Léon Jessel

Leon Jessel, or Léon Jessel (22 January 1871 – 4 January 1942) was a German composer of operettas and light classical music pieces. Today he is best known internationally as the composer of the popular jaunty march The Parade of the Tin Soldiers, also known as The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers. Jessel was a prolific composer who wrote hundreds of light orchestral pieces, piano pieces, songs, waltzes, mazurkas, marches, choruses, and other salon music. He achieved considerable acclaim with a number of his operettas — in particular Schwarzwaldmädel (Black Forest Girl), which remains popular to this day. Because Jessel was a Jew by birth (he converted to Christianity at the age of 23), with the rise of Nazism in the late 1920s, his composing virtually came to an end, and his musical works, which had been very popular, were suppressed and nearly forgotten.

Birth and Death Data: Born January 22, 1871 (Szczecin), Died January 4, 1942 (Berlin)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1913 - 1940

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-13449	10-in.	6/18/1913	The wedding of the rose	Arthur Pryor's Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-13549	10-in.	7/9/1913	The wedding of the rose	Conway's Band	Band	composer
Victor	BVE-26372	10-in.	1/25/1928	Parade of the wooden soldiers	International Concert Orchestra	Orchestra, with pipe organ	composer
Victor	B-26372	10-in.	5/19/1922	Parade of the wooden soldiers	International Novelty Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-27268	10-in.	1/11/1928	Parade of the wooden soldiers	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-27268	10-in.	12/28/1922	Parade of the wooden soldiers	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-31621	10-in.	12/30/1924	Erklingen zum Tanze die Geigen	Max Bloch ; Editha Fleischer	Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-31622	10-in.	12/30/1924	Lachende Augen	Max Bloch ; Editha Fleischer	Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-41108	10-in.	11/25/1927	The parade of the wooden soldiers	Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-48033	10-in.	11/7/1928	The wedding of the rose	Victor Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	BS-037680	10-in.	6/23/1939	Parade of the wooden soliders	Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Ford Leary	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-057050	10-in.	10/29/1940	Parade of the wooden soldiers	Collins H. Driggs	Novachord solo	composer
Columbia	47152	10-in.	11/13/1916	The wedding of the rose	Prince's Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Columbia	80344	10-in.	5/11/1922	Parade of the wooden soldiers	Ray Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	6442	12-in.	approximately 1915	Parade of the tin soldiers	Band of the Grenadier Guards [U.K]	Band	composer
OKeh	S-7417	10-in.	May 1920	The wedding of the rose	Conway's Band	Band	composer
OKeh	S-70681	10-in.	May 1922	Parade of the wooden soldiers	Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	8188-8190	10-in.	approximately May 1922	Parade of the wooden soldiers	Carl Fenton’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	10318-10319	10-in.	4/10/1923	Die Parade der Zinnsoldaten	Elise Bendix ; Paul Bendix ; Georg Seidel	Mixed vocal trio, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	10320-10321	10-in.	4/10/1923	Die Parade der Zinnsoldaten	Elise Bendix ; Paul Bendix ; Georg Seidel	Mixed vocal trio, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	10340-10341	10-in.	4/11/1923	Parade of the wooden soldiers	Walter B. Rogers Band	Band	composer
Brunswick	E27959	10-in.	8/2/1928	Parade of the wooden soldiers	Anglo-Persians ; Louis Katzman	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	MP26	10-in.	approximately Mar. 1929	Parade of the wooden soldiers	Eddie Dunstedter	Organ solo	composer
Edison	7301	10-in.	4/20/1920	The wedding of the rose	Conway's Band	Band	composer
Edison	8456	10-in.	5/17/1922	Parade of the wooden soldiers	Vincent Lopez Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	8737	10-in.	5/31/1923	Parade of the wooden soldiers	Ray Perkins	Piano solo	composer
Edison	9011	10-in.	6/6/1923	Parade of the wooden soldiers	Harvey Hindermyer	Male vocal solo and mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra	composer
Gramophone	BDR4586	10-in.	6/8/1928	Schwarzwaldmädel : Potpourri	Ferdy Kauffman Orchestra	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Gramophone	BDR4587	10-in.	6/8/1928	Schwarzwaldmädel : Potpourri	Ferdy Kauffman Orchestra	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Gramophone	CLR5726	12-in.	10/24/1929	Schwarzwaldmädel	H. Bruck ; Irene Eisinger ; Elisabeth Böhm van Endert ; Erik Wirl	Mixed vocal ensemble, with orchestra	composer
Gramophone	CLR5727	12-in.	10/24/1929	Schwarzwaldmädel	H. Bruck ; Irene Eisinger ; Elisabeth Böhm van Endert ; Erik Wirl	Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	CA14189	10-in.	between October and December 1933	Parade of the city guards	The Bohemians ; G. Walter	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	CA15582	10-in.	between November 1935 and February 1936	The wedding of the rose	Gerry Fitzgerald ; Orchestre Raymonde	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	CA15886	10-in.	between June and October 1936	Parade of the wooden soldiers	Walter Landauer ; Maryan Rawicz	Piano duet	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Jessel, Léon," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103540.

Jessel, Léon. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103540.

"Jessel, Léon." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.