Leopold Wenzel

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Léopold de Wenzel, also known as Leopold Wenzel, was a conductor and composer of songs, orchestral works and ballets in the late Victorian era and early Edwardian period.

Wenzel was appointed as musical director, music arranger and ballet composer at the Empire Theatre of Varieties in London in 1889, where he wrote and arranged numerous ballets.[1] He also composed songs that were incorporated into some works of musical theatre.

[edit] Selected Works

Ballets with choreographer Katti Lanner at the Empire[2]

  • A Dream of Wealth (1889)
  • Cécile (1890)
  • Dolly (1890)
  • Orfeo (1891)[3]
  • By the Sea (1891)
  • Nisita (1891)
  • Versailles (1892)[3]
  • Round the Town (1892)
  • Katrina (1893)
  • The Girl I Left Behind Me (1893)
  • Monte Cristo (1896)[3]
  • Under One Flag (1897)
  • The Press (1898)
  • Alaska (1898)
  • Round the Town Again6 (1899)
  • Sea-Side (1900)
  • Les Papillons (1901)
  • Old China (1901)
  • Our Crown (1902)
  • The Milliner Duchess (1903)
  • Vineland (1903)
  • High Jinks (1904)
Other Works

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Richards, Jeffrey. Imperialism and Music: Britain 1876-1953, pp. 258–60 (2002) Manchester University Press ISBN 0719045061
  2. ^ Guest, "Appendix A: Ballets Produced at the Empire Theatre, 1884-1915"
  3. ^ a b c Guest, "Appendix C: Some Empire Ballets: Selected Scenarios"
  4. ^ List of cast and crew for Cinder Ellen and other Cinderella adaptations
  5. ^ Links to Midi files for songs in An Artist's Model, including the songs composed by Wenzel

[edit] References

  • Guest, Ivor. The Empire Ballet (1962) London:Society for Theatre Research
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