Richard Genée

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Franz Friedrich Richard Genée (February 7, 1823 – June 15, 1895) was a Prussian born Austrian librettist, playwright, and composer.

Genée was born in Danzig. One of his best known works was the libretto of Karl Millöcker's operetta Der Bettelstudent, which he co-wrote with Friedrich Zell (the pseudonym of Camillo Walzel). In 1857 he was conductor of the philharmonic orchestra In Mainz.

In 1876, Genée composed the operetta Der Seekadette. The operetta featured a game of chess in its second act and later lent its name to the chess opening trap found in the match the Seekadettenmatt (German for naval cadet mate). The move is usually known in English as the Légal Trap. He died at Baden bei Wien.

References

Biography from Planet Vienna (German)
»Das musikalisch-schachliche Operetten-Mysterium« by Stephan Maaß (German)

External links

List of works (German)
Choir Faculty of Philosophy from Pula, Croatia chant Italian salad - finale

Free scores by Richard Genée in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
Free scores by Richard Genée at the International Music Score Library Project

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 12462945 LCCN: n80125355 ISNI: 0000 0001 1021 2996 GND: 119312212 BNF: cb13514967c

Persondata
Name	Genée, Franz Friedrich Richard
Alternative names	Genée, Richard
Short description	Austrian librettist, playwright and composer
Date of birth	7 February 1823
Place of birth	Danzig
Date of death	15 June 1895
Place of death	Baden

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