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- Suppé also spelled:
- Suppè
- Original name:
- Francesco Ezechiele Ermenegildo Cavaliere Suppé Demelli
- Born:
- April 18, 1819, Spalato, Dalmatia, Austrian Empire [now Split, Croatia]
- Died:
- May 21, 1895, Vienna, Austria (aged 76)
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Franz von Suppé
Austrian composer
Also known as: Francesco Ezechiele Ermenegildo Demelli, Cavaliere Suppé(Show More)
Franz von Suppé (born April 18, 1819, Spalato, Dalmatia, Austrian Empire [now Split, Croatia]—died May 21, 1895, Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian composer of light operas. He greatly influenced the development of Austrian and German light music up to the middle of the 20th century.
Suppé conducted at the Theater an der Wien, the Josephstadt, and other theatres in Vienna. His most successful comic operas were produced in Vienna and include Leichte Kavallerie (1866), Fatinitza (1876), and Boccaccio (1879). He also wrote choral works, a symphony, and string quartets.
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