Hansl Schmid
Hansl Schmid (born December 1, 1897 in Vienna ; † December 31, 1987 there ; actually Johann Schmid ) was an interpreter of the Wienerlied before and after the Second World War . He is also more often referred to as "The Last Lord of the Viennese Song".
Live and act
Hans Schmid was born on December 1, 1897 in Ottakring at Redtenbachergasse 45. There is now a memorial plaque on the house where he was born.
Schmid, a trained businessman, began appearing in various Viennese Heurigen restaurants as early as the 1920s .
Due to its existing popularity as well as its expertise as Wienerlied Artist 1940 Schmid was friends for a spontaneous, high gentlemen favoring lecture in a wine tavern in the Vienna-Döblinger Schreiberweg called, where he to Joseph Goebbels and the Berlin met accompaniment. At the end of the Fiaker song accompanied by Schrammel musicians, the Propaganda Minister asked who the beautiful song was from. Schmid's self-testified reply, From a Jew , Goebbels is said to have ignored.
In December 1945 Schmid appeared in a series of concerts in the company of the (Faltl-) Kemmeter-Schrammeln in the Wiener Konzerthaus .
On December 1st, 1952, his birthday, he opened the Café Theresienhof in Vienna-Währing , Schulgasse 31, as Café Schmid Hansl , which is still a popular venue for Viennese song singers and Schrammel musicians .
Schmid found his final resting place in an honorary grave in the Ottakringer Friedhof (group 33, row 11, number 32). The Hansl-Schmid-Weg in Vienna-Ottakring was named after him in 1997.
Awards, honors, prizes
- Silver Medal of Merit of the State of Vienna , resolution of May 14, 1968
- Silver Merit of the Republic of Austria , 1971
- Gold Medal of Honor of the State of Vienna , resolution of November 30, 1982
- Ring of Honor of the City of Vienna , resolution of October 24, 1986
- Dear Augustin, 1987
- Large Silver Medal of Honor from the Chamber of Commerce
literature
- Harry Gloeckner, Wilfried Zeller -zellenberg (Ill.): Hansl Schmid, the last master of the Viennese song. Tusch (et al.), Vienna 1983, OBV .
- Rudi Luksch (music, text), Kurt Weizmann (music, text), Harald Lakits (arrangement): Beim Schmid Hansl. Wienerlied. Weltmusik Hochmuth, Vienna 2000, OBV .
- Elisabeth Theresia Fritz (ed.), Helmut Kretschmer (ed.): Vienna, music history . Volume 1: Folk music and Viennese song . Lit-Verlag, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-8258-8659-X .
- Christian Fastl: Schmid, Hans (own Johann August, called Schmid-Hansl). In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3046-5 .
Web links
- Works by and about Hansl Schmid in the catalog of the German National Library
- Annette Hexelschneider: Johann Schmid, "Schmid Hansl" - Wienerlied from 8 pm to 4 am . (Biography). In: portraetgalerie.wordpress.com ( Vienna Portrait Gallery ), March 16, 2008, accessed on August 22, 2011.
- Music Austria - Hansl SCHMID
- Portal concert café Schmid Hansl .
- YouTube channel Hansl Schmid - The Last Lord of the Wienerlied
Individual evidence
- ↑ See literature: Harry Gloeckner (...)
- ^ Ernst Weber: The Viennese song in the "Third Reich" . In: Fritz, Kretschmer: Volksmusik und Wienerlied , p. 404.
- ^ Wiener Konzerthaus (...). In: Austrian Volksstimme. Central organ of the Communist Party of Austria , No. 102/1945, December 2, 1945, p. 4 (unpaginated), column 1. (Online at ANNO ). .
- ↑ Brigitte Kirchhoff: The grand seigneur of the Wienerlied is 80 years young. The Weanalied has a new home at Schmid-Hansl . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 1, 1977, p. 16 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ↑ a b c d e f Hans Schmid on musiklexikon.ac.at
- ^ Report on the awarding of the Ring of Honor by the City of Vienna to Hans Schmid
Remarks
- ↑ The Faltl-Kemmeter-Schrammeln were the most important of the numerous Schrammel quartets of the post-war period. The ensemble was headed by the former philharmonic violinist Hans Faltl (1900–1972), the eponymous second personality was Franz Kemmeter (1896–1971) on the button accordion , Paul Holbik († 1973, age: 67) played the double guitar , Willy Bauer the second Violin . The quartet was particularly valued by Chancellor Leopold Figl (1902–1965), who had the musicians engaged for state events. - From: Ernst Weber: Die Wienermusik after 1945 . In: Fritz, Kretschmer: Volksmusik und Wienerlied , p. 425.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schmid, Hansl |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schmid, Johann August (real name); Schmid, Hans; Schmid-Hansl |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Viennese song singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1897 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 1987 |
Place of death | Vienna |