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Alfred Grünwald (16 February 1884, Vienna - 24 February 1951, New York City]) was an Austrian author, librettist, and lyricist. Some of his better-known works were written in conjunction with the composers Franz Lehar, Emmerich Kalman, Oscar Straus, Paul Abraham and Robert Stolz.

After the Anschluss the family emigrated to the United States in 1940 via France. During World War II he was employed for a time with the Office of War Information translating American songs for transmission by radio to Germany.

Alfred Grünwald worked for a theatrical agency before turning to libretto writing. A number of Grünwald’s librettos were produced on Broadway. These included Countess Maritza (1926), The Yankee Princess (1922), The Circus Princess (1927), and The Duchess of Chicago (1929). He also wrote a number of comedies, including Dancing Partner (1930), written in collaboration with Alexander Engel and produced on Broadway by David Belasco. Besides writing over 40 operetta librettos, Alfred Grünwald also wrote non-musical plays, short stories, and newspaper articles, and was the theater critic for the Neue Wiener Journal. He was a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

His son Henry Grunwald was a journalist and diplomat.

• Dancing Partner (play, 1930)
• Viktoria und ihr Husar (libretto to Paul Abraham's operetta, with Fritz Löhner-Beda)
• Countess Maritza (Gräfin Mariza) (libretto to Emmerich Kalman's operetta))
• The Circus Princess (Die Zirkusprinzessin) (libretto to Emmerich Kalman's operetta)
• The Last Waltz (Der letzte Walzer) (libretto to Oscar Straus's operetta)
• The Duchess of Chicago (Die Herzogin von Chicago) (libretto to Emmerich Kalman's operetta)
• Arizona Lady (libretto to Emmerich Kalman's operetta)
• Ball im Savoy (libretto to Paul Abraham's operetta)
• Das Veilchen vom Montmartre (libretto to Emmerich Kalman's operetta)
• Die Blume von Hawaii (libretto to Paul Abraham's operetta, with Fritz Löhner-Beda)
• Eine Frau, die weiß, was sie will (libretto to Oscar Straus's operetta)

• Alfred Grünwald Papers - The Billy Rose Theatre Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

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