Ujj, Béla
Ujj, Béla
Ujj, Béla, Hungarian composer of operettas; b. Vienna, July 2,1873; d. there, Feb. 1,1942. He lost his sight in childhood, but studied music and composed a number of successful operettas that were premiered in Vienna: Der Herr Professor (Dec. 4, 1903), Kaisermanöver (March 4,1905), Die kleine Prinzessin (May 5,1907), Drei Stunden Leben (Nov. 1, 1909), Chanteclee (Oct. 25, 1910), Der Turmer von St. Stephan (Sept. 13,1912), Teresita (June 27, 1914), and Der Müller und sein Kind (Oct. 30, 1917).
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