Imre Kalman: The Maestro of Immortal Operettas

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When a melody came to him, Imre Kalman could not keep it waiting. His daughter Yvonne Kalman recounts that during a walk in New York, he would suddenly interrupt the conversation and say: “Because I have a melody in my head and I have to go home to play it and hear how it sounds.” This impatience with music is behind some of the most popular operettas of the 20th century. Kalman was born on October 24, 1882 in Siófok, on Lake Balaton. He studied…