The Music Master was a theatrical play written by Charles Klein

Charles Klein

Charles Klein was an English-born playwright and actor who emigrated to America in 1883. Among his works was the libretto of John Philip Sousa's operetta, El Capitan. Klein's talented siblings included the composer Manuel and the critic Herman Klein...

, and produced and directed by David Belasco

David Belasco

David Belasco was an American theatrical producer, impresario, director and playwright.-Biography:Born in San Francisco, California, where his Sephardic Jewish parents had moved from London, England, during the Gold Rush, he began working in a San Francisco theatre doing a variety of routine jobs,...

. The three-act comedy-drama opened at the Belasco Theatre in New York on September 26, 1904. It ran for 288 performances before it was moved to the Bijou Theatre and ran for another 306 performances. David Warfield

David Warfield

David Warfield was an American stage actor, born in San Francisco, California. His first connection with the theatre was as an usher. He made his first stage appearance in 1888 in The Ticket-of-Leave Man. Two years later he went to New York City, where he appeared at the Casino Theatre and at...

 originated the title role, Anton Von Barwig, and continued playing it in revivals and on tour for two decades. William Furst

William Furst

William Wallace Fuerst was an American composer of musical theatre pieces and a music director, best remembered for supplying incidental music to theatrical productions on Broadway.- Career :...

composed the play's incidental music.