Hein & Oss
The twin brothers Hein (born September 17, 1927 in Pirmasens ; † February 14, 2016 ibid) and Oss Kröher (born September 17, 1927 in Pirmasens; † July 1, 2019 in Rodalben ), actually Heinrich and Oskar Kröher , were two German folk songs -Singer and songwriter . For decades, they performed mostly together and have received several awards.
Life
The shoe salesman and later teacher Oskar as well as the merchant Heinrich were rooted in the boyhood . In the post-war period, both played as guitarists in the Zweibrücken Jazz Orchestra, but soon they devoted themselves entirely to German folk songs in their free time . They published 17 long-playing records and CDs as well as books with collections of songs from all over the world. They received the silver medal at the 1978 World Book Art Exhibition in Tel Aviv for their songbook Das sind Unser Lieder , illustrated by Gertrude Degenhardt . Together with Peter Rohland , they initiated the Chanson Folklore International festival at Waldeck Castle (1964–69).
The brothers were also active as a writer . Heinrich Kröher wrote columns in the Pirmasenser newspaper under the pseudonym "Hoyna Tsiyäuna" ("Heiner Zigeuner") and documented the Pirmasenser dialect . Oskar Kröher published a book (The Orient is Far) about a motorcycle trip to India that he took with his friend Gustav Pfirrmann in 1951. For the twins' 80th birthday in autumn 2007, the first part of Oskar's autobiography Ein Liederleben was published , in 2011 the follow- up volume Auf irren Pfaden , in 2013 from the campfire into the limelight and in 2015 traveling singers .
When they performed on June 15, 2011 at the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress in Koblenz, the brothers announced that this would be their last public concert. After that, however, they performed again - on June 8, 2014 at the “International Song Festival” on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Burg Waldeck Festival .
Heinrich Kröher's eldest son is the non-fiction author and journalist Michael Kröher .
Heinrich Kröher died on February 14, 2016 at the age of 88 after a short illness in his hometown of Pirmasens; Oskar Kröher died on July 1, 2019 at the age of 91 after a long illness in Rodalben.
The folk singers
Heinrich and Oskar Kröher were on the stages in Europe and North America as "Hein & Oss" for more than fifty years. As German songwriters, they called themselves “Die Volkssänger” - after an expression from the Viennese Biedermeier period. Long before there was talk of a new folk song movement, the singing and guitar duo tried to produce democratic folk songs: workers songs , freedom songs from the time of the Hecker uprising of 1848/49, songs from the Hambach Festival , partisan songs and soldiers songs against the drill, sea shanties and cowboy songs, songs of hiking, drinking and restlessness. Your songbooks are style-defining.
The co-founders and regular participants of the “Chanson Folklore International” festival series at Waldeck Castle in the Hunsrück have traveled half the world for decades, including for the Goethe-Institut and the German Academic Exchange Service .
Awards
- 1977: Silver plaque of honor from the city of Pirmasens
- 1981: Medal of Honor from the District Association of the Palatinate for special merits
- 1987: Golden plaque of honor from the city of Pirmasens
- 1988: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
- 1992: Peter Cornelius plaque for many years of service to music maintenance in Rhineland-Palatinate
- 1993: Louis Pinck Prize of the FVS Foundation for services as a folk song collector and folk singer
- 1995: Prize of the Emichsburg for services to the dialect and culture of the region
- 2000: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
- 2002: Pamina Prize of the City of Germersheim
- 2004: Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
Works
Publications
Hein and Oss Kröher together
- Red-gray ravens - from folk song to folk song. Südmarkverlag, 1969.
- These are our songs. Gutenberg Book Guild, 1977.
- European songbook. Federal Executive Committee of the SPD, 1979.
- Cowboy songs. B. Schott's Sons , 1983.
- Die Liederpfalz: A songbook. Palatinate Publishing House, 1987 and 1991.
- The new Zupfgeigenhansl. B. Schott's Sons, 1983.
- Late harvest dry. Private print, 2000.
- Nature experiences by Hein and Oss Kröher . In: Gerhard Neudorf (editor): Idea and movement. Issue 94, June 2011, Asbach-Sickenberg, pp. 4–63.
- Signals 63 Calendar of Boys. Originally Südmarkverlag, reprint by Donat Verlag, December 2012.
Hein Kröher
- Hoyna Tsiyäuna stories in dialect. Adolf Deil Verlag, 1989.
- Vun de Freiheit and de Lyoner. Palatinate Publishing House, 1991.
- On the dinosaur tongue. Edition Moses, 1992.
- The rind neck. Landsknechtsongs. Südmarkverlag.
Oss Kröher
- Sand and salt. Short stories. Südmarkverlag, 1967.
- Sing out! Anglo-American songs. Ernst Klett Verlag, 1973.
- Joli Tambour, French chansons. Ernst Klett Verlag, 1978.
- Song tour in the program foreign language German. Ernst Klett Verlag, 1982.
- The political song. State Institute for Teacher Training, Speyer.
- Rocks in the Wasgau. Palatinate Publishing House, 1993.
- My Pirmasens. Self-published, 1994.
- The Orient is far. Gollenstein Verlag, 1997; National Geographic Adventure Press, 2002.
- Grace in plumage - native birds. Gollenstein Verlag, 2002 (illustrations by F. Weick).
- Audiobook: The Orient is Far - author reading. 3 CDs, Plans records, 2005.
- A song life - a youth in the Third Reich. Self-published, 2007.
- On crazy paths - through times of hunger. Gollenstein Verlag, autumn 2011.
- From the campfire into the spotlight. Spurbuchverlag, July 2013.
- Traveling singers. Spurbuchverlag, September 2015.
Discography
Own recordings
- Soldiers songs. LP CBS, 1966; CD RBM, 2000.
- Halali hunter songs. LP SAGA, 1968.
- Songs of the World. LP SAGA, 1968.
- Haul away sea shanties. LP DA CAMERA, 1969; CD RBM, 1996.
- Bertolt Brecht songs. LP DA CAMERA, 1969; CD RBM, 1996.
- On the big road. LP DA CAMERA, 1970; CD RBM, 1996.
- German songs 1848/49. LP SONGBIRD, 1974; CD WERGO, 1997.
- Workers songs. LP Book Guild Gutenberg, 1975.
- Folk songs. 2 LP Book Guild Gutenberg, 1976; CD RBM, 1994.
- Freedom songs. LP Book Guild Gutenberg, 1977.
- Cowboy songs. LP SONGBIRD, 1980.
- Songs from the Hambach Festival. LP Book Guild Gutenberg, 1982.
- Song journey. MC Klett, Stuttgart 1982.
- Partisan songs. LP SK RECORDS, 1984.
- Drinking songs. CD Book Guild Gutenberg, 1991.
- Falado. CD plans records, 2001.
- These are our songs. Complete edition 17 CDs RBM, December 2013.
- Falado - The folk singers. a production and a film by Gabi Heleen Bollinger, DVD Westpark Music, 2008.
Recordings with other artists
- Diverse: Concert for Pitter. LP EDITION VENCEREMOS, 1976.
- Diverse: Alemannic Christmas . Werner O. Feißt reads two Christmas stories, Hein & Oss sing three Christmas carols. TR Publishing Union, 1977.
- Espe , Hein & Oss: When all the little fountains flow . LP DPWV / STOCKFISCH 1981.
- Espe, Hein & Oss: Plant the freedom tree - songs from the Vormärz. LP SPK / Plans, 1986.
- Diverse: ... because now freedom is blooming. CD Südwest records, 1998 (folk song archive).
- Espe, Hein & Oss: Princes out to the country. Hambacher Lieder, LEICO-music, 2015.
Web links
- Literature by and about Hein Kröher in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Oss Kröher in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Hein and Oss in the catalog of the German National Library
- Exhibition Hein and Oss Kröher
- Portrait of Hein Kröher , 2005. In memory of Hein Kröher, the community television broadcaster OKTV Südwestpfalz broadcast a portrait of the Pirmasens artist.
- Film about Hein and Oss Kröher
Individual evidence
- ^ Arbeitsgemeinschaft Burg Waldeck e. V. (Ed.): Program “Waldeck 2014, Whitsun, 6. – 8. June, 50 years of the International Song Festival ” . 2014.
- ↑ Songwriter Hein Kröher has died. In: derStandard.at . February 14, 2016, accessed July 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Pirmasenser songwriter Oskar Kröher is dead. In: swr.de . July 1, 2019, accessed July 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Secret compulsion to love. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , September 11, 2010, page Z6.