Albert Kunze (singer)

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Albert Kunze (born September 4, 1872 in Leipzig , † January 6, 1954 ibid) was a German opera singer ( bass ), comedian , actor and dialect writer.

Life

In his native Leipzig, Kunze first attended a community school and the humanistic König-Albert-Gymnasium . He dropped out of grammar school after the junior prima to take acting lessons with Joseph Tietz. He made his stage debut at the Stadttheater Heilbronn in 1892. Kunze lived in Lübeck from 1892 to 1898, with interruptions from one year of voluntary military service in 1895/96. In 1898 he trained as a singer with Albert Goldberg. He returned to Lübeck as a bass buffo. From 1902 to 1920 he worked as a singer in Leipzig. Due to an illness he had to give up the stage job in favor of writing. Nevertheless, in addition to his writing activities, he had appearances in theater, film and cabaret. He was already discussing records in 1904. His special focus was on the work of the Saxon dialect poet Lene Voigt . In 1935 he had to retire from the stage for good due to an eye problem. On August 19, 1941, he was expelled from the Reichsschrifttumskammer due to his membership in the Freemasons , which amounted to a professional ban. Kunze died on January 6, 1954 in Leipzig.

Albert Kunze was friends with Georg Bötticher , Joachim Ringelnatz's father . Both were members of the men's union of the "Leonids", which was composed of "artists, men of the learned world and friends of art and science".

Filmography

Publications

Audio documents

Kunze left recordings with Gramophone / Zonophone, Polyphon and Beka.

  • Gramophone 41 459 (mx. 226 g) The Shooed Sheep / Stork by the Sea - 1904
  • Zonophone X-21 036 (mx. 3044 ½ L) Student Müller im Himmel (Mörbitz) - 1905, also on Polyphon 12 462 (mx. 6935), Gramophone 41 885 (mx. 1161)
  • Gramophone 3-42 250 (mx. 112 r) Dr Jesuit before dr Himmelsdür (Moritz Peuschel) - 1906
  • Polyphon 12 461 (mx. 6934) Recruit Dussel (Kunze)
  • Polyphon 12 462 (mx. 6936) Seifert's Oskar at the Leipzig Trade Fair (Kunze)
  • Beka B.6819 (mx. 37 517) Des Sängersch Fluch (Lene Voigt) / (mx. 37 521) De Handschugk (Lene Voigt)
  • Beka B.6820 (mx. 37 519) Mr. Pietsch to his dog (Lene Voigt) / (mx. 37 520) Mr. Pietsch with his children in the zoo (Lene Voigt)
  • Beka B.6821 (mx. 37 518) Mr. Griemelchen gives a speech (Lene Voigt) / (mx. 37 525) Pietsch as husband (Lene Voigt)
  • Beka B.6822 (mx. 37 523) The Säggs'sche Lorelei (Lene Voigt) (mx. 37 522) How Gaiser Garl already held Schulvisidad's (Lene Voigt)
  • Beka B.6823 (mx. 37 524) Säggs'sche Kunde (Lene Voigt) / (mx. 37 526) Adventure in Kalau (Mörbitz)

His recording of Säggs'schen Lorelei by Lene Voigt (Beka B.6822 (mx. 37 523)) is included on the CD Komiker-Parade episode 4 .

Fonts

Between 1932 and 1933, volumes appeared with titles such as Säggs'sche Märchen , Sächsisch für Beginners , Dausend und 'Zwei Wort Säggs'sch , Zicken and Jitze , Säggs'sche sagas , Säggs'sche love letters , Our dear Saxons and Seifert's Oskar . They are now available again as reprints.

literature

  • Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 560, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Richard John, Richard Torley: The German humorous male singer societies in words and pictures . Edited by Richard John. Under co. Richard Torley. Leipzig 1940
  • Berthold Leimbach: audio documents of cabaret and their interpreters 1898-1945 . Self-published, Göttingen 1991

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Berthold Leimbach: Sound documents of the cabaret and their interpreters 1898–1945 . Self-published, Göttingen 1991.
  2. ^ "Spoken by Albert Kunze, member of the United City Theater, Leipzig", so on the labels of the "Gramophone", cf. http://d-nb.info/380398575
  3. CD Typisch Sachsen, Saxon originals from yesterday and today. OHR0088. Manufacturer: Phonica, Art. No. BT 2116-2, EAN code 4015048211628, cf. http://cdtrrracks.com/bid3260045.html and http://www.ostkult.de/detail/ohr0088_komiker-parade_sequence_4 (link not available)
  4. cf. http://www.sachsenbuecher.de/Verlagsprogramm/Mundart/Kunze%20Wunderhorn.htm