Günther Schwenn
Günther Schwenn (born March 18, 1903 in Berlin as Adolf Hermann Carl Günther Franzke ; † January 4, 1991 in Montreux on Lake Geneva ) was a German lyricist who, in addition to hit lyrics, wrote lyrics in operettas such as Mask in Blue and in musicals.
During the Second World War he wrote various soldier and war songs, such as “The March of the 80 Million Leads into the Future” (1940, composer Estella Köhler) “Stay my good comrade” (1941, composer Hans Carste ), “Shock troop advance! "(1943, composer Josef Klang )," Father is a soldier, my child "(1944, composer Willy Richards )," Please don't worry about me! A letter from home ”(1944, composer Gerhard Winkler ). He also wrote texts for entertainment films such as Kora Terry from 1940 with the evergreen "In life everything goes over".
In 1963 he wrote a text to a melody by Peter Thomas , which had previously been used in the film The Endless Night . The lyrics Come, Put Your Arm Around Me , was sung by Esther Ofarim and appeared on a single . In addition to his artistic activity, voluntary work in professional associations, the German Lyricist Association , the Dramatiker Union and GEMA was also part of his life. In recognition of his services to German popular music, Günther Schwenn was awarded the Paul-Lincke-Ring in 1979 as the first lyricist .
Günther Schwenn founded the GEMA Foundation, which is intended to promote and support composers and lyricists.
Works
Poems
(published under his real name Günther Franzke)
- Chants against cash , Wolfgang Jess Verlag, Dresden 1931
- Between all the muses. Espresso Elegies , Peters-Verlag, Berlin 1964, (illustrated by Bele Bachem )
Songs, hits, libretti
- The jumper from Pontresina (1934)
- Love is just a game ( Regine ) (1935)
- Ball of Nations , music: Fred Raymond , (1935)
- Mask in blue , operetta, music: Fred Raymond , (1937)
- Melody of the night , operetta, music: Ludwig Schmidseder , (1938)
- Die or keine , operetta, music: Ludwig Schmidseder, (1939)
- Aunt Emilie, The later the evening, the nicer the guests! A small white house ( The clever mother-in-law , 1939)
- Women in the Metropol , operetta, music: Ludwig Schmidseder, (1940)
- Under the red lantern of St. Pauli , Schlager together with Peter Schaeffers , music by Ralph Maria Siegel (1941)
- Wedding night in paradise, operetta, music: Friedrich Schröder , (1942)
- Nights in Shanghai, operetta, music: Friedrich Schröder, 1947
- Das Wirtshaus im Spessart, musical, music: Franz Grothe , 1977
- The bath on the threshing floor, operettas, music: Friedrich Schröder, 1955
- Santa Lucia (O you my Napoli) and Manina-Mandonnina from the movie Santa Lucia
- Fanny Hill
- Every woman has a secret
- Schnapps, that was his last word (1960)
- Come on, put your arm around me (1963)
Awards
- 1977 GEMA ring of honor
- 1978 Golden Needle of the Dramatists Union
- 1979 Paul Lincke Ring
- 1982 honorary member of GEMA
- 1983 Golden pen of the German Text Poets Association
- 1983 GEMA Richard Strauss Medal
literature
- Volker Kühn: Schwenn, Günther. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0 , p. 69 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Günther Schwenn in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Fred K. Prieberg : Handbook of German Musicians 1933–1945 . Kiel 2004, (CD-ROM lexicon), examples p. 3843, 870, 3687, 5740, 7780
- ^ Fred K. Prieberg: Handbook of German Musicians 1933–1945 . Kiel 2004, (CD-ROM-Lexikon), p. 3974. Prieberg erroneously calls the film “ Alotria ”.
- ^ Sven-Olof Sandberg - Under the red lantern of St. Pauli hitparade.ch
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schwenn, Günther |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Franzke, Adolf Hermann Carl Günther (birth name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lyricist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th January 1991 |
| Place of death | Montreux on Lake Geneva |