Bruno Granichstaedten

Bruno Bernhard Granichstaedten (September 1, 1879, Vienna – May 30, 1944, New York City) was an Austrian composer and librettist. He composed sixteen operettas and music for various films. He contributed the song “Zuschau’n kann i net” to the musical play The White Horse Inn. He emigrated from Austria, ending up in the United States of America in 1940, where he was only able to earn his living by playing the piano at night clubs. Works *Bub oder Mädel? ( and Adolf Altmann), operetta, prologue and 2 acts (13 November 1908 Vienna, Johann Strauss Theater) *Wein, Weib and Gesang (Adolf Altmann), operetta 1 act (1909 Vienna) *Lolotte (Bruno Granichstaedten and Alfred Schick-Markenau), operetta 3 acts (1910 Vienna) *Majestät Mimi (Felix Dörmann and Roda Roda), operetta (1911 Vienna) *Casimirs Himmelfahrt (Arthur Maria Willner and Robert Bodanzky), burlesque operetta (1911 Vienna) *Die verbotene Stadt (Bruno Granichstaedten and Karl Lindau, operetta (1913 Berlin) *Der Kriegsberichterstatter (Rudolf Österreicher and ), bunte Bilder vom Tage (1914 Vienna) (Music: Eysler, Granichstaedten, Nedbal, Weinberger and Ziehrer) *Auf Befehl der Herzogin (der Kaiserin) ( and Robert Bodanzky), operetta