Rudolf Friml |
ʻO Rudolf Friml
ʻO kekahi o nā mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka operetta ʻAmelika, ʻo Rudolf Friml, i hānau ʻia ma Prague ma ka ʻohana o kahi mea hana ʻai i ka lā 7 Dekemaba, 1879. Ua kākau ʻo ia i kāna mele mele mua, ʻo Barcarolle no Piano, i ka ʻumi o kona mau makahiki. I ka makahiki 1893, ua komo ʻo Friml i ka Conservatory Prague a ua aʻo ʻia i ka papa haku mele kaulana Czech ʻo I. Foerster. ʻEhā mau makahiki ma hope mai ua lilo ʻo ia i mea hoʻokani pila o ka mea hoʻokani pila koʻikoʻi ʻo Jan Kubelik.
I ka makahiki 1906, hele ka mea hookani pila e imi i kona waiwai ma Amerika. Ua noho ʻo ia ma New York, hoʻokani ʻo ia i kāna Concerto Piano ma Carnegie Hall a me nā hale ʻaha mele kaulana ʻē aʻe, a ua haku i nā mele a me nā ʻāpana hoʻokani pila. I ka makahiki 1912, ho'omaka 'o ia ma ke 'ano he haku mele keaka me ka operetta Firefly. Ma hope o ka lanakila ʻana ma kēia kahua, ua hana ʻo Friml i kekahi mau operettas: Katya (1915), Rose Marie (1924 me G. Stotgart), The King of the Tramps (1925), The Three Musketeers (1928) a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻO kāna hana hope loa ma kēia ʻano ʻo Anina (1934).
Mai ka makahiki 30, noho ʻo Friml ma Hollywood, kahi i hoʻomaka ai ʻo ia e hana i nā helu kiʻiʻoniʻoni.
Ma waena o kāna mau hana, ma waho aʻe o nā operettas a me nā mele kiʻiʻoniʻoni, he ʻāpana no ka Violin a me ka Piano, he Concerto no ka Piano a me ka Orchestra, Czech Dances a me nā suites no ka symphony orchestra, a me nā mele pop māmā.
L. Mikheeva, A. Orelovich
