Robert Stolz

Robert Elisabeth Stolz (; 25 August 188027 June 1975) was an Austrian songwriter and conductor as well as a composer of operettas and film music.

Biography Stolz was born of musical parents in Graz. His father was conductor and composer Jakob Stolz, his mother was concert pianist Ida Bondy, and he was the great-nephew of the soprano Teresa Stolz. At the age of seven, he toured Europe as a pianist, playing Mozart. He studied at the Vienna Conservatory with Robert Fuchs and Engelbert Humperdinck.

Selected operettas Das Glücksmädel (1910) Der Tanz ins Glück (The Dance into Happiness) (1921) Im weißen Rößl (The White Horse Inn) (1930), jointly with Ralph Benatzky Wenn die kleinen Veilchen blühen (When the Little Violets Bloom or Wild Violets) (1932) Venus in Seide (1932) Der verlorene Walzer, a stage version of the film Zwei Herzen im Dreivierteltakt (1933)

Selected songs

"Servus Du" (1912) words by Benno Vigny from the 1930 film The Song Is Ended directed by Géza von Bolváry "Wiener-Café" (Waltz) "Adieu mein kleiner Gardeoffizier" words by Walter Reisch, also known as "Goodbye" words by Harry Graham

Selected filmography Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1930) Hocuspocus (1930) The Jumping Jack (1930) The Song Is Ended (1930) A Gentleman for Hire (1930) The Merry Wives of Vienna (1931) The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931) Madame Pompadour (1931) The Prince of Arcadia (1932) A Man with Heart (1932) I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are (1932) What Women Dream (1933) My Heart Calls You (1934) Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1934) My Heart Is Calling You (1934) Spring Parade (1934) Adventure on the Southern Express (1934) The Gentleman Without a Residence (1934) Circus Saran (1935) I Love All the Women (1935) Heaven on Earth (1935) Confetti (1936) The Charm of La Boheme (1937) The Unexcused Hour (1937) Who's Your Lady Friend? (1937) One Night at the Tabarin (1947) The White Horse Inn (1952) Come Back (1953) A Breath of Scandal (1960)

Honours and awards 1934: Venice International Film Festival: Great Medal (Best Musical) for Spring Parade 1941: Academy Award nomination (Best Original Song) for the song Waltzing in the clouds from Spring Parade 1945: Academy Award nomination (Best Musical) for It Happened Tomorrow 1946: Professor Honoris Causa by the Austrian Government 1947: Citizens charter of the city of Vienna 1962: Great Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1964: First honorary member of the Vienna Volksoper 1965: Ring of Honour of the City of Graz 1968: Honorary Ring of Styria 1969: Film Award for many years of excellent work in German films 1969: Ring of Honor at the Bregenz Festival 1970: Honorary Citizen of the City of Vienna 1970: Cultural honor letter of Passau 1970: Honorary Citizen of the City of Graz 1970: Honorary Medal of the City of Rotterdam 1970: Ring of Honour of Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte 1970: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art 1970 Honorary Medal of the City of Jerusalem 1971 Jerusalem Medal (for the flight assistance to Jewish citizens)