Franz Knies

Franz Knies (* 20th century ) was a German opera and gospel singer with a tenor voice .

Life

Franz Knies grew up with a sister in a strongly Christian - Free Church family in Wilhelmshaven . During his school days, his singing talent was noticeable, as the young Franzel liked to sing questions and answers as well as his homework, so that his teacher called him "Nightingale the Sexta". Despite reservations about a stage career on the part of believing parents, he began his singing studies in Munich after nine months at the Hamburg Conservatory .

During World War II , Franz Knies fell into the hands of Russian troops in 1944 after a gunshot wound to his left arm. In the subsequent interrogation, his statements about his occupation were initially not believed, as there was the general assumption that Propaganda Minister Goebbels' promise that German artists would not be drafted into the Wehrmacht would also be practiced. For this reason, Franz Knies was asked to prove his claims. In the following he was considered an "artist" among the prisoners and was treated very generously. After the Russians learned that the singer's arm had to be amputated, he was transferred from Minsk to Smolensk and from there to Faljonki , where his wound was treated comparatively intensively and ultimately successfully. In August 1945, Knies returned to Germany with the camp's first transport home from Siberia. Here he began again a concert activity through different zones of occupation of post-war Germany - partly paid with food.

A decisive turn took his singing career after falling out of a crusade evening of the Canadian preacher Peter Wittenberg for personal conversion decided he wanted henceforth use his musical skills exclusively for sacred music. So he subsequently appeared as a gospel singer in church services, spiritual recitals and evangelism. He worked with speakers and musicians such as Wim Malgo , Peter van Woerden , Kurt E. Koch , and Anton Schulte . The collaboration with the latter ultimately resulted in a radio presence of his sound recordings on a Christian program that was broadcast by the Monte Carlo station in Monaco and from which the gospel radio eventually developed. He also published records with gospel songs for Christian publishers such as Hermann Schulte or the midnight call .

Discography

Singles and EPs

The following single records by Franz Knies were released in the music label Frohe Message im Lied , today: Gerth Medien :

• Here you have my two hands (with: Youth-for-Christ-Choir ) / The Lord knows his people (with: Youth-for-Christ-Choir)
• Teach me to believe lord / speak to him about everything (who are burdened with sins)
• Jesus, Savior of my soul / O my heart burns with love
• If you don't ask anything about it / Lord Jesus, see, I'm coming to you
• I want to strive for life / Faith means trust
• Now, looking up, happy / O Father, richly blessed
• When the Lord's trumpet sounds / You human beings, up, wake up
• O turn to Jesus / You are the true joy of heart
• Homeland, homeland
• I've been through the world / were you there when they crucified the Lord?
• Do not go past, O Savior / Do you seek peace
• Miracle of the grace of Jesus (with: youth for Christ choir ) / There is a grace
• Make a prayer out of worries / Are you tired, weak and sad
• Like a river from above / See, that's God's lamb (with: Mettmann parish choir)
• That is certainty, Jesus is mine (with: Mettmann parish choir) / How often did Jesus knock
• You are still missing peace (with: Mettmann parish choir) / When Jesus comes
• I look full of flexion and amazement (with: Mettmann parish choir) / Do I have to go empty-handed
• Whoever sees Jesus on the cross in faith / yes, done, he has done (sinner, nothing, be it great, be it small)
• Why do you look so gloomy / Go, dry your tears
• See, your king comes to you / Consoling (recitative from the oratorio The Messiah ) / He pastures his flock (aria from the oratorio "The Messiah")
• When I was a little kid / I come as I am; Believe, believe and trust; Keep me true; It was Jesus my Savior; What the world needs today is Jesus
• Someone has come / My Lord knows the way; Come into my heart; Lord, put souls on my heart; Hallelujah, I am redeemed; See, Lord, I'm coming to the cross
• Bells of grace (When the Savior knocks) / Say, poor man / Once I was divorced from Jesus / Where are the nine (sad ten lepers stand from afar)
• When I think of your blood (Franz Knies) / Blessed is he who thinks of Jesus (Franz Knies) / Be satisfied and be quiet ( Renate Lüsse ) / I love Jesus all hours (Renate Lüsse)
• Soon the Lord is coming, Hallelujah / Jesus is King (You can always be victorious)
• Oh come with me to Golgotha ​​/ I'm looking at you
• Keep praying / I'll give you a name
• I want to sing songs / Come here, I want to tell / Blessed certainty (I was in sin for a long time)

Published in the music label Evangelist records from the Anton Schulte publishing house:

• Were you there?
• Are you looking for peace
• I've been through the world
• Do not go past, O Savior

Published in the music label Gesungenes Evangelium :

• Advent and Christmas. 5 Christmas carols and 5 Christmas carols
• What the world needs. A selection of groundbreaking chants.
• It is definitely time. Choral and arias of eschatological character / I am the way. Solo cantata
• Of the death and resurrection of Jesus. A selection of old chorales, songs and arias from passions and oratorios.

Compilation albums

• Faith means trust. Golden series. Good news in the song
• I want to sing about my Jesus. Mission work midnight call

Sampler

Popular titles by various interpreters of the gospel song of the 1950s and 60s, including those by Franz Knies, have been digitally revised and published in the following CD series:

• Yes, back then. Gerth Medien , 12 episodes 1994–1999
• Unforgettable - songs that last. Gerth Medien, 11 episodes since 2005

Publications

• Franz Knies: Profession became a calling. Evangelisationsverlag, Berghausen 1961, DNB 452468388 .

Gospel sung

Franz Knies published numerous singles and LPs in the music label Gesungenes Evangelium .

literature

• Franz Knies: From opera singer to gospel singer. In: Kurt E. Koch : Occult ABC . 4th edition. Bibel and Scripture Mission , 1996, ISBN 3-924293-02-3 , pp. 396-402 ( limited preview in Google book search).

Web links

• Works by and about Franz Knies in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Personal data set on Franz Knies in the catalog of the German National Library
2. ↑ http://www.amazon.de/1955-1995-Jahre-Mitternachtsruf-meinem-singen/dp/B00ATNL5Y8/
3. ↑ http://www.weltbild.ch/3/16178340-1/musik/unvergessen-7-lieder-die-bleib.html
4. ↑ Kurt E. Koch: Setting the course ( Memento of the original from July 30, 2013 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.  
5. ^ Franz Knies: From opera singer to gospel singer. In: Kurt E. Koch : Occult ABC . 4th edition. Bibel and Scripture Mission , 1996, ISBN 3-924293-02-3 , p. 401 ( limited preview in Google book search).
6. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2013 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.  
7. ↑ http://www.mnr.ch/verlag.php?actn=search_verlag&newsearch=no&startview=80  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ DNB 359407765