Paul Abraham
Jewish-Hungarian composer (1892–1960) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 1892 – 6 May 1960) 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 1910 to 1916. He studied cello with Adolf Schiffer and composition with Viktor Herzfeld.