Heinz Conrads

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Josef Lehner: Relief plate on the Conrads monument in Vienna-Penzing

Heinz Conrads (born December 21, 1913 in Vienna ; † April 9, 1986 ibid) was an Austrian actor, cabaret artist and Viennese song interpreter.

Life

Heinz Conrads was born out of wedlock as the son of the seamstress Marie Hansal, later Conrads (* 1890 in Gatterschlag , South Bohemia, † 1985 in Vienna). Between 1916 and 1922 the name was changed to Heinrich Conrads.

He learned to be a model carpenter and was involved as an actor in theater associations at an early age. In 1933 he volunteered for the armed forces due to poor economic conditions and became a radio operator. In addition, he arranged and gave company parties.

He fell seriously ill during the attack on Poland in 1939 and was transferred to Vienna as a result. In 1940, Lilly Conrads, b. Peter, listed as a wife. During the Second World War he took acting lessons and made his debut at the Wiener Stadttheater in 1942 . Whether he was to be accused of ingratulating the regime was never examined in detail.

After the end of the war he was “discovered” by Heinz Sandauer and worked as a conférencier, actor and chansonnier at “Colorful Evenings”, fashion shows and similar events. From 1945 to 1948 and from 1950 to 1955 Conrads appeared in the Viennese cabaret Simpl . From 1946 until his death he hosted for the ORF radio initially the mission What we do on Sunday when it beautiful? , then what's new here in Vienna? , followed by the follow-up broadcast throughout Austria, What's new? . With this weekly big Sunday morning revue (each lasting 45 minutes), he made himself the top audience favorite of Austrian radio entertainment. For many years he was accompanied on two pianos by Carl de Groof , Gustav Zelibor , and after his death by Norbert Pawlicki , Hans Kann , Herbert Seiter , Heinz Hruza , Leopold Grossmann and Franz Bauer-Theussl .

For years on ORF television he presented the program Guten Abend am Saturday on Saturday evening , which was first launched in 1957 under the title What is new one sees . The last time the program was broadcast under this title on December 23, 1967 at 6:40 p.m., the new title was launched on January 6, 1968.

His (almost) identical greeting became a trademark: a kiss on the hand to the ladies, a good evening to the gentleman and the youth, greet the girls, servas the boys. Or: Good evening ladies, good evening gentlemen, good evening the girls, servas the boys . This was followed by the question of how well the audience was feeling and wishes for improvement, should someone need them. Finally, Conrads greeted those who , like many evenings, might be sitting alone in front of the television screen . The program was briefly broadcast on television in Germany and Switzerland (see e.g. February 22, 1964, 8.15 p.m.).

The usually half-hour program, which became a real institution, served many young artists from the field of classical music and upscale popular music as a springboard for their careers. It was held entirely in the classic conference style and combined musical performances and short chats, big stars and promising young talents. The host himself also gave singing samples, mostly in the style of the traditional Viennese song.

The concept of upscale evening entertainment was often carried over to special programs lasting several hours, which, supplemented by humorous game scenes, for example on New Year's Eve (“Walk into the new year” on December 31, 1968 or “Children, so young, never get together” on December 31, 1968) December 1982). On such evenings, Conrads welcomed a real star line-up from home and abroad. Another example was “Singendes, klingendes Österreich” (including March 4th, 1967, 8:15 p.m., when Heinz Conrads was a guest in Lienz at Bruck Castle ) or “Good evening in Austria” with the subtitle “Frei nach Ralph Benatzky” on March 10th May 1969, 8.30 p.m.). After his death, Peter Fröhlich continued the broadcast concept for a few years .

From 1953 Heinz Conrads appeared as an actor in films and at the Vienna Theater in der Josefstadt . From 1973 he often played the "frog" in the operetta Die Fledermaus at the Vienna Volksoper . This year he was awarded the title of "Professor".

Heinz Conrads was also an enthusiastic (Viennese) song interpreter, composer and lyricist, as he was happy to prove with his song “When my daughter learned to play the piano”. Songs like

  • " The Wurschtl ",
  • "The Snowflake and the Ruaßflankerl",
  • "A sloping Wiesn on the Danube Canal",
  • "The cobbler Pockerl",
  • "Please, Mr. Hairdresser",
  • "Put my horse in the stable",
  • "When half-time in life is" and
  • "Look at Zwiefel, find yourself at Knofel"

(the last two by Josef "Pepi" Kaderka ) got something timeless through his original interpretation. He also performed songs by Otto Reutter (“The Overcoat”, “The Conscientious Mason”), which he “translated” into Viennese both in the text and in the performance. But he particularly enjoyed singing songs with a Czech reference, where his mother was from, such as “How Bohemia was still with Austria” or “It was nice in Podebrady ”. And always at Christmas time he sang the eagerly awaited “Dear Christkindl” and the story “Der Maronibrater ” (composer: Herbert Seiter, arranger Kurt Svab). In addition, Conrads let the organist Wolfgang Guhswald play the large organ in the radio broadcasting hall.

Heinz Conrads monument by Josef Lehner in front of Heinz Conrads Park in the 14th district
Heinz Conrads' grave

Heinz Conrads died of a heart attack and was buried in an honorary grave in the Hietzing cemetery (group 16, burial chamber 35E). What was remarkable about his funeral was the use of the glass carriage by Bestattung Wien , which is rarely used otherwise.

In his honor, a green space near his long-term residence was named after him. The "Heinz-Conrads-Park" is located on the corner of Schlossallee and Penzinger Strasse in the 14th district. In 2004, Conrads was voted into the list of the 50 most important Austrians of the last 50 years in a reader survey conducted by the Vienna daily Kurier . He was considered a big football fan and supported above all SK Rapid Wien . In the District Museum Penzing a permanent exhibition is dedicated to him.

reception

On the occasion of the 70th birthday celebration of Conrads, which took place on TV, the term Conradsism was coined by a cultural critic .

Awards (selection)

Heinz Conrads received 54 awards and honors during his lifetime.

Filmography (selection)

Discography (selection)

  • 1994 CD Heinz Conrads sings the most popular Viennese songs , Polygram Vienna.
  • 1979 LP Celebrities from Vienna, Elite Special

Web links

Commons : Heinz Conrads  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Digital copies of historical registration papers of the City of Vienna
  2. ↑ Heinz Conrads ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2008 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. Retrieved April 3, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kabarettarchiv.at
  3. ^ Franz Schuh : Half a double-headed eagle , Falter, August 25, 2004 ( Memento from May 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Wickie, Slime and Paiper, The CD for the ORF TV Show, BMG Ariola, CD 1 (1970s) / Track 2, Heinz Conrads: Good evening on Saturday, welcome
  5. ^ Wickie, Slime and Paiper Vol. 3, Sony / Columbia, CD 2 (1980s) / Track 15, Heinz Conrads: Welcome and Schwarzseher campaign from 1982
  6. ↑ Wickie, Slime and Paiper XL, Sony / ?, CD 2 / Track 1, Heinz Conrads: Welcome
  7. ↑ Theater and TV legends: Walk into the new year (recording from December 31, 1969), ORF III , January 1, 2012, 4:35 pm. An early New Year's Eve with Heinz Conrads and his guests in the Vienna City Hall (as my colleagues still have a New Year's Eve)
  8. ↑ The Maronibrater at notendatenbank.net. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
  9. ↑ On the 30th anniversary of his death / Heinz Conrads. Editorial office of the Austrian Press Office, April 8, 2016, accessed on December 10, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Farewell: From state funerals that weren't in the press on August 9, 2008, accessed on August 19, 2018
  11. ↑ Martin Behr, Herbert Troger: We are storm! - 100 years of football history in Graz , p. 282
  12. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Conrads, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor, conférencier and Wienerlied interpreter
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1986
Place of death Vienna