Walter Wilhelm Goetze [sometimes Götze] (17 April 1883 in Berlin

Berlin

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 – 24 March 1961 in Berlin) was a German composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

 of operetta

Operetta

Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. It is also closely related, in English-language works, to forms of musical theatre.-Origins:...

s and revue

Revue

A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century American popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own during its golden years from 1916 to 1932...

s.

Goetze began as composer of songs; the first of his many works for the stage was the revue Nur nicht drängeln (Don't Rush) in 1912, followed by his first operetta Der liebe Pepi (The Charming Pepi) in 1913. His most successful works in this form were Ihre Hoheit, die Tänzerin

Ihre Hoheit, die Tänzerin (operetta)

Ihre Hoheit, die Tänzerin is an operetta in three acts by Walter Goetzeto a libretto by Richard Bars and Oskar Felix...

(1919) which achieved almost 700 performances in Berlin alone, Adrienne (1926) and Der goldene Pierrot

Der goldene Pierrot

Der goldene Pierrot is an operetta in eight scenes by Walter Goetze to a libretto by Oskar Felix and Otto Kleinert. It premiered on 31 March 1934 at the Theater des Westens in Berlin.-Roles:-Plot:...

(1934).

Other successful numbers from his other works include "Was wär' mein Lied, könnt' ich's dir nicht singen" ("What would my song be if I couldn't sing it to you") from Der Page des Königs (The King's Page) (1933) and "Das Branntweinlied" ("The Brandy Song") from Adrienne (1926).

Works

• 1911: Parkettsitz Nr. 10, Posse mit Musik
  Posse mit Gesang
  Posse mit Gesang is a form of popular German-language music drama, that developed in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Early examples are sometimes called 'Possenspil' or 'Possenspiel'...
  
  , prologue and three acts (libretto
  Libretto
  A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata, or musical. The term "libretto" is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as mass, requiem, and sacred cantata, or even the story line of a...
  
  : Herman Haller and Willi Wolff)
• 1912: Nur nicht drängeln, Posse mit Musik, three acts (libretto: Richard Nessler and Willy Prager)
• 1914: Der liebe Pepi, operetta, three acts (libretto: Bruno Decker and Otto Sprinzel)
• 1918: Am Brunnen vor dem Tore, Singspiel
  Singspiel
  A Singspiel is a form of German-language music drama, now regarded as a genre of opera...
  
  , three acts (libretto: Oskar Felix)
• 1919: Ihre Hoheit, die Tänzerin, operetta, three acts (libretto: Richard Bars and Oskar Felix)
• 1920: Die Spitzenkönigin, operetta, three acts (libretto: Richard Bars and Oskar Felix)
• 1926: Adrienne, operetta, three acts (libretto: originally by Günther Bibo and Alexander Pordes-Milo; 1936 reworked by Oskar Felix.)
• 1934: Der goldene Pierrot
  Der goldene Pierrot
  Der goldene Pierrot is an operetta in eight scenes by Walter Goetze to a libretto by Oskar Felix and Otto Kleinert. It premiered on 31 March 1934 at the Theater des Westens in Berlin.-Roles:-Plot:...
  
  , operetta, eight scenes (libretto: Oskar Felix and Otto Kleinert)
• 1935: Schach dem König, operetta
• 1950: Liebe im Dreiklang , operetta (libretto: Emil F. Malkowsky and Walter W. Goetze)