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Paul Lincke
Paul Lincke

Born
07.11.1866 in Berlin

Died
03.09.1946 in Hahnenklee bei Goslar

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Paul Lincke was born in Berlin in 1866. After the untimely death of the father, Emilie Lincke brought up her children all by herself and evidently supported the manifested inclination of Paul towards military music by sending him to Wittenberge in order to be apprenticed by Rudolf Kleinow as he was in charge of the local guild of town musicians. These organizations that dated back to the Middle Ages were appreciated for the known reliable training and at the end of his apprenticeship Lincke mastered the bassoon as well as the barytone, percussion, but also piano and violin. This particular “mix of instruments” corresponded well to the best of German training traditions in this field.

In 1864, however, he had no luck, since he was refused to join Prussian band music service on account of his body measurements. Basically we should be very grateful for this decision as there probably would not have been the successful composer Paul Lincke without this ruling.
The repudiation by he military proved to be only a minor obstacle for his further career, as he soon found interesting engagements with the Apollo Theater, the Königsstädtisches Theater and Belle Alliance where he was able to gain valuable experience in the realm of light and dance music. For such occasions, he also used several works of his own. This development reached a first apogee with the one- act vaudeville play “Venus auf Erden” (“Venus on Earth”) in 1897. During that period, Lincke was successfully active at the world-famous Folies Bergère Theater in Paris, which undoubtedly was not derogatory at all for his international reputation. At latest from 1908 on, he had achieved a major breakthrough when he was appointed musical director and composer of the Metropol Theater. At that time its extravagant and grandiose chorus lines were regarded the climax of light entertainment in Berlin.
 
Throughout his life, Paul Lincke was a respected and highly esteemed musician a composer of at least European fame and a highly elegant conductor. His especial merit, however, were his activities for the operetta in Berlin. Consequently, he is rightly addressed, accepted and honored as “father of the Berlin operetta”, and he therefore holds the same position in this field as Johann Strauss II and Jacques Offenbach who, in the same way, achieved extraordinary success for the sake of the operetta in Vienna and Paris.

Paul Linke who was bestowed upon the honorary citizenship of Berlin in November 1941 died shortly after completing his 80th year in Hahnenklee in the Upper Harz Mountains.

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Berliner Luft

Berliner Luft

Frau Luna<br>(Highlights from the Operetta)

Frau Luna<br>(Highlights from the Operetta)

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Berliner Luft

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Marsch - March - Marche
“Berliner Luft” (Berlin Air) was originally a march song that appeared and was premiered in a burlesque of the same name by Paul Lincke in 1904. Soon after this, the composition became successful as an independent piece of music which was increasingly performed by numerous theater and salon orchestras, especially however by many bands. The major revision of the operetta “Frau Luna” (Mrs. Moon) in 1922 also added considerably to the dissemination of the song, as “Berliner Luft” was incorporated in it just like the rousing march “Folies Bergère” and it literally became – on international level too – the “anthem of Berlin”. Not by chance the annual concerts staged on the famous Waldbühne by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra...

Music by Paul Lincke

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New Compositions for Concert Band Vol.85

New Compositions for Concert Band Vol.85

Sasso Nero - Au Cirque - Xerxes - O Saviour, Tear open the Heavens - Episodes - In my Arms - The Village on River Mark - GriGri - Il Canto - Das Land des Lächelns - Medieval Christmas Medley -...
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T8110
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Frau Luna<br>(Highlights from the Operetta)

Frau Luna
(Highlights from the Operetta)

Paul Linke (1866-1946) is a German composer considered to be the “the father of Berlin operetta". Also, “Berliner Luft" from "Frau Luna" is an unofficial city song of...
Concert Band
ZOMS-A086S
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Brain Contest Repertoire Vol. 5

Brain Contest Repertoire Vol. 5

Preludio Esprssiva - Amenominakanushi (Father of the Universe) - Der Sterngucker (The Stargazer) (Highlights from the Operetta) - Dance Macabre - Myth (Moon Reflected on the Lake) - Frau Luna...
CD (Compact Disc)
TDIV563
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RUNDEL Promo 2017/2018

RUNDEL Promo 2017/2018

The RUNDEL promo catalog 2017/2018 includes more than 50 new band pieces from RUNDEL Music Publications plus sample audio CD. You can listen to the audio samples here online or order the printed...
Concert Band
KAT17.2
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Euphoria

RUNDEL | audio | compact disc | CD | 102 UNO-Marsch - Im Weissen Rössl - Berliner Luft - Cartoon Spectacular - Gabriellas Sang - 80er KULT(tour) - The Way old Friends do - Musik liegt in der...
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MVSR102-2
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Berliner Luft

“Berliner Luft” (Berlin Air) was originally a march song that appeared and was premiered in a burlesque of the same name by Paul Lincke in 1904. Soon after this, the composition became...
Concert Band
MVSR3446
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