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otac operetskog kompozitora Adolfa Milera, mlađeg bio by: Robert Edwards, /www.findagrave.com Composer, Conductor. He was a ubiquitous figure of Viennese theatrical life for the better part of the 19th Century. Facile and immensely prolific, Müller provided incidental music, mostly songs and dances, for over 650 stage productions. He is remembered today for his collaborations with actor-playwright Johann Nestroy on 41 comedies, including "The Evil Spirit" (1833), "The Whims of Fortune" (1835), "The Talisman" (1840), "Honesty is the Best" (1841), and "The Torn" (1844). Müller was born in Tolna, Hungary. He studied music and acting in Brno and in 1823 he arrived in Vienna as a touring entertainer. From 1826 he was a conductor and house composer at the famed Theater an der Wien, and served as its Kapellmeister from 1847 until his retirement in 1878. He was one of the first musicians to be awarded an honor grave at the Zentralfriedhof. Müller never displayed an abundance of originality (his main influences were Beethoven and the senior Johann Strauss), but his knack for writing simple, catchy tunes and a readiness to adapt to new music trends assured him a long, successful career. The bulk of his work has since fallen into oblivion, but Nestroy's comedies are still revived in Vienna and with them, Müller's scores. His son Adolf Müller, Jr. was a composer of operettas.