Artur Beul
Artur Beul (born December 9, 1915 in Einsiedeln ; † January 9, 2010 in Küsnacht ) was a Swiss song composer .
Life
Artur Beul was born in Einsiedeln in 1915 and spent his youth there with his mother (Louise Treichler, 1881–1944) and his grandmother. His father Hermann Beul died when Artur was two years old. His grandfather was the painter Marius Beul . After attending the Einsiedeln Abbey School , Beul studied at the University of Freiburg and completed his studies as a secondary school teacher at the University of Zurich. As the war broke out shortly afterwards, the young teacher had to take over a substitute; first in 1940 in Willerzell am Sihlsee.
Because there were hardly any songs for the youth, Beul wrote songs himself with catchy melodies and child-friendly texts. Thus, for example, Übre Gotthard flüged Bräme and Stägeli uf, Stägeli ab . His first song was written a few years earlier: At the age of eighteen he wrote Starli z'Nacht in the sky , which has become one of his most famous songs. When composing, Beul benefited from his musical knowledge that he had previously acquired at the Zurich Conservatory.
One day he got to know the vocal trio Geschwister Schmid (he was briefly engaged to Klärli Schmid), who spent a few days of vacation in Einsiedeln. The young singers who were still in school at the time found his songs just right for them. They suggested to the young Artur Beul that he should give up his teaching profession and go on concert tours with them as composer and accompanist at the piano. The trio Schmid and Artur Beul stayed together for ten years and were extremely successful; around eighty songs were recorded on records. Since Beul worked for various publishers, he also wrote under the pseudonyms Frank Midi and Mac Dormant .
Then the Trio Schmid received an invitation to the USA, which resulted in the separation from their composer. Beul had meanwhile built a house in Zollikon and also worked for other performers such as the duo Martheli Mumenthaler-Vreneli Pfyl , for Vico Torriani , Lys Assia ( plover sing your song ), the Texas duo and Hans Albers ( say what's your name, sweet Little one? ). During this time he met the German Lili Marleen interpreter Lale Andersen , whom he married in 1949. He also composed numerous songs for her, including one of her favorite songs In our garden roses bloom .
When Lale Andersen died in 1972, he moved to the south of France for ten years. In Cannes he painted pictures of the port and Provence and sold them to tourists. After ten years, Beul returned to Switzerland. He soon met his second wife, Pat Gysin (1920–2008), who worked as a designer and announcer for the radio.
In addition to around a thousand songs, Beul composed the Mediterranean suite for orchestra, several marches, a small singing mass and countless instrumental pieces. Around 500 titles were recorded on phonograms. His greatest success was Nach em Rägint Sunne , which was recorded in 1945 by Marthely Mumenthaler and Vrenely Pfyl. In the United States, the song was sung by the Andrews Sisters under the title When a Swiss Boy goes calling to a Swiss Miss in June . Beul had thus achieved the first Swiss hit that achieved international fame. This title was sung by the Pfister siblings , along with a few others .
Artur Beul's memoirs were published as a book on his 80th birthday. It bears the same title as its global success: Sun shines after rain .
Beul's piano, on which most of his songs were composed
Artur Beul's grave
Artur-Beul-Weg in Zollikon
Artur Beul died on January 9, 2010, one month after his 94th birthday, in Küsnacht-Itschnach near Zurich. At his request, he was buried on January 14th in his hometown of Lachen .
Zollikon, where Artur Beul lived from 1945 until shortly before his death, dedicated the Artur-Beul-Weg to him in 2012 at the new Oescher schoolhouse .
On Beul's 100th birthday, the musical Stägeli uf, Stägeli ab was performed in the Bernhard Theater in Zurich , in which many of Beul's songs were linked by a framework story. The musical is a production by Erich Vock and Hubert Spiess.
Discography
- 20 golden memories of Artur Beul. Turicaphone
- Artur Beul plays the piano. Phonodisc
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A musical greeting from Zollikon - songs and poems by Artur Beul . The poems will be read by Elisabeth Schnell .
A joint production by the community, the Oescher school and the music school; Zollikon 2011.
Awards
- 1985: Gold record for 50,000 records sold
- 1995: Prix Walo for his life's work
- 2007: Gold Medal of Honor of the Canton of Zurich, awarded in recognition of his services to the art of music.
Gold Record (1985)
At the piano in celebration of his 80th birthday
Councilor Markus Notter presents Artur Beul with the Medal of Honor of the Canton of Zurich (2007)
Artur Beul and Willi Schmid on the occasion of the award of the Golden Medal of Honor (2007)
Song books
Booklet with hits
Trio Schmid
Marthely Mumenthaler
Vrenely Pfyl
literature
- Artur Beul: Sun shines after rain. Edition Swiss Music, Winterthur 1994.
- Adrian Michael: in Zolliker yearbook 1995. (detailed curriculum vitae.)
- Artur Beul and Einsiedeln. Einsiedeln 2015. (= publications of the Chärnehus Einsiedeln cultural association, 42.)
Web links
- Artur Beul website
- Sound documents by and about Artur Beul in the catalog of the Swiss National Sound Archives
- Irene Lustenberger: Artur Beul finds his final peace in laughter. In: March-Anzeiger. January 11, 2010.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Sun shines after rain
- ^ Christian Dietz-Saluz: Zollikon honors the composer of «Stägeli uuf. . . " In: Tages-Anzeiger of April 23, 2012
- ↑ Invitation. Inauguration of Artur-Beul-Weg. ( Memento from May 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: arturbeul.ch from April 22, 2012.
- ↑ Bernhard Theater ( Memento of the original from November 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Turicaphon
- ↑ Phonosdisc ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Artur Beul website ( memento of the original from March 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Medal of Honor ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beul, Artur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss song composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Einsiedeln |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 2010 |
| Place of death | Küsnacht |