Chansontage of the GDR

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The GDR Chansontage (also called the GDR Chanson Days ) was a national music competition in the GDR . They took place in Frankfurt (Oder) from 1973 to 1992 .

procedure

The chansontage was - with exceptions - held every two years in late autumn as a competition with accompanying workshops . Participants were chanson singers, actors and songwriters , and occasionally folk musicians who sang their own lyrics. They were delegated by the district commissions from the beginning of the 80s until the fall of the Berlin Wall . Before that, no delegations, just registration, were necessary. The chanson days were organized by the state committee for entertainment arts, for example by Wolfgang Wallroth, who also appeared several times as a participant. Until the fall of the Wall, the "main prize" was given by the GDR Minister for Cultureforgive. Other prizes were the "Prize of the General Directorate of the Committee for Entertainment Art", the " AWA Prize ", the "Prize of the Association of Composers and Musicologists of the GDR ", the "Prize of the Writers' Association", the "Prize of the Central Council of the FDJ ", the “Prize of the VEB Deutsche Schallplatten ”, the “Prize of the Patron” (the Lord Mayor of Frankfurt), the “Prize of the State Committee for Television”, the “Prize for the most controversial program” as well as recognition prizes and prizes for young talent.

history

The chanson days took place in 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987 and 1992 (for the eleventh time). They were organized by the Entertainment Arts Committee and were a competition in which in principle anyone could participate.

In 1987 Stefan Körbel (previously Karl's grandson ) won the main prize based on the decision of the jury. For political reasons, however, the main prize was awarded to Gerhard Gundermann .

In the 1990s there was an attempt to revive the festival, which failed after a short time. The songwriter Matthias Görnandt started a second attempt in 2004. He had the idea of ​​holding a German-Polish event in the border town. The name of this annual festival is "transVOCALE - European Festival for Song and World Music ".

Award winner (incomplete)

  • 1974
  • 1975
  • 1977
  • 1979
  • 1981
  • 1983
  • 1985
    • Norbert Bischoff , General Director Award at the Committee for Entertainment Art
    • Tobias Klug, Prize of the President of the Committee for Entertainment Arts
    • Susanne Grütz, Prize of the Chairman of the Frankfurt (Oder) District Council
    • José Pérez, Prize of the VEB Semiconductor Plant Frankfurt (Oder)
    • Torsten Riemann , VEB German Record Award
    • Susanne Grütz and Hubertus Schmidt, AWA Prize
    • Stefan Töpelmann & Thomas Riedel, VEB German Record Award
  • 1987
  • 1992
    • Matthias Böttcher, main prize
  • Freiberg , several successful participations

Others

At the end of the 1970s, Werner Bernreuther began organizing the “GDR-Open Chansontage” in the Michaelstein Monastery near Blankenburg (Harz) , where the more critical songwriters of the GDR met.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Götz Hintze: Rock Lexicon of the GDR. 2nd Edition. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-303-9 , p. 63
  2. ↑ Freudenberg's biography , accessed on August 8, 2012
  3. ↑ Entertainment Art, Volume 3/85, p. 8., Conny Molle
  4. ↑ Vita Thomas Heyn ( Memento from August 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Vita Heinz-Martin Benecke
  6. ^ Website Hubertus Schmidt / Susanne Grütz
  7. ↑ Kleeblatt No. 16, Amiga, or all award winners 1985 according to the AWA General Directorate 1985
  8. ^ Website of the Leipziger Funzel , accessed on April 21, 2011
  9. ^ Website of the Wildemann Group
  10. ^ Vita Dieter Kalka in literary dictionary of the 20th century.
  11. ↑ Matthias Böttcher's website ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  12. ^ Freiberg Group , accessed on June 4, 2016