Rudolf Dellinger

{{Short description|German composer (1857–1910)}}

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Rudolf Dellinger (8 July 1857 – 24 September, 1910) was a German Bohemian composer and Kapellmeister.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaltheatreguide.com/composers/dellinger/rudolf_dellinger.htm|accessdate=12 July 2013|publisher=Musical Theatre Guide|work=The Guide to Light Opera and Operetta|title=Rudolf Dellinger}} He almost exclusively composed operettas and was considered to be among the most outstanding composers of his time.

Born into a family of Bohemian of instrument makers in Graslitz, Dellinger received musical tuition early in life. He studied at the School of Music in Prague between 1874 and 1879, and later at the Prague Conservatory, where he was taught piano by, among others, Julius Pisarowitz.{{cite web|url=http://www.operone.de/komponist/dellinger.html|accessdate=12 July 2013|title=Dellinger Rudolf|publisher=Operone}}

After completing his musical education, he took a position as a clarinettist in Brno in 1880, then worked as a Kapellmeister in Passau, Eger, Prague and Salzburg. In 1883, Dellinger moved to Hamburg, where he worked at the Carl-Schultze-Theater. He wrote his first operettas there, which also premiered in Hamburg.

On 2 February 1886, Dellinger married Anna Maria Eppich, an Austrian singer.

In 1893, Dellinger was employed as Kapellmeister of the Residenztheater in Dresden, where he worked until his death at the age of 53.