August Schnorrenberg

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Gravestone for August Schnorrenberg in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne

Joseph Gerhard August Schnorrenberg (born March 19, 1889 in Cologne ; † July 11, 1973 there ) was a German composer and songwriter .

August Schnorrenberg came from a "Urkölschen" family. His oldest ascertainable ancestor Thomas Schnorrenberg was a member of the Cologne City Council in 1555. The Kölner Personen-Lexikon describes August Schnorrenberg as the “last offspring” of a “long-established Cologne family impoverished by war damage”.

His father was Gerhard Schnorrenberg (1847–1913), who wrote libretti for Paul Lincke in addition to Cologne folk songs . He was the author of plays for the Millowitsch Theater and translator, and he is considered the inventor of Tünnes and Schäl as a duo.

On January 5, 1913, Schnorrenberg, who was 23 years old at the time and was a sales representative, made his artistic debut when his song So Schön wie Du was announced at a meeting of the Great Cologne Carnival Society . In the course of his work he composed and wrote over 130 songs, in both High German and Kölsch , which he also performed himself. His song Am Dom zo Kölle was written after the end of the Second World War on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone of the (supposedly intact) Cologne Cathedral, which stood in the middle of the ruins, and became a “vision of reconstruction”. The refrain is:

At the Dom zo Kölle - zo Kölle am Rhing
do the bell sound so gorgeous and catch.
He welle mer blieve - he sin mer zo Huus,
Hey, no Deuvel, no Deuvel erus.

The first of many interpreters of the song was the Cologne singer Willy Schneider . The first version with Schneider was performed publicly on February 15, 1947 in the large broadcasting hall of the NWDR and a few weeks later, on Shrove Monday , broadcast on the radio. In addition - despite the lack of paper - 10,000 picture postcards were printed. In 1954 the song was released on record.

In 1996 the song became popular again through the Bläck Fööss as a contribution to the multimedia journey through time with the title usjebomb & opjebaut by Reinold Louis . The song is part of the repertoire of the Cologne Cathedral Choir and is sung in particular at services for carnivalists in Cologne Cathedral. In 2017, as part of the ceremony to mark the 175th anniversary of the Cologne Cathedral Building Association, it was performed by the Kölner Männer-Gesang-Verein together with the New Westphalia Philharmonic and the Girls' Choir at the Cologne Cathedral in the presence of Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in the Cologne Philharmonic .

In 1967 Schnorrenberg was honored with the Ostermann Medal , which was awarded for the first time, at the Prince's proclamation . This was the first medal that Schnorrenberg received, who commented on the award with the modest words: "Mer shouldn't make de Botz bigger than Fott."

In 1973 August Schnorrenberg died of kidney disease at the age of 84. He was a bachelor and childless. He was buried in the Melaten cemetery (hallway 10 (T)). After the rest period had expired, the grave was leveled. In 2004 the Great Cologne Carnival Society 1882 e. V. restore the grave and set up a tombstone.

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References and comments

  1. ↑ The date of death 7/17/1973 is wrong.
  2. ↑ a b Death certificate no. 1164 from July 13, 1973, registry office Cologne-Altstadt. In: LAV NRW R civil status register, registry office Cologne-Altstadt, deaths, 1973, vol. 2. Accessed on March 24, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e Kölnische Rundschau , July 13, 1973, HK edition, p. 14.
  4. ^ A b Wolfgang Oelsner: Kölner Personen Lexikon . Ed .: Ulrich Soénius / Jürgen Wilhelm. Greven, 2008, ISBN 978-3-7743-0400-0 , pp. 485 u. 486 .
  5. ↑ a b Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , July 13, 1973, p. 19
  6. ↑ Reinold Louis : Built up. Red fingernails claw in black currency . Marzellen, Cologne 2005, ISBN 978-3-937795-03-4 , p. 210 .
  7. ↑ Bläck Fööss - Am Dom zo Kölle Lyrics. In: golyr.de. Retrieved July 4, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Reinold Louis : Built up. Red fingernails claw in black currency . Marzellen, Cologne 2005, ISBN 978-3-937795-03-4 , p. 211 .
  9. ↑ Steffen Hung: Willy Schneider - Am Dom zo Kölle, zo Kölle am Rhing. In: hitparade.ch. Retrieved July 5, 2017 .
  10. ↑ "Usjebomb & Opjebaut" - A time review with "Bläck Fööss" and guests - report-k.de
  11. ↑ songsabc. In: blaeckfoeoess.de. Retrieved July 4, 2017 .
  12. ^ Repertoire of the cathedral choir. In: koelner-dommusik.de. January 5, 1999, accessed July 4, 2017 .
  13. ↑ August Schnorrenberg. In: Carus-Verlag. Retrieved July 5, 2017 .
  14. ↑ Festival Committee Cologne Carnival of 1823 (Ed.): Online cathedral church service for Cologne carnivalists . High Cathedral in Cologne, January 11, 2017, 6.30 p.m. Cologne: Festival Committee Cologne Carnival from 1823 undated (2016 or 2017), pp. 16-17. Accessed July 21, 2017 (pdf)
  15. ↑ Sabine Kleyboldt: Steinmeier on a big anniversary - Of prison brothers, cardinals and kings -. In: domradio.de. June 25, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017 .
  16. ↑ Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , January 28, 1967, p. 5.
  17. ↑ Detlef Rick: Melaten - graves tell city history . Emons, 2006, ISBN 978-3-89705-789-0 , pp. 142 .
  18. ↑ Great Cologne 1882–2017 . Brochure for the exhibition in the Sparkasse KölnBonn 19.01.17 to 20.02.17, p. 20.
  19. ↑ Reinold Louis : Built up. Red fingernails claw in black currency . Marzellen, Cologne 2005, ISBN 978-3-937795-03-4 , p. 212 .
personal data
SURNAME Schnorrenberg, August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schnorrenberg, Joseph Gerhard August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 1973
Place of death Cologne