Felix Josky

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Felix Josky (born August 9, 1870 in Dresden , † November 1, 1942 in Theresienstadt ) was a German librettist, author and lyricist.

Life

Felix Josky was the son of Julie and Benjamin Josky. He had two sisters, Alice and Betty, and two brothers, Erich and Willy.

Josky wrote his first poems as early as 1909, which he published under the title Mit Florett und Lute in Berlin with Concordia. A year before the start of the First World War , he wrote a prayer before the battle , which Waldemar Wendland set to music . It was published by the Berlin publishing house Harmonie. In the same year in Berlin, Bloch also published poems on Robert Schumann's children's scenes.

His text, The Father's Reminder , was even broadcast on the radio on January 31, 1925. The reciter was Max Grünberg.

In the years 1918–1920 he also wrote scripts for some silent films. In two of them, Käthe Dorsch and Harry Liedtke played the leading roles under the direction of Paul Ludwig Stein .

In the 1920s he wrote lyrics for songs by Rudolf Nelson and Allan Gray , as well as several hits for Claire Waldoff . The best known is Mein Paulchen ist weg (music: Otto Stransky ). Together with Hugo Hirsch , he wrote the Max Schmeling March in 1930 , the “hymn of the German pugilists”.

He was also the author of several short stories and plays, e. B. the collection of novellas When women smile ... or the chamber operetta in three acts How do you stay faithful today? after his comedy The Blue Hour , published in 1925 , for which Otto Stransky composed the music.

After the “ seizure of power ” by the National Socialists in 1933, Josky, as an artist of Jewish descent, was one of those who were racially persecuted. He was deported from Berlin to Theresienstadt on September 25, 1942 , and murdered there on November 1, 1942. His sister Alice died on February 2, 1943 in the Theresienstadt concentration camp .

Filmography

  • 1918 The world mirror
  • 1919 A ​​young lady from a good family
  • 1919 In the shadow of money
  • 1920 The Duchess' actor

Audio documents

  • Concert Record “Gramophone” 941.095 (Matr. 15724 1/2 b) Des father's warning, by Felix Josky. Harry Walden, Berlin. Up. August 30, 1911
  • Parlophone B. 12 227 (Matr. 38 283) My little Paul is gone! (Music: Otto Stransky - Text: Felix Josky) Claire Waldoff with piano accompaniment
  • Parlophone B. 12 335 (Matr. 38 773) I have a house by the forest and by the lake (music: Allan Gray , text: Felix Josky) Paul Graetz
  • Vox 5073 (Matr. 1547-B) Love has its whims ( Rudolf Nelson and Felix Josky) Engelbert Milde with orchestra accompaniment
  • Gloria GO 10 648 b (Matr. 133.238) Minna has to go to the film! (Otto Stransky and Felix Josky) Claire Waldoff with piano accompaniment
  • Gramophone 24 097 (C 40 91 9) I have no gold in my box. Lied and Slowfox (M: Otto Stransky / T: Felix Josky) Anna Royak, singer (soprano)

Web links

Wikisource: Felix Josky  - Sources and full texts

literature

  • Hans Peter Kunz: The Comedy of the Twenties. Dissertation, University of Cologne, 1992, S. LIX.
  • Rainer Lotz , Manfred Weihermüller: German National Discography, Series 1: Discography of German Cabaret, Volume 4 . Verlag Birgit Lotz, Bonn 1991, ISBN 3-9802656-0-9 .
  • Rainer Lotz, Axel Weggen: German National Discography, Series 6: Discography of the Judaica recordings, Volume 1 . Verlag Birgit Lotz, Bonn 2006, ISBN 3-9810248-2-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ holocaust.cz
  2. ↑ who later wrote film reviews under the pseudonym Peter Ejk in the Berliner 8-Uhr-Abendblatt , z. B. in No. 60 of March 12, 1929 on "Asphalt" by Joe May, in Gandert 1929, p. 33; there also pp. 103, 123, 137, 212, 342, 355. Josky, Erich . In: Jewish address book for Greater Berlin , 1931, p. 188. "W 15, Fasanenstrasse 73".
  3. ^ German composer, born in Liegnitz in Lower Silesia in 1873 , died in Zeitz in 1947 , DNB 117285110 , composed war songs and in 1920 the opera Peter Sukoff based on the libretto by Olga Wohlbrück .
  4. ↑ DNB: Prayer before the battle [music print] / music by Waldemar Wendland. Text by Felix Josky. Harmonie, Berlin 1914, 3 pages; 4 °
  5. ↑ DNB: Poems on the children's scenes Robert Schumann / Felix Josky. E. Bloch, Berlinde 1913, 29 p .; 8 °
  6. ^ A gramophone recording (record "Grammophon", order number 10 751 / catalog number 941.095, matrix numbers 15 724 1/2 b and 23 620) of the text, spoken by Harry Walden , at the Austrian Media Library
  7. ↑ Karlheinz Everts : “The 'Berliner Volks-Zeitung' publishes in its supplement 'BVZ-Ulk' no. 1925 on page 2 the radio program of the 'Funk-Hour Berlin'. A cheerful evening is announced for 8:30 in the evening. "
  8. ↑ Berlin actor, born on December 17, 1876 in Berlin, died there on September 29, 1943, starred in several silent films (Nun and Dancer (1919), Love, Suffering and Sport (1925) and The Laughing Cricket (1926)) , Felix Josky in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  9. ^ GECD: Author of the manuscript
  10. ^ The director (M .: Claus Clauberg, T .: Felix Josky). Parlophone 133237, KVN (1931). Minna has to go to the film (M .: Otto Stransky, T .: Felix Josky). The aunt is 'not my aunt' (M .: Otto Stransky, T Felix Josky). I have such a row with my husband (M .: Claus Clauberg, T .: Felix Josky). Parlophone 133526, GO 13426 b (recording 1932, NE 02/1935), cf. MUGI
  11. ↑ received on the gramophone record Parlophon B.12 227-I (Matr. 38 283), to be heard on youtube , the text is also reproduced there.
  12. ↑ on gramophone record Electrola EG1848 (Matr. BLR 6166-2) received, sung by Gerhard Pechner , to be heard on youtube
  13. ^ Author Josky
  14. ↑ DNB 576561592 How does one bear loyalty today ?: (The blue hour); Chamber operetta in 3 acts a. Texts v. Felix Josky. Music v. Otto Stransky. Publisher: Distributor d. Verb. Dt. Stage writer u. Stage composers, Berlin W 30, Motzstr. 85. year of publication 1930. 72 p .; in 8 °
  15. ↑ holocaust.cz . According to the official “death report”, Josky died of “lung congestion and pneumonia”, National Archives Prague ( memento of the original from September 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Volume 46 Židovské matriky - Ohledací listy - ghetto Terezín @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / 109.123.214.108
  16. ^ Lotz: Discography of German Cabaret . Volume 4, p. 1032
  17. ↑ to be heard at dismarc
  18. ↑ born c. 1890 in Mogilew, Russia, cf. Lotz-Weggen, Judaica, p. 458
personal data
SURNAME Josky, Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 1942
Place of death Theresienstadt