Carl Zeller (19 June1842 - 17 August1898) was an Austrian composer of operettas. June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Operetta (literally, little opera) is a performance art-form similar to opera, though it generally deals with less serious topics. ...
He was born in St. Peter in der Au and sang in the Vienna Boys' Choir before studying law at the University of Vienna and composition with Simon Sechter. He worked as a civil servant while composing a number of operettas, of which the best-known is Der Vögelhändler. He died in Baden bei Wien. The Vienna Boys Choir (German: Wiener Sängerknaben) is a choir of boy sopranos based in Vienna. ... University of Vienna, main building, seen from Beethovens apartment The University of Vienna (German: Universität Wien) in Austria was founded in 1365 by Rudolph IV and hence named Alma mater Rudolphina. ... Simon Sechter, Austrian music theorist, teacher, organist, conductor and composer, was born in Friedberg (now called Frimburk, Bohemia) on October 11, 1788. ... Overview of Baden from a southern hill Baden bei Wien is a spa town and medieval city in Lower Austria, 26 kilometres south of Vienna, with a population of 31,000 (2002). ...
CarlZeller [+] was a lawyer by profession and a government official, an amateur musician who created one of the most popular operettas of the late nineteenth century, Der Vogelhandler [+] (The Bird Seller).
The son of a physician, Zeller had studied for a time at the Choir School in the Court Chapel in Vienna, and learned harmony and counterpoint before the legal profession became the focus of his education.
Zeller never entirely gave up music, even as he moved into ever more important government posts, culminating with his appointments as a Privy Councilor and head of a department within the Ministry of Information.
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