Diseuse
A Diseuse is an artist of the cabarets , the foreign or self-written songs recites and texts. The male colleague is called a Diseur . The name comes from French and is derived from dire ("say, speak, talk").
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon 1905 explains the meaning of the word chansonnette as "little song, mostly comical or frivolous content" and notes: "In German often wrongly instead of chansonnette singer (French: chanteuse, chansonniere )."
Diseusen (selection)
Artists who are called Diseuse or who call themselves and are described in this way:
- Uschi Amberger (1940-2020)
- Elsie Attenhofer (1909–1999)
- Liane Augustin (1927–1978)
- Imke Barnstedt (* 1942)
- Ortrud Begin (1938-1999)
- Doris Bierett (* 1950)
- Ilse Bois (1896-1960)
- Susanne Brantl (* 1967)
- Stella Brooks (1915-2002)
- Ingrid Caven (* 1938)
- Maria Collm (1901–1988)
- Georgette Dee (born 1958)
- Doddy Delissen (1907-1986)
- Marya Delvard (1874-1965)
- Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992)
- Marie Dubas (1894–1972)
- Alix Dudel (* 1956)
- Blandine Ebinger (1899–1993)
- Maria Eichhorn (1879–1930)
- Else Ehser (1894–1968)
- Veronika Faber (* 1945)
- Fritzi Frou (1875–1941 or 1942)
- Yvette Guilbert (1865-1944)
- Romy Haag (* 1951)
- Georgette Hagedoorn (1910–1995)
- Ada Hecht (1912-2001)
- Kirsten Heiberg (1907–1976)
- Emmy Hennings (1885-1948)
- Ursula Herking (1912–1974)
- Trude Hesterberg (1892-1967)
- Loni Heuser (1908–1999)
- Gussy Holl (1888–1966)
- Lotti Huber (1912–1998)
- Stella Kadmon (1902-1989)
- Sonja Kehler (1933-2016)
- Greta Keller (1903–1977)
- Gerlinde Kempendorff (* 1955)
- Hildegard Knef (1925-2002)
- Trude Kolmann (1904–1969)
- Cissy Kraner (1918–2012)
- Sandra Kreisler (* 1961)
- Kate Kühl (1899-1970)
- Evelyn Künneke (1921-2001)
- Zarah Leander (1907-1981)
- Brigitte Lebaan (1926–1988)
- Margo Lion (1899-1989)
- Maria Mallé (* 1947)
- Mela Mars (1882-1919)
- Louise Martini (1931-2013)
- Gisela May (1924-2016)
- Marietta di Monaco (1893–1981)
- Carli Nagelmüller (1884–1930)
- Ulrike Neradt (* 1951)
- Désirée Nick (* 1956)
- Elfriede Ott (1925-2019)
- Christine Prayon (* 1974)
- Georg Preuße (* 1950)
- Veronika von Quast (* 1946)
- Jessy Rameik (1934-2018)
- Carola Regnier (1943-2011)
- Rut Rex-Viehöver (* 1931)
- Marika Rökk (1913-2004)
- Beate Roos-Reuter (1899–1994)
- Schwabinger Gisela (1929-2014)
- Josma Selim (1884–1929)
- Magda Sonja (1886–1974)
- Ursula Staack (* 1943)
- Gerta Stecher (* 1950)
- Peggy Stone (1907-2009)
- Nessi Tausendschön (* 1963)
- Rosa Valetti (1876–1937)
- Helen Vita (1928-2001)
- Claire Waldoff (1884–1957)
- Christiane Weber (1975–2012)
- Grethe Weiser (1903-1970)
- Hanne Wieder (1925–1990)
- Albertine Zehme (1857-1946)
literature
- Sandra Danielczyk: Diseusen in the Weimar Republic. Image constructions in cabaret using the example of Margo Lion and Blandine Ebinger (= texts on popular music. Volume 9). Transcript, Bielefeld 2017, ISBN 978-3-8376-3835-6 .
- Heinz Greu: Boards that mean time: the cultural history of cabaret. Dtv, 1971, ISBN 3-423-00743-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ encyclopaedia entry: diseur. In: Brockhaus' Kleines Konversations-Lexikon . 5th edition. Volume 1. Leipzig 1911, p. 440 ( online at zeno.org ); Full text: " Diseur (French, spr. Disöhr, female: Diseuse , spr. Disöhs'), the speaker of poems, melodramas, etc."
- ↑ Knaur: The German Dictionary. Lexicographical Institute Munich, 1985, p. 273.
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^ Lexicon entry: Diseuse. In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . Volume 5. Leipzig 1906, p. 44 ( online at zeno.org ); Full text: "Diseuse (French, spr. Disös'), s. Chansonnette . “
Chansonnette. Volume 3. Leipzig 1905, p. 877 ( online at zeno.org ); Full text: “ Chansonnette (French, spr. Schangß-), ditty, mostly funny or frivolous content. Often wrong in German instead of chansonnette singer (French: chanteuse, chansonniere ). ". - ^ New exhibition in Keitum: Ada Hecht - a life for music. In: Sylter Nachrichten. May 31, 2013, accessed May 1, 2020.