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Are We Finally Rediscovering Victor Hollaender?

kevin — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 17:46:42 +0000

No, the orientalist silent film orgy Sumurun, filmed in the Ufa studios in Berlin-Tempelhof in 1920, doesn’t need to be

kevin — Sat, 23 May 2020 10:29:56 +0000

I’ve been on a bit of a Truesound Transfers trip these past few days. You know, that small Berlin based

kevin — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 08:42:01 +0000

Today, 90 years ago on 1 April 1930, the famous film Der blaue Engel premiered in Berlin’s Gloria Palace. It

kevin — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 10:16:13 +0000

You could be surprised: here’s a brand new Willi Kollo (1904-1988) biography, and the only picture you’ll find anywhere in

kevin — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 13:22:04 +0000

How many female operetta composers can you name? Here is one who was also a baroness, no less. Her operetta

kevin — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 09:09:26 +0000

The heat wave is back, in Germany at least. And the only appropriate way to cool off – operetta style!

kevin — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 09:42:06 +0000

America’s popular music tradition is often referred to as the “Great American Songbook,” a national heritage. A focus on its

kevin — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 21:45:48 +0000

Victor Hollaender described his first American sojourn and the German-American scene of Milwaukee in his memoirs, which were published in

kevin — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 14:25:48 +0000

Alan Lareau, Professor of German at the University of Oshkosh and a scholar specialized in the cabaret culture of the

kevin — Sat, 17 May 2014 08:14:26 +0000

There’s a lot of talk, again, these days about „Operetta Made In Berlin”—how it differs from other German language types