Ralph Benatzky

Ralph Benatzky (5 June 1884 – 16 October 1957), born in Mährisch Budwitz (Moravské Budějovice) as Rudolph Franz [František] Josef Benatzky,[1] was an Austrian composer of Moravian origin.

[2] He composed operas and operettas, such as Casanova (1928), Die drei Musketiere (1929), Im weißen Rössl (1930) and Meine Schwester und ich (1930).

Benatzky is often mistakenly referred to as Jewish due to an error published in a book of Jewish musicians during World War II.

Benatzky himself was not Jewish, but he was twice married to Jewish women: Josma Selim, a singer (Hedwig Josma Fischer; born 1884 in Vienna; died 1929 in Berlin) and Melanie "Mela" Hoffmann, a dancer.

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