Franz Lehár Net Worth
Franz Lehár Net Worth is
$20 Million
Franz Lehár Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Franz Lehár (30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe). | Full Name | Franz Lehár |
| Date Of Birth | April 30, 1870, Komárom, Hungary |
| Died | October 24, 1948, Bad Ischl, Austria |
| Place Of Birth | Komárom, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary] |
| Profession | Soundtrack, Composer, Music Department |
| Education | Prague Conservatory |
| Spouse | Sophie Lehár |
| Parents | Franz Lehár, Krisztina Neubrandt |
| Siblings | Anton Lehár, Eduárd Lehár, Anna Mária Lehár |
| Albums | The Merry Widow, Highlights, Die blaue Mazur |
| Movies | The Merry Widow |
| Star Sign | Taurus |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | He was elected an honorary citizen of Sopron in 1940. |
| 2 | A 1942 Vienna broadcast of his operetta Paganini conducted by the composer has survived, starring soprano, Esther Réthy and tenor, Karl Friedrich (de). A 1942 Berlin radio production of Zigeunerliebe with Herbert Ernst Groh, conducted by Lehár, also survives. |
| 3 | On Hitler's birthday in 1938 Lehár had given him as a special gift a red maroquin leather volume in commemoration of the 50th performance of The Merry Widow. |
| 4 | While his younger brother Anton entered cadet school in Vienna to become a professional officer, Franz studied violin at the Prague Conservatory, where his violin teacher was Antonín Bennewitz, but was advised by Antonín Dvorák to focus on composition. |
| 5 | After graduation in 1888 he joined his father's band in Vienna, as assistant bandmaster. Two years later he became bandmaster at Losoncz, East Slovakia, making him the youngest bandmaster in the Austro-Hungarian Army at that time, but he left the army and joined the navy. With the k.u.k. Kriegsmarine he was first Kapellmeister at Pola from 1894 to 1896, resigning in the latter year when his first operetta, Kukuschka (later reworked as Tatjana in 1906), premiered at the Wiener Volksoper. It was only a middling success and Lehár eventually rejoined the army, with service in the garrisons at Trieste, Budapest (1898) and finally Vienna from 1899 to 1902. In 1902 he became conductor at the historic Vienna Theater an der Wien, where his operetta Wiener Frauen was performed in November of that year. |
| 6 | Lehár was also associated with the operatic tenor Richard Tauber, who sang in many of his operettas, beginning with a revival of his 1910 operetta Zigeunerliebe (de) in 1920 and then Frasquita (de) in 1922, in which Lehár once again found a suitable post-war style. Lehár made a brief appearance in the 1930 film adaptation The Land of Smiles starring Tauber. |
| 7 | In 1947, Lehár conducted the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich in a series of 78-rpm recordings for English Decca (released in the U.S. by London Records) of overtures and waltzes from his operettas. The recordings had remarkable sound for their time because they were made using Decca's Full Frequency Range Recording process, one of the first commercial high fidelity techniques. These recordings were later issued on LP (in 1969 on Decca eclipse ECM 2012 and reprocessed stereo on ECS 2012) and CD. A compilation of his recordings has been released by Naxos Records. |
| 8 | Between 1925 and 1934 he wrote six operettas specifically for Tauber's voice. By 1935 he decided to form his own publishing house, Glocken-Verlag (Publishing House of the Bells), to maximize his personal control over performance rights to his works. |
| 9 | He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe). |
| 10 | There is a street in Vienna named after him. Additionally, several towns in the Netherlands have named streets after him (e.g. in The Hague, Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht, Eindhoven and Tilburg). |
| 11 | However, the Conservatory's rules at that time did not allow students to study both performance and composition, and Bennewitz and Lehár senior exerted pressure on Lehár to take his degree in violin as a practical matter, arguing that he could study composition on his own later. Lehár followed their wishes, against his will, and aside from a few clandestine lessons with Zdenek Fibich he was self-taught as a composer. |
| 12 | His younger brother Anton became the administrator of his estate, promoting the popularity of Franz Lehár's music. |
| 13 | The Nazi regime was aware of the uses of Lehár's music for propaganda purposes: concerts of his music were given in occupied Paris in 1941. Even so, Lehár's influence was limited: it is said that he tried personally to secure Hitler's guarantee of the safety of one of his librettists, Fritz Löhner-Beda, but he was not able to prevent the murder of Beda in Auschwitz-III. |
| 14 | On 12 January 1939 and 30 April 1940 Lehár had personally received awards by Hitler in Berlin and Vienna, including the Goethe medal. |
| 15 | Hitler enjoyed Lehár's music, and hostility diminished across Germany after Goebbels's intervention on Lehár's part.[2. |
| 16 | Although Lehár was Roman Catholic, his wife, Sophie (née Paschkis) had been Jewish before her conversion to Catholicism upon marriage, and this was sufficient to generate hostility towards them personally and towards his work. |
| 17 | Lehár's relationship with the Nazi regime was an uneasy one. He had always used Jewish librettists for his operas and had been part of the cultural milieu in Vienna which included a significant Jewish contingent. |
| 18 | He was the eldest son of Franz Lehár (senior) (1838-1888), an Austrian bandmaster in the Infantry Regiment No. 50 of the Austro-Hungarian Army and Christine Neubrandt (1849-1906), a Hungarian woman from a family of German descent. He grew up speaking only Hungarian until the age of 12. Later he put a diacritic above the "a" of his father's name "Lehar" to indicate the long vowel in Hungarian phonology. |
| 19 | Following the collapse of the Berlin Wall, a set of discs recording the 1939 Saarbrucken concert of Lehár's works by German State Transmitter Saarbrucken conducted by Franz Lehár himself was discovered in East German state archives. This was released on CDs by Cpo-Musikproduktion in 2000. |
| 20 | In 1938 Mrs. Lehár was given the status of "Ehrenarierin" (honorary Aryan by marriage). Nonetheless, attempts were made at least once to have her deported. |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hail, Caesar! | 2016 | writer: "The Merry Widow Waltz Ballsirenenwalzer" | |
| Yarden | 2016 | "Heut noch werd ich Ehefrau" | |
| The Lives We Lead | 2015 | writer: "Die Lustige Witwe" | |
| The Metropolitan Opera HD Live | 2014-2015 | TV Series music - 2 episodes | |
| Beauty & the Beat: Tarja Turunen & Mike Terrana | 2014 | Video writer: "Vilja Lied" | |
| Eröffnung der Wiener Festwochen 2013 - Wien, Wien, nur du allein? | 2013 | TV Movie writer: "Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert" | |
| Muisteja: Pieni elokuva 1950-luvun Oulusta | 2013 | Documentary writer: "Kultaa ja hopeaa Gold und Silber" | |
| Der Salon am Dienstag | 2012 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Wir sind Kaiser | 2010 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| The City of Your Final Destination | 2009 | writer: "The Merry Widow, Second Act: No.7 Introduction, Tanz und Vilja-Lied" | |
| Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression | 2009 | Video documentary music: "Maxim's" - uncredited | |
| Flawless | 2007 | writer: "The Merry Widow Waltz" | |
| The Berlin Concert | 2006 | TV Movie documentary writer: "Giuditta - Meine Lippen, sie kussen so heib", "Das Land des Lachelns - Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" | |
| Die lustige Witwe | 2005 | TV Movie music: "Die lustige Witwe, Operetta in three acts" | |
| As It Is in Heaven | 2004 | writer: "Glada Änkan" - as Franz Lehar | |
| The Blues | 2003 | TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode | |
| Manna from Heaven | 2002 | writer: "Merry Widow Waltz" | |
| The Lost World | 2002 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| U-571 | 2000 | writer: "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" | |
| Man of the Century | 1999 | writer: "The Merry Widow Waltz" - as Franz Lehar | |
| Eros ja Psykhe | 1998 | writer: "Gold und Silber" | |
| The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994 | 1994 | TV Special music: "Lippen Schweigen" | |
| Schindler's List | 1993 | music: "Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss" - uncredited | |
| Ein Schloß am Wörthersee | 1991 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Liebestraum | 1991 | music: "The Merry Widow Waltz" | |
| The Rocketeer | 1991 | writer: "VILIA" | |
| Szomszédok | 1990 | TV Series music - 1 episode | |
| Tatie Danielle | 1990 | performer: "Heures exquises" | |
| A Chorus of Disapproval | 1989 | music: "THE MERRY WIDOW" | |
| Tilinteko | 1987 | writer: "Du är min hela värld Dein ist Mein ganzes Hertz" | |
| Privates on Parade | 1983 | music: "Mazurka" - uncredited | |
| Polizeiinspektion 1 | 1981 | TV Series music - 1 episode | |
| Hollywood | 1980 | TV Mini-Series documentary writer - 2 episodes | |
| The Frisco Kid | 1979 | writer: "Waltz 'Gold and Silver'" | |
| The Norman Conquests | 1977 | TV Mini-Series writer - 2 episodes | |
| That's Entertainment, Part II | 1976 | Documentary music: "I'm Going to Maxim's" 1907, "Girls, Girls, Girls" 1907, "Can-Can" 1907, "The Merry Widow Waltz" 1907 - uncredited | |
| Upstairs, Downstairs | 1972 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Death in Venice | 1971 | writer: "Lippen schweigen"/Merry Widow Waltz - uncredited | |
| Torture Me, Kiss Me | 1970 | music: "The Merry Widow Waltz" - uncredited | |
| Reflections in a Golden Eye | 1967 | music: "Mazurka" - uncredited | |
| Mi vedrai tornare | 1966 | music: "TU CHE MI HAI PRESO IL CUOR" | |
| Los amores de Marieta - Los Fabulosos 20s | 1964 | writer: "Gigolette" | |
| Die lustige Witwe | 1962 | music: "Die lustige Witwe" operetta - as Franz Lehar | |
| Hvezda jede na jih | 1958 | music: "Líbám, zeny, vás tak rád" | |
| Der Zarewitsch | 1954 | music: "WolgaLied" | |
| Das Land des Lächelns | 1952 | music: "Das Land des Lächelns" / writer: "Bei einem Tee en Deux", "Immer nur lächeln", "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz", "Von Apfelblüten einen Kranz", "Liebes Schwesterlein, sollst nicht traurig sein", "Wer hat die Liebe uns ins Herz gesenkt", "Ich möch' wieder einmal die Heimat seh'n", "Gern, gern wär'ich verliebt", "Freunderl mach dir nix draus", "Meine Liebe, deine Liebe" | |
| The Merry Widow | 1952 | music: "Can-Can", "The Merry Widow Waltz", "Red as the Rose of Maytime", "Villa" - uncredited | |
| Young People | 1952 | music: "The Merry Widow Waltz" - uncredited | |
| Iris and the Lieutenant | 1946 | music: From "THE MERRY WIDOW" | |
| The Heavenly Body | 1944 | music: "The Merry Widow Waltz" 1907 - uncredited | |
| Shadow of a Doubt | 1943 | music: "The Merry Widow Waltz" 1905 - uncredited | |
| Wo die Lerche singt | 1936 | music: "Wenn zwei sich lieben und verstehn", "Mag der Himmel mit euch sein", "Durch die weiten Felder", "Palikam, Palikam, schöner Mann" | |
| Die ganze Welt dreht sich um Liebe | 1935 | writer: "Die ganze Welt dreht sich um Liebe" | |
| La veuve joyeuse | 1935 | "Girls, Girls, Girls", "Vilia", "Tonight Will Teach Me To Forget", "Maxim's", "The Merry Widow Waltz", "If Widows are Rich", "Melody of Laughter" | |
| The Merry Widow | 1934 | music: "Girls, Girls, Girls" 1905, "Vilia" 1905, "Tonight Will Teach Me to Forget" 1905, "Maxim's" 1905, "The Merry Widow Waltz" 1905, "If Widows Are Rich" 1905, "Melody of Laughter" 1905 - uncredited | |
| Hell's Angels | 1930 | music: "Eva Waltz" - uncredited | |
| The Rogue Song | 1930 | music: "The White Dove" | |
| Synthetic Sin | 1929 | music: "Eva" - uncredited |
Composer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operettemelodieën | 1967 | TV Movie | |
| Paganini | 1961 | TV Movie | |
| O Viúvo Alegre | 1960 | from operetta "Die lustige Witwe" | |
| The Merry Widow | 1958 | TV Movie | |
| Where the Lark Sings | 1956 | ||
| Omnibus | 1954 | TV Series 1 episode | |
| Der Zarewitsch | 1954 | from operetta "Der Zarewitsch" | |
| O Conde de Luxemburgo | 1952 | TV Movie | |
| Eva | 1952 | TV Movie | |
| A Viúva Alegre | 1952 | TV Movie | |
| Das Land des Lächelns | 1952 | from operetta: 'Das Land des Lächelns' | |
| Wo die Lerche singt | 1936 | from operetta "Wo die Lerche singt" | |
| Frasquita | 1934 | ||
| Gern hab' ich die Frau'n geküßt | 1934 | from operetta "Paganini" | |
| Son altesse impériale | 1933 | from operetta "Der Zarewitsch" | |
| Großfürstin Alexandra | 1933 | from operetta "Großfürstin Alexandra" | |
| Der Zarewitsch | 1933 | ||
| Where Is This Lady? | 1932 | ||
| Once There Was a Waltz | 1932 | ||
| Wiener Liebschaften | 1931 | ||
| Amours viennoises | 1931 | ||
| O Mädchen, mein Mädchen, wie lieb' ich Dich! | 1930 | from operetta "Friederike" | |
| Der lustige Witwer | 1929 | ||
| Franz Lehar | 1929 | ||
| Der Zarewitsch | 1929 | ||
| Das Fürstenkind | 1927 | ||
| The Count of Luxembourg | 1926 | ||
| Franz Lehar | 1923 | ||
| Luxemburg grófja | 1922 | ||
| Töte sie! | 1920 | Short | |
| Drótostót | 1918 | ||
| Wo die Lerche singt | 1918 | ||
| A víg özvegy | 1918 | ||
| Mit Herz und Hand fürs Vaterland | 1915 | ||
| O Conde de Luxemburgo | 1911 | Short from operetta "Der Graf von Luxemburg" | |
| Liebes Mannchen, folge Mir | 1910 | Short | |
| Der Graf von Luxemburg | 1910 | Short | |
| Greven af Luxemburg | 1910 | Short | |
| A Viúva Alegre | 1909/II | Short | |
| A Viúva Alegre (I) | 1909 | Short | |
| Duel de los Patos | 1909 | Short as Franz Lehar | |
| Duo de Amor | 1909 | Short as Franz Lehar | |
| La Educanda di Sorrento | 1909 | Short as Franz Lehar | |
| Valsa da Viúva Alegre | 1909 | Short | |
| Der Rastelbinder | 1908 | Short | |
| Die lustige Witwe: Dummer Reitersmann | 1908 | Short | |
| Die Lustige Witwe | 1907 | Short |
Music Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Viúva Alegre | 1909/I | music: from "Die lustige Witwe" | |
| The Metropolitan Opera HD Live | 2015 | TV Series music by - 1 episode | |
| Robert Stolz - Musik der Versöhnung | 2009 | TV Movie documentary composer: stock music | |
| Andre Rieu: Live in Vienna | 2008 | TV Special music | |
| Die lustige Witwe | 2007 | TV Movie music by | |
| La Veuve Joyeuse | 2007 | TV Movie music by | |
| Der Graf von Luxemburg | 2006 | TV Movie music by | |
| Die lustige Witwe | 2005 | TV Movie music by | |
| Great Performances | 2002 | TV Series music by - 1 episode | |
| La veuve joyeuse | 1997 | TV Movie music by | |
| Gold and Silver Gala with Placido Domingo | 1996 | TV Special music: "Gold und Silber - Waltzer op. 79" | |
| Live from Lincoln Center | 1996 | TV Series music by - 1 episode | |
| Die lustige Witwe | 1993 | TV Movie music by | |
| Kai efthymi... kai hira | 1991 | TV Series music: from "Die lustige Witwe" - 1991 | |
| The Merry Widow | 1988 | TV Movie music by | |
| Zeme úsmevu | 1986 | TV Movie music by | |
| Lehar-Express | 1985 | TV Movie composer: theme music | |
| The Merry Widow | 1983 | TV Movie music by | |
| Paganini | 1982 | TV Movie music by | |
| Zigeunerliebe | 1974 | TV Movie composer: Operetta in 2 acts | |
| Das Land des Lächelns | 1974 | music by | |
| Der Zarewitsch | 1973 | TV Movie music by: Operette von | |
| Der Graf von Luxemburg | 1972 | music by - as Franz Lehar | |
| Giuditta (Freunde das Leben ist lebenswert) | 1970 | TV Movie music by | |
| The Merry Widow | 1968 | TV Movie music by: "Die lustige Witwe" | |
| Ye mei gui zhi lian | 1960 | composer: song "Feng liu gua fu" from "The Merry Widow" | |
| Gay Operetta | 1959 | TV Series music by - 1 episode | |
| Folio | 1959 | TV Series music - 1 episode | |
| Airs de France | 1958 | TV Series music by - 1 episode | |
| Der Graf von Luxemburg | 1957 | music by | |
| Max Liebman Presents: The Merry Widow | 1955 | TV Movie music by | |
| The Merry Widow | 1952 | music by: "Die lustige Witwe" | |
| Ang viuda alegre | 1941 | music: from "Die lustige Witwe" | |
| Dreams Come True | 1936 | music: based on "Clo-Clo" | |
| Die ganze Welt dreht sich um Liebe | 1935 | music: based on "Clo-Clo" | |
| Eva, the Factory Girl | 1935 | music by | |
| La veuve joyeuse | 1935 | music by | |
| The Merry Widow | 1934 | music by - as Franz Lehar | |
| Frasquita | 1934 | conductor | |
| Das Land des Lächelns | 1930 | music by | |
| The Merry Widow | 1925 | adapter: from operetta by - as Franz Lehar | |
| Luxemburg grófja | 1918 | music: from "Der Graf von Luxemburg" | |
| A Viúva Alegre | 1911 | music: from "Die lustige Witwe" | |
| A Viúva Alegre | 1910 | Short music by |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frasquita | 1934 | Conductor in credits sequence | |
| Das Land des Lächelns | 1930 | Der Kapellmeister - Himself | |
| Franz Lehar | 1929 | ||
| Franz Lehar, der Operettenkönig | 1925 |
Camera Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zenés TV színház | 1970 | TV Series stock music - 1 episode |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| That's Entertainment, Part II | 1976 | Documentary acknowledgement: the special style and content of the musical sequences were created by |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geschichten rund um's Riesenrad | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Österreich - Unser Jahrhundert | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Oh, du mein Österreich | 1959 | Documentary | Himself |
Known for movies
U-571 (2000)
as Soundtrack
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
as Soundtrack
The Rocketeer (1991)
as Soundtrack
As It Is in Heaven (2004)
as Soundtrack