A song goes around the world (song)

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A song goes around the world is the title of a song that the Viennese composer Johannes Mayer published under his stage name Hans May in 1933 in the Viennese Bohème-Verlag. Ernst Neubach wrote the text for it .

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The song in a moderate marching rhythm was the title hit of the sound film of the same name by Richard Oswald from 1933. It was sung by the tenor Joseph Schmidt , who played one of the three main roles alongside Victor de Kowa and Charlotte Ander . The song was also a hit outside of the film, which was sold on numerous gramophone records . On some labels it was also announced as “ Tango” or “Lied und Tango”. There were also purely instrumental recordings such as B. the dance orchestra of Oscar Joost or Barnabás von Géczy .

In addition to the original recording with Joseph Schmidt, the recording of the Comedian Harmonists also gained importance. The song was also interpreted by numerous other contemporary tenors, including Carl Jöken and Herbert Ernst Groh . Even after the Second World War , tenors like Rudolf Schock , Fritz Wunderlich , Karel Gott (1974) and Jonas Kaufmann recorded the hit. He became an evergreen and is known to this day.

The Hungarian director Géza von Bolváry shot a remake of the material in 1958 as a biography of Joseph Schmidt under the title "A song goes around the world - The Joseph Schmidt Story".

Text refrain

A song goes around the world.
A song you like.
The melody reaches the stars.
We all love to hear it.
The song sings of love, the song
sings of fidelity,
and it will never fade away, it will be singed
forever.
Time flies too,
The song stays forever.

Sound documents (selection)

The catalog of the German National Library has 33 entries.

singing

  • Parlophone B.48 812-II (mx. 133.776) A song goes around the world , song from the Richard Oswald sound film “A song goes around the world”, music by Hans May, text by Ernst Neubach. Joseph Schmidt with orchestra under the direction of Otto Dobrindt
  • Odeon O-25990 (mx. 133.777) A song goes around the world . Song from the Joseph Schmidt film of the same name (music: Hans May, Ernst Neubach) Joseph Schmidt, tenor, with orchestral accompaniment (recorded May 2, 1933)
  • Electrola EG 2847 / 60-2346 (matrix number E-OD 1679-2) A song goes around the world , from the sound film of the same name (music: Hans May, text: Ernst Neubach) Comedian Harmonists. Singing quintet with piano
  • Odeon O-11869 (mx. Be 10362-2) A song goes around the world : Tango song from the Richard Oswald sound film of the same name (music: Hans May, text: Ernst Neubach) Herbert Ernst Groh with the Odeon artist orchestra. Also on Parlophone B 49 599
  • Kristall 6109 (mx. C 4735.2) A song goes around the world  : from the sound film of the same name (May, Neubach) Chamber singer Carl Jöken , tenor with orchestral accompaniment. Conductor: A. Strasser
  • Brillant Special Nr.133 (mx. B 149) A song goes around the world , song and tango from the sound film “A song goes around the world” (music: Hans May, text: Ernst Neubach) sung by Walter von Lennep , chapel Eugene Jahn

Orchestra version with refraing vocals

  • Universal 94 (mx. 12853) A song goes around the world , tango (text: Ernst Neubach, music: Hans May), jazz orchestra with refrain singing
  • Audiphon 20284 (mx. 12 865) A song goes around the world, tango from the sound film "A song goes around the world" "" (Hans May. Text: Ernst Neubach), dance orchestra with refraing singing

Instrumental version

  • Telefunken A 1374 (mx. 19010) A song goes around the world . Tango from the sound film “A song goes around the world” (music: Hans May, text: Ernst Neubach) Barnabás von Géczy with orchestra
  • Kristall 3354 (mx. C 4726.1) A song goes around the world, from the sound film of the same name (May, Neubach) Oscar Joost and his orchestra

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A song goes around the world (1933) and filmportal.de
  2. ↑ cf. A song goes around the world (The Joseph Schmidt Story) and filmportal.de
  3. ^ Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved June 7, 2019 .
  4. ↑ label shown. at discogs.com