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Léon Jessel

p, 1871-1942 DE, Szczecin
Musician / Composer of Classical

Leon Jessel, or Léon Jessel (January 22, 1871 – January 4, 1942) was a German composer of operettas and light classical music pieces. Today he is best known internationally as the composer of the popular jaunty march "The Parade of the Tin Soldiers," also known as "The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers." Jessel was a prolific composer who wrote hundreds of light orchestral pieces, piano pieces, songs, waltzes, mazurkas, marches, choruses, and other salon music. He achieved considerable acclaim with a number of his operettas — in particular Schwarzwaldmädel (Black Forest Girl), which remains popular to this day.

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • Soundtrack
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Das SchwarzwaldmädelLéon Jessel, FFB - Orchester, Gerhard Becker1997Single
Schwarzwaldmädel (Operetten-Querschnitt)Léon Jessel1997Single
Schwarzwaldmädel (Operetten-Querschnitt)Léon Jessel1997Single
Schwarzwaldmädel (Großer Querschnitt)Léon Jessel, Lotte Schädle, Rudolf Schock, Fritz Ollendorff, Willy Reichert, Bruno Fritz1997Album
Schwarzwaldmädel (Szenenfolge)Léon Jessel, Erika Köth, Hermann Prey, Rudolf Schock1997Single
SchwarzwaldmadelLéon Jessel, Der Stuttgarter Liederkranz, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Willy Mattes1976Album
Der Vetter Aus Dingsda / Schwarzwaldmädel (Querschnitte)Eduard Künneke, Léon Jessel, Erika Köth, Christine Görner, Ursula Schade, Heinz Hoppe, Harry Friedauer, Jürgen Förster, Kurt Böhme, Karl-Bernard Hauer1974Compil.
Schwarzwaldmädel (Querschnitt)Léon Jessel1955Single
Des Königs NachbarinLéon Jessel - Willy Metschke1923Album
Die Blume Von Hawaii / SchwarzwaldmädelPaul Abraham, Léon Jessel, Grosses Wiener Operetten-Orchester, Grosses Wiener Operetten-Ensemble, Wiener VolksopernorchesterSingle
Der Bettelstudent / SchwarzwaldmädelCarl Millöcker, Friedrich Zell, Richard Genée / Léon Jessel, August NeidhartAlbum
Schwarzwaldmädel / Der BettelstudentCarl Millöcker / Léon Jessel / Wiener Symphoniker, Anton PaulikAlbum
Die Meisteroperette - 2 Operetten QuerschnitteHeinrich Berté & Franz Schubert, Léon JesselAlbum
Frau Luna / Schwarzwaldmädel (Operetten-Querschnitte)Paul Lincke / Léon JesselAlbum
Im Weissen Rössl / Wiener Blut / Schwarzwaldmädel / Der Fidele Bauer (4 Operettenquerschnitte)Ralph Benatzky, Johann Strauss Jr., Léon Jessel, Leo Fall, Vico Torriani, Sonja Schöner, Sari Barabas, Donald Grobe, Maria Hellwig, Heinz Hoppe, Heinz Maria Lins, Orchester Der Städtischen Oper Berlin, Orchester Der Deutschen Oper BerlinCompil.
Schwarzwald Mädel / Im Weissen RösslLéon Jessel / Ralph BenatzkyAlbum
Die Blume Von Hawaii / SchwarzwaldmädelPaul Abraham, Léon Jessel, Hamburger Operettenhaus OrchesterAlbum
Das Schwarzwaldmädel / Im Weißen Röss'l (Operetten-Querschnitt)Léon Jessel, Ralph BenatzkyAlbum
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