Arthur Preil

Arthur Preil (born January 6, 1887 in Leipzig , † April 17, 1954 in Leipzig-Engelsdorf ) was a German folk singer and humorist.

Life

Preil completed his training as a bookseller at the Ullstein publishing house in Berlin. He then worked at the Reclam publishing house in Leipzig as head of the "Humoristica" division. He began to write couplets at a young age . His trademark was the Saxon dialect . Preil began his career with the Leipzig Krystallpalast singers . He also ran a music shop in Leipzig with his wife. The Isiphon record company was the first to bring out recordings with Preil, followed later by Deutsche Grammophon and others. Around 400 recordings and a large number of radio broadcasts made him one of the most successful humorists in Germany. After the mid-thirties, Preil had its own guest performance director with its own ensemble. The later Kessler twins also worked in this as children . After 1945 Preil stayed in Leipzig. He also gave guest appearances, appeared in variety theaters and in events of the State Concert and Guest Performance Directorate.

Arthur Preil had a son, Arthur Preil junior, who also appeared as a humorist. The author, actor and cabaret artist Hans-Joachim Preil was his nephew.

Works (selection)

• Arthur Preil, B. Richter: A fatherless pair of twins: a hilarious duet for two men [= Volume 103 of Richter's Duets], Verlag Richter, 1910, 3 pp.
• Arthur Preil: The Knatschenbach'n doing the big cleaning! Hilarious solo scene with singing for 1 gentleman or 1 lady; op. 246 [= Volume 150 of Richter's solo scenes] Verlag Richter, 1920, 3 pp.
• Arthur Preil: Saxon radio board. Radio broadcasted Saxon cauliflower from radio humorist Arthur Preil, winner of the Central German Humor Championship. Leipzig, Verlag A. Bergmann, 1931, 93 pages
• Arthur Preil: Lachwellen [from the Saxon Funkbrettl] Leipzig, Verlag A. Bergmann, 1932, 32 pages
• Arthur Preil: The tickled microphone. o.ver. 1932, 94 pages
• Arthur Preil: The laughing evening with Arthur Preil, the well-known Central German humorist with his own lectures. o.ver. 1936
• Arthur Preil: From the hundredth to the thousandth. The funny Arthur Preil book. Proven radio board for reading a. Lecturing. Leipzig, O. Teich, 1939, 78 pp.
• Arthur Preil: Laughing waves broadcast by the most popular Central German radio humorist
• Arthur Preil under the motto: An evening of laughter. Wiesbaden, Wilhelm Gebauer, undated (around 1950, new edition)
• Arthur Preil: A colorful evening with Arthur Preil, the most famous Central German radio humorist: Versgeleimtes u. The absurd, from the hundredth to the thousandth to the presentation at all social events. Leipzig, Verlag Otto Teich, 1952, 78 pages
• Arthur Preil: The comedian: A collection of tried and tested lectures with a resounding effect. Recklinghausen, Iris Musik- u. Theater publ. Mallmann, 1953, 96 pages

Recordings (selection)

• But there you twist your pupils: Grammophon 985 (1684 BN-II)
• Ä heller Sachse (Text: Richard Klein): Isiphon 962
• So, watch out: Isiphon 808
• Bemmchen as a servant: Polyphon 31 530 (3610 ar)
• Christmas tree dealer spruce: gramophone 1076 (1142 LT)
• The most beautiful thing is the clap on the stairs: Isiphon 83 (6592 *), gramophon 24 201 (34 DB-III)
• The Saxon language sounds so peaceful: Isiphon 100
• Elevator driver Säußler: Polyphon 31 654 (154 bk)
• Mr Bierbauch wants drainage: Isiphon 168 (7493)
• Listen druff, pass uff: Orchestrola 2046 (8205)
• Kulicke from the Angler Bridge: Polyphon 31 655 (155 bk)
• Mei Gutster, what are you saying? Gramophone 21 464 (272 br)
• Garbage driver Aschenloch: Polyphon 31 529 (3607 ar)
• Saxon Gemehre: Isiphon 84 (6591)
• Our good Bliemchen coffee: Kalliope K.1339 (4777-2)
• We Saxons, we Saxons: Hermophon 3066 (4366)

Re-releases

Collections

• CD Arthur Preil: A Thousand Words of Saggic - Voices from the 20th Century.

Article no .: 5506, running time: 56 min. Label: archiv-record

• CD Arthur Preil: Correct Säggs'scher Stuff ID 546157, Cat.No. 3919 Falcon New Media.

Single track

• CD Rare Shellacs - Saxony - Volkssaenger 1910–1932. label: trikont / d, style: ethnic / world, released 8/2010. B317580, Catalog No. US0264
• CD Mei Gudsdr what did you say? Berlin, Edition Barbarossa, 2000. Order no .: 10 323 BB. ISBN 3359010388

literature

• Matthias Biskupek: German Bavarian Saxon - a cabaret essay by MB With original sounds by Arthur Preil, Karl Valentin, Tom Pauls and Gerhard Polt, among others. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk 2007 [1] .
• Berthold Leimbach: audio documents of cabaret and their interpreters 1898-1945. Göttingen, self-published in 1991, unpaginated.
• Sandra Rühr: Sound documents from the roller to the audio book. History - media specifics - reception, 460 p.m. numerous Fig., V&R unipress 2008 - ISBN 3-89971-473-3 , p. 54
• Sounding legends on the web. schellacks.de. In: Stern.de. September 30, 2009, accessed May 10, 2016 .