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'''Josef Bayer''' (6 March 1852 – 12 March 1913) was an [[Austria]]n [[composer]] and the director of the Austrian Court Ballet from 1883 until his death. He was born and died in [[Vienna]]. He studied at the [[University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna|Vienna Conservatory]] under the elder [[Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr.|Josef Hellmesberger]], [[Anton Bruckner]] and [[Otto Dessoff]], and was a violinist in the ''[[Wiener Hofoper]]'' (the Vienna Court Opera Orchestra), 1870-1898.▼

[[Image:Josef Bayer The Fairy Doll Die Puppenfee sm.jpg|thumb|Cover of the piano score]]▼

Though he created over twenty one-act ballets, he is remembered for ''[[Die Puppenfee]]'' ("The Fairy Doll") of 1888, which began life as ''Im Puppenladen'' ("In the Doll Shop"). It was the definitive Austrian court ballet, and remains in the repertory of the [[Vienna State Opera]]. ▼

Bayer was also friends with the [[Viennese waltz]] composer [[Johann Strauss II]] and it was Bayer who completed the unfinished Strauss Cinderella [[ballet]], [[Aschenbroedel]] in 1900, Strauss having died in 1899 leaving a completed draft of the work lacking its [[orchestration]]. Earlier, Bayer commemorated Strauss' [[golden anniversary]] as [[conductor (music)|conductor]] and [[composer]] with Bayer's specially composed ballet "Rund um Wien" in 1894, which was performed at the Vienna State Opera.<ref>[http://www.planet-vienna.com/Musik/Komponisten/bayer/bayer.htm PLANET VIENNA - Josef Bayer (1852-1913)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>▼

Bayer also composed several [[operettas]] including ''Der Chevalier von San Marco'' (1882), ''Mister Menelaus'' (1896),''Fräulein Hexe'' (1898), ''Der Polizeichef''(1904), ▼

''Spitzbub & Cie'' (1907), and ''Das Damenduell'' (1907).<ref>http://www.operone.de/komponist/bayer.html</ref>▼