen Rössl + Gräfin Mariza
    1994
  • Die Zirkusprinzessin (Höhepunkte)
    1994
  • Gräfin Mariza
    1988
  • Gräfin Mariza: Großer Querschnitt
    1986
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54.6
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Momentum0.7
Historical23.5
Source confidence65.0
Completeness65.0
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  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
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  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
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  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
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