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Leo Ascher - Gedenktafel

Kurzbauergasse 6, Leopoldstadt (1020), Vienna

The record

Type
Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
Material
Steintafel mit eingebautem Bronzerelief, gestaltet vom akad. Bildhauer Leo Gruber
Plaque made
08.1980
Epoch
Nach 1945
Address
Kurzbauergasse 6
District
Leopoldstadt (1020)
City
Vienna (Wien)
Country
Austria
Coordinates
48.21193, 16.39642
Object number
94416

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1752 map "Autriche septentrionale." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1752 · Autriche septentrionale. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1813 · Sect. 161. Theil von Oestreich = Partie d'Autriche (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1837 · I, II, III, IV Sections. Umgebung von Wien. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1862 · Karte des Donau-Stromes innerhalb der Gränzen des österreichischen Kaiserstaates (Austrian National Library)
  • 1877 · Wein. (Nieder-Osterreich) (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)

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The City of Vienna's record

Dr. Leo Ascher / 1880 - 1942 / Komponist / von "Das Lercherl von / Hernals" aus "Hoheit / tanzt Walzer", wie vieler / anderer Operetten / und Melodien, wohnte / in diesem Hause bis 1938
Gewidmet 1980 vom Kulturclub

Dr. Leo Ascher (1880-1942) war ein österreichischer Jurist und Komponist, der vor allem mit seiner Operette "Hoheit tanzt Walzer" große Erfolge feierte.
1938 mußte Ascher in die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika emigrieren, wo er bist zu seinem Tod 1942 in New York lebte und arbeitete.
1955 wurde die Aschergasse im 13. Wiener Gemeindebezirk nach ihm benannt.

Enthüllung der Gedenktafel anlässlich des 100. Geburtstages des Komponisten im Jahr 1980.

English translation

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Dr. Leo Ascher / 1880 - 1942 / Composer / of "Das Lercherl von / Hernals" from "Hoheit / tanzt Walzer", as well as many / other operettas / and melodies, lived / in this house until 1938
Dedicated in 1980 by the Kulturclub

Dr. Leo Ascher (1880-1942) was an Austrian jurist and composer who achieved great success above all with his operetta "Hoheit tanzt Walzer".
1938 Ascher had to emigrate to the United States of America, where he lived and worked until his death in 1942 in New York.
1955 the Aschergasse in the 13. Wiener Gemeindebezirk was named after him.

Unveiling of the commemorative plaque on the occasion of the 100th birthday of the composer in the year 1980.

Other plaques nearby

Other plaques in the City's record within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Datenquelle: Stadt Wien – data.wien.gv.at (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0). Inscriptions and notes are reproduced unchanged. Stadt Wien · CC BY 4.0
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