Léon Jessel

German theater conductor and composer of operettas and short orchestral pieces. b. January 22, 1871 in Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland) d. January 4, 1942 in Berlin, Germany Jessel worked as a conductor in several German cities before finally moving to Berlin in 1911. Between 1913 and 1936, he wrote 29 operettas. His greatest success was "Das Schwarzwaldmädel" (Girl from the Black Forest, 1917), which was per…