August Neidhart
August Neidhart was an Austrian writer and librettist.
Neidhart was an author of folk plays and operettas. His earlier works included the Schwank Das Protektionskind. He achieved a worldwide success as a librettist for Leon Jessel's operetta Schwarzwaldmädel.
Operettas
- Der Triumph des Weibes, 1906; music by Joseph Hellmesberger Jr.
- Belagerungszustand, 1909; music by Leo Ascher
- Der junge Papa, 1909 ; music by Edmund Eysler
- Sein Herzensjunge, 1911 ; music by Walter Kollo
- Schwarzwaldmädel, 1917; music by Leon Jessel
- Ein modernes Mädel, 1918; music by Leon Jessel
- , 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