Suppe, Franz von, << ZOO pay, frahnts fuhn >> (1819-1895), was an Austrian composer and conductor. He primarily wrote theater music, including overtures, incidental music for plays, and operas. His most important works were Viennese-style operettas. His operettas are noted for their rhythmic drive; strong emphasis on waltz rhythms; and light, elegant, and appealing melodies. His first operetta was The Boarding School (1860). Others include The Jolly Pirates (1863), Light Cavalry (1866), and Fatinitza (1876). His masterpiece is the opera Boccaccio (1879). Suppe’s most famous composition is the Poet and Peasant overture (1846).
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Suppe was born on April 18, 1819, in Spalato, Dalmatia (now Split, Croatia). From 1845 until his retirement in 1883, he served as orchestra director at several major theaters in Vienna, where he conducted his own works as well as performances of many important operas. Suppe died on May 21,1895.
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