Arthur Halberstadt

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Arthur Halberstadt (born April 18, 1874 in Vienna , † May 22, 1950 in Klamm ) was a Lower Austrian folk music researcher and collector in the Semmering area.

Life

Arthur Halberstadt came from the second marriage of Leopold Anton Halberstadt to Amalia, née Dworak. Leopold Anton Halberstadt was a factory accountant and initially belonged to the Mosaic Confession, but was baptized Catholic in Vienna in 1864. Arthur was raised Catholic and enjoyed a profound musical education as a child, which should enable him to quickly translate what he had heard into polyphonic notation. The Halberstadt family always spent their summers in the Semmering area, namely on the Kreuzberg not far from the Breinerhof, a rural property. Arthur fondly remembered in his writings how he had come to love this area and its people. At the Breinerhof he met Juliana Breiner, whom he married in 1897. The two were born Julia in 1894, Arthur in 1899 and Leopold in 1900. Initially, the young family lived in Mödling, but in 1899 Arthur Halberstadt had a larger villa built in the so-called “carpentry” style on the marriage estate of his in-laws. The "Hotel-Pension Rundblick", which was soon set up for the winter, served the family as a temporary stay. The villa also offered space for several families who could spend their summer vacation far away from the touristically heavily developed Semmering on the Kreuzberg in a relatively unspoiled idyll. In addition to the villa in Klamm, the family lived in a house they had bought in Wiener Neustadt .

Arthur Halberstadt worked as a banker in the Vienna Bank Corporation. The association also had a branch in Wiener Neustadt. After completing his training in Vienna, Halberstadt quickly moved to the branch there and soon became a bank manager, i.e. site manager. He dedicated the book An Original Bauernwelt , published by him in 1912, to his wife Juliana as a reminder of their homeland. Juliana found it difficult to cope with middle-class city life and preferred to live in the villa in Klamm near her parents' farm. During the First World War , Halberstadt was relieved of military service as a bank conductor "as super-arbitrated and indispensable". In the course of the banking crisis in 1932, Halberstadt retired and withdrew entirely to the Villa Rundblick. After Marie Talmann moved into the villa, Juliana probably moved to the Breinerhof. In 1945, when the area around the Semmering was fiercely contested, Juliana was killed in the turmoil. The villa was badly damaged and could not be reopened to guests until 1951. Arthur Halberstadt died in Klamm and was buried in the local cemetery.

Research activity

In 1912 Arthur Halberstadt published with his work Eine Original Bauernwelt the “first folkloric and musical overall representation of a closed landscape for Lower Austria” ( Walter Deutsch ). Halberstadt wanted to make a contribution to the "folk culture and folk song research". In the course of time, he presented his collected 22 songs, 14 yodels and 40 dance styles to a wider public. The popularity of the work was expressed in three rapidly successive editions. The surviving templates for the printed work, which are in the private possession of Halberstadt's descendants, show the meticulousness with which Halberstadt endeavored to achieve precision and expressiveness. The collection was preceded by a description of some customs and rural characters in the Semmering area. Halberstadt was primarily concerned with presenting the Semmering area, which he had chosen as his second home, in its uniqueness and uniqueness.

In addition to this basic and unique collection of songs and tunes, Arthur Halberstadt published numerous essays dealing with the customs and characters of the region. However, instead of writing in the folkloric style of the time, which reproduced what was seen as precisely as possible in its course, Halberstadt wanted to entertain and at the same time inform a wider audience through his descriptions and depictions. Often the reader only incidentally learns about folklore, the main focus is on the characters acting. Halberstadt wanted to depict the human originals.

When Arthur Halberstadt published his collection of songs and wise men, the Austrian Folksong Company, founded in 1904, had already started the task assigned by the Ministry of Education to collect, systematize and prepare for publication the folk song in Austria. This large monarchy-wide company was preparing for the publication of the rich collection of material. There was no cooperation between the folksong company and Halberstadt, although there was an agreement according to which the Deutsche Heimat publishing house had to make the Halberstadt recordings available to the folksong company free of charge.

In the magazine Das deutsche Volkslied , which was published by the German Volksgesang-Verein in Vienna and published the latest research, the name Halberstadt only appears sporadically. Halberstadt saw himself less as a scientist than as a popular educator. In the 1930s in particular, he gave lectures on folk life in the Semmering area, in which he read from his writings and played the songs and wise men of the Kreuzberg with the Kreuzberg singers and a small brass band. The RAVAG he laid the mid-1930s to the heart, is in promoting genuine folk song and folk music to use such connoisseurs who were in direct communication with the mountain peasant singers and musicians.

Arthur Halberstadt published some of his stories and essays in the Heimgarten, which Peter Rosegger had founded in 1876/77. It can no longer be clarified today whether a friendship developed from the interests they pursued together. An alleged correspondence between the two is considered lost. In any case, Halberstadt saw Rosegger as his literary model. In fact, Halberstadt's works are reminiscent of those Rosegger's and were inspired by him. Other publication media were the Schwarzataler Zeitung , the Semmeringer Zeitung and the Deutsche Alpenzeitung . Many of his stories are based on true events that he personally experienced or heard from his longtime friend and hotelier Karl Feldbacher. Even as a teenager, Halberstadt was impressed by the songs and songs on the Kreuzberg and probably made one or two notes. It was only when he was about 35 that he wrote down the songs and yodels in order to prepare them for publication. The original peasant world combined a collection of notes and folklore in one book in a form that was unusual up until then.

Arthur Halberstadt tried himself as a composer and poet. However, only a few testimonies of his works have survived. With a view to his own funeral, he wrote the serenade for me , which was sung by the Kreuzberg singers at his grave in 1950. The yodelling song Mia Kreuzbergsänger is also attributed to him. The dialect poem Die fliagate Seel 'was published .

Publications

  • An original farming world. (People's life in the Semmering area). Described in Wort und Sang, Vienna 1912.
  • The Stoahaus dance. A Kathrein study from the Sengsengebirge . In: Deutsche Alpenzeitung (December 1910) 115–119.
  • The living folk song . In: Heimgarten 34/12 (1910) 931-936.
  • The far-sighted painter . In: Schwarzataler Zeitung (June 24, 1911) 3.
  • The fliagate soul . In: Schwarzataler Zeitung (June 24, 1911) 3.
  • The new money. A true story from popular life in the Semmering area . In: Deutsche Alpenzeitung. Organ of the Association for the Promotion of Tourism in Munich and in the Bavarian Highlands, September 2, 1911.
  • The thirsty Seppl . In: We live. Monthly for the maintenance of aesthetic and artistic endeavors. Supplement to Wienerwald – Boten 8 (1911) 11–13.
  • The rational feeding . In: We live. Monthly for the maintenance of aesthetic and artistic endeavors. Supplement to Wienerwald – Boten 10 (1911) 9f.
  • The nine wind. A Marian mountain legend from the Semmering area . In: German homeland. Journal for Heimatkunde, Heimatschutz and German cultural life in Austria 6 (1911) 89.
  • The devil's wall. A true story from the afterlife . (Translated from an old anecdote into a peasant idiom.). In: Schwarzataler Zeitung (July 22, 1911) 1-3.
  • In zeal. A true episode from the Lower Austria. Folk life . In: German homeland. Journal for Heimatkunde, Heimatschutz and German cultural life in Austria 6 (1911) 90.
  • An original farming world . (The people's life in the Semmering area), 3rd edition (Vienna 1912).
  • In the city. A funny farmer's story . In: Heimgarten 36/9 (1912) 681-692.
  • The Hoserldamen. A funny winter sports story from the Lower Austrian highlands . In: Deutsche Alpenzeitung (February 2nd, 1911) 237–240.
  • The conciliatory mood . In: Deutsche Alpenzeitung (1913) 145f.
  • The old Deibel . In: Deutsche Alpenzeitung, January 1st issue (1913) 157.
  • The two fools . In: Heimgarten 37/6 (1913) 444-447.
  • Peter Rosegger. Commemorative words of the poet's 70th birthday with special consideration of the importance of his vernacular writings for folk literature . In: Schwarzataler Zeitung (July 26, 1913) 1f.
  • Folk songs from the Glockner area . In: Schwarzataler Zeitung 9 (August 30, 1913) 1-4 u. (September 6, 1913) 1-3.
  • Peasant honor. A rustic humoresque . In: Heimgarten 37/12 (1913) 925-929.
  • Like and like like to join . In: Schwarzataler Zeitung (May 3, 1913) 1.
  • Homeless. A rural character scene . In: Deutsche Alpenzeitung (1913) 251f.
  • The essence of modern banking. Narrated in a popular way (Berlin 1914).
  • The last resort. A rural humoresque from the Lower Austrian highlands. In: Bergheimat. Journal for the Preservation of Folk Costumes, Folklore and Homeland Love (Augsburg 1914) 19–21.
  • Feldbacher's stories . In: Bergheimat. Journal for the Preservation of Folk Costumes, Ethnicity and Homeland Love (Augsburg 1914) 45f. (The end is missing).
  • The distinguished visitor. A funny memory from the lifetime of Archduke Karl Ludwig. In: Heimgarten 38/6 (1914) 434-443.
  • Old Roth Hansjörgl. A character image from the Lower Austrian highlands . In: Heimgarten 38/12 (1914) 837-847.
  • The Kreuzberg singers and their minstrels . In: Schwarzataler Zeitung (March 2, 1935) 2.
  • The only way out. A short, mountain farmer gallows humor . In: Schwarzataler Zeitung (March 16, 1935) 4.
  • The vocal rehearsal. Cheery from the singing life of the Kreuzberg singers. In: Schwarzataler Zeitung (April 13 and 20, 1935) 2 u. 4th
  • The bewitched billy goat . In: Schwarzataler Zeitung (December 31, 1935) 6.
  • Karl Feldbacher . In: Schwarzataler Zeitung (November 2, 1935).
  • Folk songs and folk music from our Austrian mountains . In: The People's Call. For Truth and Justice 2/3 (1936) 2.
  • The Kreuzberg singers and their minstrels. In: home country. Monthly magazine for folk life and folk art in Austria 5/2 (1936) 9f.
  • How I got together with the Kreuzberg singers and their minstrels. In: home country. Monthly magazine for folk life and folk art in Austria 5/3 (1936) 18f.

Song collection

title Beginning of song Record year Recording location
The poacher The wild rifleman hits the Alma with fresh muat 1889 Klamm
And I can't be an enemy of her And I can't be an enemy of her, the dirndler the kloan 1890 Klamm, Annahof
The Justament Down with the neighbors' durt is a Moahm 1894 Klamm, Annahof
Alpine song Summer is coming, in Styria 1890 Klamm, Breinerhof
farewell Has done well 1890 Klamm, Breinerhof
Alpine song And from the Styrian Alma bin is niedag'sessn 1892 Klamm, Breinerhof
Alpine song Since Kaisa liabt is Land'l, since Baua liabt is field 1890 Klamm, Breinerhof
Alpine song Aba nothing of gold and precious stones 1890 Klamm, Schacher
Look, look, how g'scheidt! The Füatal is over a stream, I sneak up on my dirndl 1890 Klamm, Breinerhof
Prince Johann song And the Gamserlschiaß'n is my greatest joy 1894 Klamm, Annahof
'S spread dirndl Go dirndl, go spread di 'nit 1890 Klamm, Breinerhof
The Tirolerbuab'n And the Tirolerbuam, you are so dashing people 1890 Klamm, Annahof
Dirndl, go to the fence Dirndl, go to the fence, have a look at d 'Äugle 1890 Orthof
Dirndl, go to the fence Dirndl, go to the fence, have a look at d 'Äugle 1904 Klamm, Annahof
Wedding dance And the right dirndls, you love to kiss 1900 Klamm, Annahof
My dirndl My dirndl is sauba, like Milli and Bluat 1894 Klamm, Annahof
Homesickness When the snow from the Alps thaws 1888 Hinterleithen
Alpine song And in Styria, stay there no more 1892 Hinterleithen
At my dirndal his hut ... At my Diarndal seina huts there was an ice platter 1891 Klamm, Breinerhof
And over a Grab'nbach And over Grab'nbach and over Grab'nbach 1892 Klamm, Breinerhof
When do I think about it ... When do I think about my funny life 1911 Upper Payerbachgraben
Windowsong Dirndl, you ha (r) b oda know me net 1911 Upper Payerbachgraben

Yodel collection

title Beginning of syllable Record year Recording location
Yodelers Ho ho e ho three di ja ho 1892 Orthof
Yodelling variant ho e ho ho e ho ho yes ho ho e ho
Old yodelling song Ho da rei di e, do da rei di ho 1892 Orthof
Yodelers Ho darei di ho e ho d'rei di ho e ho 1890 Klamm, Breinerhof
The Rumpler yodeler 1896 Klamm, Rumplerhof
variant 1898 Klamm, Rumplerhof
Da Durchanand's yodelers Ho da rei e di ho e ho e ho 1892 Klamm
Old yodeler Ho e ho hoe e ho darei e di 1894 Klamm, Breinerhof
Yodel song Ho e ho e ho e darei e di 1888 Klamm, Breinerhof
Old yodeler Ho de re di ho de re di ho 1890 Hinterleiten
Two-part yodel 1896 Hinterleiten
The Hinterleitner yodel There re di ja ho e ho di ja ho 1890 Hinterleiten
Variant of the Hinterleitner yodel There re di ja ho e ho di ja ho 1904 Klamm, Annahof
The cloanva wire And there kloanvadrahte ho e ho three di 1891 Klamm, Schacher

literature

  • Folk music in Lower Austria. Their traditional forms in the 20th century = catalog of the Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum NF 150, Vienna 1984, ISBN 3-900464-17-0 .
  • Walter Deutsch : About folk music in the Semmering area and Schwarzatal. In: Folk culture in southern Lower Austria. Folk music - traditional costumes - folk dance, Gloggnitz 1988.
  • Ulrike Vitovec: From the "enthusiastic look down to the people". To discover and acquire "folk culture". In: The Conquest of a Landscape, ed. v. Wolfgang Kos, Vienna 1992, pp. 439-448.
  • Peter Gretzel, Eva Maria Hois: Arthur Halberstadt 1874-1950. Folklorist and folk song researcher in the Semmering area. Atzenbrugg, Kultur-Region Niederösterreich 2015, ISBN 978-3-901820-92-2 .
  • Peter Gretzel, Andreas Teufl: An original farming world. In: Schaufenster Kultur.Region, March / April 2015, pp. 20f.
  • Peter Gretzel: Farmer's World. Arthur Halberstadt and his folk songs and stories from the Semmering area. In: Lower Austria Perspektiven 1 (2015), p. 34f.

Research project

At the beginning of the research project on Arthur Halberstadt there was a planned CD production with songs from the Halberstadt fund. Dr. Edgar Niemeczek from Kultur.Region.Niederösterreich won Maria Ströbl from Bürg for this project. In the course of researching the text accompanying a CD, Maria Ströbl made contact with Arthur Halberstadt's granddaughter and her family. In addition to many photos, the original Halberstadt records were in family ownership, as well as a guest book from the time when Halberstadt opened his house in Klamm as a guesthouse. The search for a missing correspondence between Halberstadt and Peter Rosegger remained fruitless, but Dr. Eva Maria Hois from the Steirisches Volksliedwerk, however, came across other publications in Halberstadt im Heimgarten . Maria Ströbl then conducted numerous interviews with informants and was able to research the funeral song composed by Halberstadt himself. Due to the abundance of material supplemented by Halberstadt's life documents, the logical necessity arose to publish and evaluate the abundant source material. The material was archived in the Volksliedarchiv der Volkskultur Niederösterreich and was managed by the archivist there, Dr. Peter Gretzel and Dr. Eva Maria Hois from the Steirisches Volksliedwerk evaluated. All sources used for the project can accordingly be viewed in the Lower Austrian folk song archive.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Arthur Halberstadt, Der alten Roth Hansjörgl. In: Heimgarten 38/12 (1914), p. 838.
  2. ↑ City Archives Wiener Neustadt, reporting documents Arthur Halberstadt.
  3. ↑ Arthur Halberstadt, An original farming world. Popular life in the Semmering area (Vienna 1912).
  4. ↑ City Archives Wiener Neustadt, registration document by Arthur Halberstadt, June 10, 1918th
  5. ↑ See guest book of the Villa Hotel-Pension Rundblick, private property.
  6. ↑ Walter Deutsch, About folk music in the Semmering area and Schwarzatal. In: Folk culture in southern Lower Austria. Folk music - traditional costumes - folk dance (Gloggnitz 1988) p. 10.
  7. ↑ northeast Volksliedarchiv (NÖVLA), PR Halberstadt, letter of the "German home" Arthur Halberstadt.
  8. ↑ Arthur Halberstadt, Volksgesang and Volksmusik of our Austrian mountains. In: The People's Call. For Truth and Law 2/3 (1936), p. 2.
  9. ↑ See Peter Gretzel u. Eva Maria Hois, Arthur Halberstadt. 1874-1950. Folklorist and folk song researcher in the Semmering area (Atzenbrugg 2015), p. 70f. or 88f.
personal data
SURNAME Halberstadt, Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian folk song collector and researcher
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1950
Place of death Klamm