Librettists

Bela Jenbach [Béla Jacobowicz]

Bela Jenbach [Béla Jacobowicz], born in Miskolc, Hungary, 1871; died in Vienna 1943. Co-librettist of Die Csárdásfürstin, Das Hollandweibchen and Die blaue Mazur with Leo Stein, Paganini with Paul Knepler, and Der Zarewitsch with Heinz Reichert.

Viktor Léon

Viktor Léon, born in Senica, Slovakia, 1858; died in Vienna 1940. Librettist of Der Rastelbinder, Die lustige Witwe (with Leo Stein), Der fidele Bauer, Die geschiedene Frau, Das Fürstenkind and Gold gab ich fur Eisen.

Adrian Ross [Arthur Reed Ropes]

Adrian Ross [Arthur Reed Ropes], born in London, 1859; died in London, 1933. Lyricist of The Merry Widow, A Waltz Dream, The Dollar Princess (London), The Girl on the Film, The Marriage Market, Love’s Awakening, Lilac Time, The Cousin from Nowhere, and Frederica. He was responsible for both book and lyrics to The Girl in the Train

Harry B[ache] Smith

Harry B[ache] Smith, born in Buffalo, New York, 1860; died in Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1936. Librettist for The Girl in the Train (Broadway), The Siren, The Doll Girl, The Spring Maid, Modest Suzanne, Gypsy Love (Broadway), The Rose Maid, The Lilac Domino, Caroline, The Love Song, Countess Maritza, The Circus Princess, and Three Little Girls. He frequently worked with his brother Robert as the lyricist.

Leo Stein [Leo Rosenstein]

Leo Stein [Leo Rosenstein], born in Lemburg [Lwiw], Ukraine, 1861; died in Vienna 1921. Librettist of De lustige Witwe (with Viktor Léon), Der Graf von Luxemburg (with Alfred Maria Willner and Robert Bodanzky), Die Csárdásfürstin, Das Hollandweibchen, and Die blaue Mazur (with Bela Jenbach), Mädi (with Alfred Grünwald), and Polenblut.