Rudolf Friml |

Rudolf Friml

Omunye wabasunguli be-operetta yaseMelika, uRudolf Friml, wazalelwa ePrague emkhayeni wombhaki ngoDisemba 7, 1879. Wabhala ingoma yakhe yokuqala ethi, Barcarolle yePiano, eneminyaka eyishumi. Ngo-1893, uFriml wangena ePrague Conservatory futhi wafunda ekilasini lokuqamba lomqambi odumile waseCzech u-I. Foerster. Eminyakeni emine kamuva waba i-acmpanist yomdlali wevayolini ovelele uJan Kubelik.

Ngo-1906, umculi osemusha waya ukufuna ingcebo eMelika. Uzinze eNew York, wenza iPiano Concerto yakhe eCarnegie Hall nakwamanye amahholo ekhonsathi adumile, futhi waqamba izingoma nezingcezu ze-orchestra. Ngo-1912 wenza i-debut yakhe njengomqambi weshashalazi nge-Operetta Firefly. Ngemva kokuwina impumelelo kulo mkhakha, uFriml wadala ama-operetta amaningi: Katya (1915), uRose Marie (1924 noG. Stotgart), Inkosi Yezigilamkhuba (1925), The Three Musketeers (1928) nabanye. Umsebenzi wakhe wokugcina kulolu hlobo ngu-Anina (1934).

Kusukela ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-30s, uFriml wazinza eHollywood, lapho aqala khona ukusebenza ngezikolo zefilimu.

Phakathi kwemisebenzi yakhe, ngaphezu kwama-operetta nomculo wefilimu, i-Piece for Violin and Piano, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Czech Dances and suites for the symphony orchestra, nomculo we-pop olula.

L. Mikheeva, A. Orelovich