August Neidhart (12 May 1867 in Vienna, Kaisertum Österreich – 25 November 1934 in Berlin) was an Austrian writer and librettist.

Neidhart was an author of folk plays and operettas. His earlier works include a Schwank Das Protektionskind (by Alexander Engel and August Neidhart). He achieved a worldwide success as a librettist for Leon Jessel ^[1]'s operetta Schwarzwaldmädel ( Alte Komische Oper Berlin, 25 August 1917).

Operettas

• Der Triumph des Weibes, 1906; music by Joseph Hellmesberger Jr.
• Belagerungszustand, 1909; music by Leo Ascher
• Der junge Papa, 1909 (with Alexander Engel); music by Edmund Eysler
• Sein Herzensjunge, 1911 (with Rudolph Schanzer); music by Walter Kollo
• Schwarzwaldmädel, 1917; music by Leon Jessel
• Ein modernes Mädel, 1918; music by Leon Jessel
• Das Dorf ohne Glocke [ de], 1919; music by Eduard Künneke
• Baroneßchen Sarah, 1920; music by Leo Ascher
• Die Strohwitwe, 1920; music by Leo Blech
• Die Postmeisterin, 1921; music by Leon Jessel
• Die Straßensängerin, 1922; music by Leo Fall
• Ninon am Scheideweg, 1926; music by Leo Ascher
• Die Luxuskabine, 1929; music by Leon Jessel
• Junger Wein, 1933; music by Leon Jessel

References

External links

• Literature by and about August Neidhart in the German National Library catalogue
• August Neidhart discography at Discogs
• Die Unschuld unterm Bollenhut
• August Neidhart on ZVAB.com
• August Neidhart at IMDb