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

1. ↑ 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."
2. ↑ Knaur: The German Dictionary. Lexicographical Institute Munich, 1985, p. 273.
3. ^ 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 ). ".
4. ^ New exhibition in Keitum: Ada Hecht - a life for music. In: Sylter Nachrichten. May 31, 2013, accessed May 1, 2020.