August Neidhart

{{Short description|Austrian writer and librettist}} '''August Neidhart''' (12 May 1867 in Vienna, Kaisertum Österreich – 25 November 1934 in Berlin) was an Austrian writer and librettist.

Neidhart was an author of folk plays and operettas. His earlier works included the {{lang|de|Schwank}} ''Das Protektionskind'' (by Alexander Engel and August Neidhart). He achieved a worldwide success as a librettist for Leon Jessel<ref>[http://www.operetten-lexikon.info/?menu=211&lang=1 Leon Jessel] on Operetten-Lexicon</ref>'s operetta ''Schwarzwaldmädel'' (Alte Komische Oper Berlin, 25 August 1917).

== Operettas == *''Der Triumph des Weibes'', 1906; music by Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. *''Belagerungszustand'', 1909; music by Leo Ascher *''Der junge Papa'', 1909 (with Alexander Engel); music by Edmund Eysler *''Sein Herzensjunge'', 1911 (with Rudolph Schanzer); music by Walter Kollo *''Schwarzwaldmädel'', 1917; music by Leon Jessel *''Ein modernes Mädel'', 1918; music by Leon Jessel *''{{ill|Das Dorf ohne Glocke|de}}'', 1919; music by Eduard Künneke *''Baroneßchen Sarah'', 1920; music by Leo Ascher *''Die Strohwitwe'', 1920; music by Leo Blech *''Die Postmeisterin'', 1921; music by Leon Jessel *''Die Straßensängerin'', 1922; music by Leo Fall *''Ninon am Scheideweg'', 1926; music by Leo Ascher *''Die Luxuskabine'', 1929; music by Leon Jessel *''Junger Wein'', 1933; music by Leon Jessel

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== External links == * {{DNB-Portal|116908130|TEXT=Werke von}} * {{Discogs artist}} * [http://www.badische-zeitung.de/suedwest-1/die-unschuld-unterm-bollenhut--30978885.html ''Die Unschuld unterm Bollenhut''] * [https://www.zvab.com/buch-suchen/autor/august-neidhart August Neidhart] on ZVAB.com * {{IMDb name|0624611}} {{Authority control}}

Category:1867 births Category:1934 deaths Category:Writers from Vienna Category:19th-century Austrian writers Category:20th-century Austrian writers Category:Austrian operetta librettists Category:Writers from Austria-Hungary