Georg Kreisler | |
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Born | Vienna, Austria | 18 July 1922
Died | 22 November 2011 Salzburg, Austria | (aged 89)
Occupation(s) | pianist, composer, singer-songwriter, writer |
Years active | 1944–2011, retired as singer 2001 |
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Georg Kreisler (18 July 1922 – 22 November 2011) was an Austrian–American Viennese-language cabarettist, satirist, composer, and author. He was particularly popular in the 1950s and 1960s. From 2007 he lived in Salzburg, Austria, with his fourth wife, Barbara Peters . He died there on 22 November 2011 "after a severe infection," according to his wife Barbara.[1]