Bernhard Traugott Dietrich

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Bernhard Traugott Dietrich (born August 19, 1840 in Chemnitz ; † October 23, 1902 there ) was a choir director , singer and composer . He wrote the well-known hymn "Ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit".

Life

Bernhard Traugott Dietrich was the son of the master weaver and later innkeeper Traugott Leberecht Dietrich. He initially trained as a weaver, but then worked nearly 40 years in the company for weaving needs of his uncle, first as a clerk and later to his death as authorized .

He played music in his spare time. From 1860 to 1896 he was a member of the church choir of the Chemnitz Jacobi Church . He also sang in the "Double Quartet BD" named after his initials. He must have written new songs for the group, because in his obituary for him the double quartet thanks for the "song gifts". Dietrich was also a co-founder of the Theodor Schneider 's men 's choir named after the Chemnitz church music director , of which he was a long-time conductor. The city of Chemnitz confirmed his demise in the Chemnitzer Tageblatt: "Our city owes a large part to Bernhard Dietrich that men's singing grew and flourished."

Dietrich was married and had six daughters with his wife Emilie.

Cheers

Only one of Dietrich's songs is still known today, but this one enjoys great popularity: “ A toast, a toast to comfort ”. This line repeated once and (in the original) followed by “Pour in, drink out, pour in, drink out” is actually nothing more than the sung request to drink together in good company. In this form it is also known today as a folk song .

The song came to the Munich Oktoberfest around 1898 through the Nuremberg landlord Georg Lang . However, the end of the song has been modified here and is now called in Bavarian “Oans, zwoa, three! G'suffa! ”The song is played several times per hour in each of the beer tents . According to a study by GEMA, it is the most played title at the Oktoberfest .

literature

  • Martin Kloth, Sabine Dobel: Who invented it? A Chemnitz wrote Wiesn all-time hit . Leipziger Volkszeitung, 29./30. September 2018, p. 5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chemnitz taught the Bavarians to drink. (No longer available online.) In: Sächsische Zeitung online, September 17, 2010. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018 ; accessed on October 18, 2018 .
  2. ^ "A toast to cosiness": Oktoberfest hit from Chemnitzer. In: Welt, September 28, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 2018 .
  3. ↑ A toast to cosiness. Retrieved October 18, 2018 .
  4. ↑ This is where they invented toast. In: Oktoberfest, Wiesn history. Retrieved October 18, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Lyrics for Ein Prosit. Retrieved October 18, 2018 .
  6. ↑ GEMA Wiesn hits. Retrieved October 18, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Dietrich, Bernhard Traugott
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dietrich, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and theater music director; "Father" of the Berlin operetta
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz
DATE OF DEATH October 23, 1902
Place of death Chemnitz