Walter Kollo
Born: 28th January 1878, Nidzica, Poland
Died: 30th September 1948, Berlin, Germany
Nationality: German
Walter Kollo was a German composer of operettas, Possen mit Gesang, and Singspiele as well as popular songs. He was also a conductor and a music publisher.
Kollo was born in Neidenburg, East Prussia. His best known work, the operetta Wie einst im Mai (1913), was the basis of a 1917 Sigmund Romberg operetta in America entitled Maytime.
A merchant's son, he was expected to take his father's trade but devoted himself to the study of music in the Königsberg Sondershausen music conservatory with his mother's help.
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