Distar

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The doctor's voice , called Distar for short , was a phonograph record program and later a label from Werk-Verlag Dr. Edmund Banaschewski in Munich-Graefelfing, which from 1959 only published voice recordings by outstanding doctors. Bayer accepted some of the editions, which secured the financing of production (3).

Recordings

Most of the interpreters spoke texts that reflected essential points of their scientific work. Sometimes important lectures were also documented, for example Emil K. Frey's lecture at the 483rd Foundation Festival of the University of Munich . On the other hand, artistic or purely philosophical expressions of dual medical talents - "doctor-artists" or "doctor-philosophers" - were heard less often (although also part of the program concept).

target group

The target group of the series, which was soon to be published under the Distar label , was primarily medical professionals or at least those interested in medicine, despite the general intelligibility of the spoken texts due to the subject matter. The selling price of a 10-inch long-playing record was at DM 21.50 in the upper price segment for records of this size. Later publications (1970s to 1980s) came in the normal 12-inch format.

In contrast to other medical record series of the 1960s / 1970s, the self-image of the label was less aimed at an advisory function than at the documentation and preservation of the voices for the history of medicine of important doctors of the 20th century in typical scientific utterance for posterity.

First distar plate

The first Distar record was dedicated to Karl Jaspers and his "idea of ​​the doctor". In addition to the sound recording of the philosopher and psychiatrist Jaspers, it also contained the Hippocratic oath spoken by one of the most important translators of ancient Greek Wolfgang Schadewaldt in Greek and in his own translation in German.

Program (1)

In addition to Karl Jaspers and Emil K. Frey, there are other medical personalities such as Hans Erhard Bock , Rudolf Schoen , Gerhard Domagk , Louis R. Grote , Max Bürger , Paul Martini , Adolf Hottinger , Felix von Miculicz-Radecki , Arthur Weber , Walter Brednow , Heinrich A. Grotton , Karl Heinrich Bauer , Ludwig Heilmeyer , Ferdinand Hoff , Franz Büchner , Hans Neuffer , Ernst Derra , Richard J. Bing , André Cournand , Herman A. Snellen and Henri Denolin joined the long list of outstanding medical professionals of the 20th century who for Distar records.

Distar or Phobophobia (2)

Bayern 2 broadcast the radio play Distar or Phobophobia by Kalle Laar in 2010 . The collage documented and commented on old distar recordings under the leitmotif of the idea of ​​healing.

Web links / literature

  • List and cover photos
  • Information page of the BR ( Memento from April 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  • Der Spiegel 31/1959, p. 57
  • Should individual doctor-artists be presented with their artistic achievements - be it as a poet, composer or performing musician. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, June 23, 1959, p. 8.
  • Bing and Denolin remember In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt 79 (38), September 24, 1982, p. B-84.
  • The voice of the doctor In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt 80 (40), October 7, 1983, p. A-113.