Name Walter Goetze | Role Composer | |
Died March 24, 1961, Berlin, Germany Similar People Franz Marszalek, Herta Talmar, Eduard Kunneke, Jean Gilbert, Leo Fall | ||
Walter Wilhelm Goetze [sometimes Gotze] (17 April 1883 in Berlin – 24 March 1961 in Berlin) was a German composer of operettas and revues.
Goetze began as composer of songs; the first of his many works for the stage was the revue Nur nicht drangeln (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 Tanzerin (1919) which achieved almost 700 performances in Berlin alone, Adrienne (1926) and Der goldene Pierrot (1934).
Other successful numbers from his other works include "Was war' mein Lied, konnt' ich's dir nicht singen" ("What would my song be if I couldn't sing it to you") from Der Page des Konigs (The King's Page) (1933) and "Das Branntweinlied" ("The Brandy Song") from Adrienne (1926).