Paul Lincke
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Carl Emil Paul Lincke (7 November 1866 – 3 September 1946) was a German composer. His march Berliner Luft ("Berlin Air") is the hymn of Berlin.
The march Berliner Luft comes from Lincke's 1899 operetta Frau Luna about a trip to the moon in a hot air balloon, where an adventurous party of prominent Berliners meet Frau Luna and her court. Other Lincke operettas include Im Reiche des Indra (In the Kingdom of Indra) and Lysistrata. The latter includes the song "Das Glühwürmchen," known in English as "The Glow-Worm". It was originally translated into English by Lilla Cayley Robinson in the early 20th century, but famous American lyricist Johnny Mercer later expanded and greatly revised her lyrics. His version was a hit for the Mills Brothers in 1952 and has been performed by others.
He also composed the wedding dance played in the 1997 movie Titanic which is played while the ship is going down and in the dining room in earlier scenes.
Berliner Luft is one of the traditional Encores of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra.
[edit] Selected operettas
- Venus auf Erden (Berlin 1897)
- Frau Luna (Berlin 1899)
- Im Reiche des Indra (Berlin 1899)
- Lysistrata (Berlin 1902)
- Casanova (Darmstadt 1913)
- Ein Liebestraum (Hamburg 1940)
[edit] External links
- 1941 sound film of Paul Lincke in Berlin playing piano and conducting a performance of "Glühwürmchen" with orchestra and choir
- Free scores by Paul Lincke in the International Music Score Library Project
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