Charlotte Niemann

Charlotte Niemann, at the age of 50

Charlotte Niemann (born March 8, 1915 in Hamburg ; † November 20, 2013 ), born Lotty OBL Timm , was a German director and composer .

Niemann grew up in Hamburg. Her mother and her parents worked as artists and mimes making music . Her great grandfather owned a standing circus in London. At the age of 11, Niemann was already performing live on Nordische Rundfunk AG in a children's program, playing the zither . As a half-orphan, she received state scholarships for her musical training until she graduated from high school. Before the Second World War she married the painter and graphic artist Walter Niemann; the marriage has two sons.

Niemann lived in Worpswede from 1940 to 2007 . She worked as a director and composer and between 1950 and 2002 produced several hundred children's radio plays as well as a series of original sound reports for adults for Radio Bremen . She received various prizes for her children's radio plays, in which she was responsible for the text editing, the music and the direction. Many of their children's radio plays were produced in co-production with the sound carrier industry and in this way were also marketed as records, tape cassettes or compact discs.

Productions (selection)

Abbreviations used: A = author ...., B = editing of the text: Ch. Niemann, M = music: Ch. Niemann, R = director: Ch. Niemann, RB = production at Radio Bremen , DG = in cooperation with Deutsche Grammophon , IR = in collaboration with Igel Records

• Vacation at the front . Funk grotesque. A: Hans Daiber , R, RB 1963
• The wind in the willows . A: Kenneth Grahame . B, M, R, RB 1976 and DG Junior 2001, Prize of the German Record Critics 1976.
• A story of the dwarf Virgilius , radio play title: The cake hunt. A: Paul Biegel R, B, RB and DG Junior 1987. Prize of the Berlin Academy of the Arts 1988
• The pirate pig . A: Cornelia Funke , B, R, RB and IR 2000, Prize of the German Record Critics 2000
• Pooh Bear , 11 episodes. A: AA Milne 1926, B, M, R, RB 1953 and RB and DG Junior 1979
• Cat with hat 7 episodes. A: Simon and Desi Ruge 1980, B, M, R, cat: Sabine Postel , RB and DG Junior 1981
• Hare , story in several episodes. A: Paul Biegel M, R, B, RB 1985
• The bear and the people , narrative. A: Reiner Zimnik Speaker: Günther Lüders B, M, R, RB 70s
• Jonas the fisherman , story. A: Reiner Zimnik Speaker: Günther Lüders B, M, R, RB 70s
• The devoted friend, narrative. A: Oscar Wilde , speaker: Günther Lüders , B, M, R, RB 70s and DG 1977
• Allerleirauh , A: Brothers Grimm . M, R, RB 1966
• Abel's Island or a Mouse from a Good House , A: William Steig B, M, R, RB and DG 1983
• The Löwenherz A brothers : Astrid Lindgren B, R, M, RB 1975 and DG
• In the Mattisburg . A: Astrid Lindgren . B, R, M, RB 1975 and DG
• Ronja the robber's daughter A: Astrid Lindgren , B, M, R, RB and DG 1975
• Matti and the grandfather A: Roberto Piumini , B, M, R, RB 1994
• The cat Titus tells: The two oxen, the wolf, the donkey and the horse, the dog and the blind tramp , A: Marcel Aymé , B, M, R, RB 1964 and Polydor International 1978 & 1979 & Christophorus
• The goose girl , A: Brothers Grimm , musical children's theater, title: Story of the goose girl, B, M, R, in-house production 1949, subsequently taken over by RB
• The Railway Game : Text and Music: Paul Dessau , B, R, Rb 1950 and 1961 (2nd version)
• Story of the young Gedeon , A: Paul Keller , B, M, R, RB 1953
• The happy lion, The happy lion in Africa, Two happy lions, The happy lion child in Africa , A: Louise Fatio and Roger Duvoisin , B, M, R, RB and Christophorus 1965
• Dear Mr. Teufel , A: Christine Nöstlinger , B, M, R, RB and DG Junior 1978
• The first Schlemihl & Zlateh die Geiß , A: Isaac B. Singer , B, M, R, RB and DG Junior 1979
• One. The story of someone who had no name . A: Christine Nöstlinger , B, M, R, RB and DG Junior
• Carlino Caramel A: Sempé , from the French, translator: Anna von Cramer-Klett, B, M, R, RB 1990
• My partner Hansipiepchen Feature, RB 1973, repetition of Deutschlandradio Kultur February 2019, to be heard in: [1]

swell

• Katrina Lohse, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg , Master's thesis in German Studies: “From hearing to listening. Life and work of radio play maker Charlotte Niemann, presented taking into account the developments and tendencies of the radio play genre in broadcasting ”, Oldenburg, December 16, 1994
• "Charlotte Niemann in conversation with Dorothea Maßmann"; Interview on the 80th birthday of Charlotte Niemann. Radio Bremen March 1995, broadcast category: Home radio on the weekend, editor: Michael Augustin
• Arne Krutisch, "PU DER BÄR" Investigation of the radio play adaptation (*) with regard to the translations and the differences between original and production, Bachelor thesis, Faculty of Design, Media and Information, Department of Media Technology, Hamburg, January 2015 .. (*) Note: mainly Charlotte Niemann's adaptations are examined.
• Peter Groth: A radio pioneer and a jack of all trades , in: Weser-Kurier & Wümme-Zeitung , July 4, 2015.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obituary notice. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of November 23, 2013 (accessed on February 2, 2015).