That or none
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Title: | That or none |
Shape: | operetta |
Original language: | German |
Music: | Ludwig Schmidseder |
Libretto : | Heinz Hentschke and Günther Schwenn |
Premiere: | March 20, 1939 |
Place of premiere: | Berlin |
Place and time of the action: | Heidelberg (Germany) and Africa |
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Die oder keine is a major operetta in two parts (ten pictures ) with music by Ludwig Schmidseder , the libretto by Heinz Hentschke and the lyrics by Günther Schwenn . The work had its world premiere on March 20, 1939 at the Metropol Theater in Berlin. Werner Schmidt-Boelcke was the musical director.
orchestra
Oboe, sax I, II, III, IV, trumpet I, II, III, trombone I, II, percussion I, II, harp, guitar, bandoneon, piano, violin I, II, Va, Vc, Kb; Incidental music: violin, guitar, harmonica
action
place and time
The revue operetta takes place in Heidelberg and in Africa at the time of the premiere, i.e. in the 1930s. The 10 pictures are: 1st picture: On a banana plantation, 2nd picture: On the high seas, 3rd picture: A bar, 4th picture: Freifäulein von Dobermann - discreet marriage initiation, 5th picture: An intimate bar, 6th picture : On the racecourse, 7th picture: In the vine arbors of Heidelberg, 8th picture: In front of the Heidelberg castle ruins, 9th picture: An intimate bar, 10th picture: Garden party in the Villa Jansen.
Die oder keine had over 600 performances within a few years and was considered one of the most successful contemporary operettas at the time.
Musical highlights
- I don't like to drink the wine alone - this song became very famous through Herbert Ernst Groh and later also through Peter Alexander .
- Anything is allowed to a woman
- I thought you were free miss (Tango)
- If you go from Vienna to Munich (waltz)
- I think all women are beautiful (foxtrot)
- A Song of Longing (Slow Waltz)
- The Lilly from Bajanga (Tango)
- It would be so nice if we went shopping today (foxtrot)
Sound carrier
- Large cross-section at the Hamburg Archive for Singing Art (CD No. 30131) with Liselotte Schmidt , Ferry Gruber , Reinhold Bartel , Werner Saladin and the Munich Radio Orchestra under the direction of Werner Schmidt-Boelcke
- Single track at JUBE on the CD Ludwig Schmidseder - There are such sweet girls (CD No. 15001)
literature
- Program booklet Die or Keine , Central-Theater Dresden, Hermann Jardin, Dresden 1942.
- Sheet music Die or Keine for piano and voice, Arcadia-Verlag, Berlin 1939.