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Heinrich (Harry) Berté, real name: Heinrich Bettelheim (* May 8, 1857 in Galgócz, Neutra County; † August 23, 1924 in Perchtoldsdorf near Vienna) was an Austrian composer.
Heinrich Berté, the son of a physician, is said to have left his native village after the latter's death, in 1867. He attended the ''Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde'' in Vienna commencing in 1884. After one year of technical studies, he is said to have studied composition and counterpoint with Franz Krenn and to have been a pupil of Joseph Hellmesberger, Robert Fuchs, and Anton Bruckner.
Early in his career, Berté was a relatively unsuccessful composer of ballets and an opera. In 1911, he was offered by the writer Alfred Maria Willner a libretto for an operetta about Franz Schubert based on Rudolf Hans Bartsch's novel Schwammerl, which he had just completed. Berté first composed his own music for the libretto, but after realizing that it was unsuccessful, he arranged some of Franz Schubert's well-known music. First performed at the ''Raimundtheater'' in Vienna on January 15, 1916, ''Das Dreimäderlhaus'' became a worldwide success with translations in 22 languages (1921 as Blossom Time in New York, 1922 as Lilac Time in London), and performances in over 60 countries. The operetta was also filmed several times. Berté was unable to follow up on this success, and his second Schubert operetta (''Lenz und Liebe'') was unsuccessful.
Berté, a bachelor all his life, lived with his brother, Emil Berté the Elder (b. 1856 or 1855; † 1922),[note 1] who managed him as a partner in his Viennese music and stage publishing company to give him financial independence.
Heinrich Berté is buried in an honorary grave at the Vienna Central Cemetery (Group 59 A, Row 6, No. 16).
In tribute to the composer, a traffic area in Vienna-Liesing was named ''Bertégasse'' in 1929.
Note: Translated from the German version of Wikipedia into English.
