Comments on: Jean Gilbert (1879-1942): One of the Most Successful Composers for the German Musical Stage

By: Paul Baar

Paul Baar — Sat, 22 Oct 2022 00:51:13 +0000

Louis Casavant, my grandfather appeared in “POLNISCHE WIRTSCHAFT” or The Polish Wedding ” in August 31,1912 at the Empire theater in Syracuse, New York and toured the U.S. in the play.

By: ERNESTO G. OPPICELLI

ERNESTO G. OPPICELLI — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 16:42:41 +0000

ONLY to say that operettas are just like the splendid sheet music covers that appears above. No new sound, no new mise en scène, nessuna cretinata insomma dei nuovi registi che si sentono sempre, always, in dovere di cambiare le carte in tavola. Yes, I repeat myself, but I’ll do it again!

By: Johan F

Johan F — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 10:07:05 +0000

So, in the 1910s, Jean Gilbert had started conquering an international market with musicals that were both romantic and peppy. Twenty years later, Paul Abraham had begun doing the same, with musicals that were both tomantic and jazzy. Then it was Nazism that stopped the development of a new musical style. Would Germany have become the leading nation of musical theatre in the 20th century if it hadn’t been for political reasons?