Walter Kollo


Walter Kollo (28 January 1878  – 30 September 1940) was a German composer of operettas, Possen mit Gesang, and Singspiele as well as popular songs. He was also a conductor and a music publisher.

Kollo was born in Neidenburg, East Prussia. His best known work, the operetta Wie einst in Mai (1913), was the basis of a 1917 Sigmund Romberg operetta in America entitled Maytime.

Kollo died in Berlin. His son Willi Kollo was also a composer of light music and his grandson is the celebrated Wagnerian tenor René Kollo.

List of operettas

Recordings

Kolo's grandson René Kollo has recorded a CD of songs and arias by Walter Kollo entitled 'Auf den Spuren meiner Väter: René Kollo sings Kollo', 2009, CD EMI).

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