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STOLZ (Stolz) Robert Elizabeth (25th VIII 1880, Graz - 27th VI 1975, West Berlin) - Austrian composer and conductor. Pupil R. Fuchs (Vienna) and E. Humperdinck (Berlin). Since 1898, conductor of a number of theaters, including Theater an der Vin (Vienna), toured in Europe (including USA). In 1938 he wrote The Funeral March for Hitler and emigrated to France. During the occupation of France, he was imprisoned in a concentration camp, from 1940 he lived in the USA, in 1946 he returned to Vienna. The author of 65 operettas, including “Favorite” (Der Favorit, Berlin, 1916), “Midnight Waltz” (“Der Mitternachtswalzer”, Berlin, 1926), “The Only Night” (“Eine einzige Nacht”, Berlin, 1927), Peppina (1930), in which he developed the traditions of the Viennese operetta. He wrote music for films (c. 100). Songs of Sh. (St. 2000) received wide popularity; Sh. Belongs to the first Europe. foxtrot (Salome, 1919).In 1952-71, he composed music for the Vienna Revue on ice annually. Austr. The government awarded Sh. the title of professor (1947). Honorary Citizen of Vienna (1970).