Kompositör abraham

Jewish-Hungarian composer (–)

Not to be confused with Paul Abrahams.

The native form of this personal name is Ábrahám Pál. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Paul Abraham (Hungarian: Ábrahám Pál; 2 November &#; 6 May ) was a Jewish-Hungarian composer of operettas, who scored major successes in the German-speaking world.^[1] His specialty – and own innovation – was the insertion of jazz interludes into operettas.^[1]

Abraham was born in Apatin, Austria-Hungary (today Serbia), and studied at the Royal National Hungarian Academy of Music in Budapest from to He studied cello with Adolf Schiffer and composition with Viktor Herzfeld.

Career

Abraham was a son of Jakab Ábrahám (c. &#;) – who was a merchant from Apatin, later head of a small private bank – and Flóra Blau (), who came from Mohács (South-Hungary, next to Danube). Like many other composers of operettas, Abraham started with works of a serious nature. During the decade following his studies he wrote, among other things, sacred music, string quartets and a concerto for violoncello. When he was appointed conductor at the Budapest Opere