Rudolf Friml |

Rudolf Friml

Mmodzi mwa omwe anayambitsa operetta ya ku America, Rudolf Friml, anabadwira ku Prague m'banja la wophika mkate pa December 7, 1879. Iye analemba nyimbo yake yoyamba, Barcarolle for Piano, ali ndi zaka khumi. Mu 1893, Friml adalowa m'gulu la Prague Conservatory ndipo adaphunzira m'kalasi ya wolemba nyimbo wotchuka wa ku Czech I. Foerster. Patapita zaka zinayi, iye anakhala accompanist wa woyimba zeze kwambiri Jan Kubelik.

Mu 1906, woimba wamng'ono anapita kufunafuna chuma ku America. Anakhazikika ku New York, naimba Piano Concerto yake ku Carnegie Hall ndi nyumba zina zodziwika bwino zamakonsati, ndipo adalemba nyimbo ndi zida za orchestra. Mu 1912 adapanga kuwonekera koyamba kugulu lake monga wopeka zisudzo ndi operetta Firefly. Atapambana bwino m'munda uno, Friml adapanga ma operetta angapo: Katya (1915), Rose Marie (1924 ndi G. Stotgart), The King of the Tramps (1925), The Three Musketeers (1928) ndi ena. Ntchito yake yomaliza mu mtundu uwu ndi Anina (1934).

Kuyambira koyambirira kwa zaka za m'ma 30, Friml adakhazikika ku Hollywood, komwe adayamba kugwira ntchito zambiri zamakanema.

Zina mwa ntchito zake, kuwonjezera pa operettas ndi nyimbo za mafilimu, ndi Chigawo cha Violin ndi Piano, Concerto ya Piano ndi Orchestra, Czech Dances ndi suites a symphony orchestra, ndi nyimbo zopepuka za pop.

L. Mikheeva, A. Orelovich