ZIEHRER, C. M.

Carl Michael Ziehrer, one of Austria’s most prolific composers of light music, was born in a suburb of Vienna, Austria, in 1843. Growing up in the environment of that musical city, he learned a great deal by listening to others. He also studied piano and theory for a time—after a close friend convinced his father that it was possible to earn money as a musician. His first job was as a pianist in the dancing school of Josef HassreiterJosef Hassreiter...