Helmut Kießling

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Helmut Kießling (born October 17, 1912 , † August 10, 1971 ) was a German writer and lyricist .

Life

Kießling lived and worked in Bad Lausick near Leipzig . At the town's train station, the name of his grandfather Wilhelm Kießling was visible from afar from the storage tower until the 1960s. After completing his training as a grain trader , he finally made writing his profession. By 1939 he had already published 18 successful publications. After his return from the war , Helmut Kießling put his text ideas on paper and, along with Johannes Kretzschmar (1898–1957) from Leipzig and Arnold Bormann (1894–1970) from East Berlin, was one of the first lyricists in East Germany to write song texts for radio - and wrote record productions . Many of his dance songs have been printed by Harth Musik Verlag Leipzig-Berlin and by Musikverlag Lied der Zeit .

Helmut Kießling was a member of the German Writers' Association and represented the interests of the dance song lyricists in the evaluation committee of the AWA ( Institute for the Protection of Performance Rights ).

Works

In 1947 he wrote the German text for Isaak Dunajewski's “Trinklied”, which was broadcast on the radio and registered in 1950 with the Gema . In 1970 the “Trinklied” appeared on record with Reiner Süß and the Great Dance String Orchestra under the direction of Jürgen Hermann. In the early years he also wrote the music for some of his texts (for example “Thank you, Mr. Franke”, “The language of love is international” and “A beautiful experience on the edge of everyday life”).

For many of his later hits, he added the texts to the ready-made melodies of his composers, a common way of working in dance-songwriting that requires experience and musical empathy from the lyricist.

The first post-war success came in 1948 with the song “A handful of colorful dreams” by Helmut Gardens in a recording with Margot Friedländer and the Leipzig Radio Dance Orchestra , conducted by Kurt Henkels . The text should express the mood of the people during this time:

"[...] I'm going into spring, laughing, my cash register is small.
A handful of colorful dreams is my whole capital [...] "

In 1950, Helmut Kießling wrote the German text for the song "Komm mit nach Saratow" by the Russian composer Mark G. Fradkin. The recording with Irma Baltuttis and the Rundfunk-Tanzorchester Leipzig under the direction of Kurt Henkels was published by Amiga.

Günter Oppenheimer was his house composer for many years. Many hits were also created in collaboration with, for example, Alo Koll, Bruno Droste, Werny Engelhardt, Gerhard Honig , Harry Seeger , Helmut Nier and Hans Bath . Together with Helmut Nier he also wrote songs for DEFA films e.g. For example, for “Maibowle” the titles “A thousand words about love” and “It was a day in May” and for the film “September love”, “In der Taverne” was created. "I only say yes to life" by Thomas Holt (GDR) was also used in a film "Three cameras on vacation". “You only ever thaw up at midnight” was the last newly created song with a text by Helmut Kießling, which was published by Amiga. In the 1970s and 1980s, a few new editions of his successful hits were released on record. The Gema repertoire contains around 200 of his songs.

Other works (selection)

  • 1937 "Seemannsfox" (B. Kay) - German text by Helmut Kießling
  • 1940 "In a nutshell " ( Reiny Roland )
  • 1950 "Premiere" (music: Helmut Gardens) - instrumental recording with the Leipzig Radio Dance Orchestra under the direction of Kurt Henkels
  • 1950 "Why does my heart have to cry" ( Alo Koll )
  • 1950 "A train goes out into the world" (Jonny Winford)
  • 1950 "The world has never been so beautiful" (Heinz Illing)
  • 1950 "I only say yes to life" ( Thomas Holt (GDR) )
  • 1950 “All day visit” ( Bruno Droste ) - instrumental recording with the Heinz Kretzschmar orchestra
  • 1951 "If you think you are lucky" ( Georg Girke )
  • 1951 "Hans an Fortuna" (Günter Oppenheimer)
  • 1952 “Russian Folksong Suite” (arrangement: Conny Odd ) - 27 minutes playing time
  • 1953 "Come dance with me in 3/4 time" ( Fred Dittrich )
  • 1953 "Luck en wholesale" (Thomas Holt)
  • 1954 "Dear moon, catch a little cloud" ( Walter Eichenberg ) together with Charlotte Korella - Ingrid Oberländer
  • 1954 “Every day can be so full of sun” (Walter Eichenberg) together with Maggie Koch - Irma Baltuttis; Helga Brauer in the 1980s
  • 1954 "I would like to dance a waltz" (Georg Girke)
  • 1954 "Echo, may I ask you something" (Helmut Nier)
  • 1954 “Flawless, flawless” (Günter Oppenheimer) - Fips Fleischer and Fred Frohberg
  • 1955 his great success "Lonely my ship lies in the harbor" (Walter Eichenberg) together with Maggie Koch - Fred Frohberg and the Rundfunk-Tanzorchester Leipzig under the direction of Kurt Henkels
  • 1955 "My heart is totally confused" (Walter Eichenberg) together with Maggie Koch - Brigitte Rabald and the RTO Leipzig under the direction of Kurt Henkels
  • 1955 “What does the world know about the two of us?” (Otto Riedlmayer) together with Walter Brandin
  • 1955 “Songs that my heart invents for you” (Alfred Jack) - Klaus Groß
  • 1955 “You dear little seagull” (Gerhard Honig) - Sonja Siewert and Ilse Hass
  • 1955 "Lüttje Deern" (Bruno Droste) - Heinz Schultze
  • 1955 "The flowers come a little later" (Bruno Droste)
  • 1955 "Do you kiss me, I kiss you" (Bruno Droste) - In 1963 Doris Marion wrote a special English text for this song ("Taking a Trip with You")
  • 1955 "Spain, Spain and Chestnuts" (Walter Eichenberg) - Brigitte Rabald
  • 1956 "I have a mortgage on your heart" ( Alfred Jack )
  • 1956 "A train goes out into the world" (Günter Oppenheimer)
  • 1956 "What have I done to you, Mon Ami" (Alfred Jack)
  • 1956 “You know what, we're going to buy a car” (Johannes Husak) - Sonja Siewert and Herbert Klein
  • 1957 "Boogie at midnight" (Helmut Gardens)
  • 1958 "Karina" ( Werny Engelhardt )
  • 1958 "Far away is my home" ( Gustav Brom / Günter Oppenheimer ) - Fred Frohberg
  • 1958 "Put the old record on" (Helmut Nier) - Hemmann quintet
  • 1959 “In love and being loved” (Toni Eschweiler) - Bärbel Wachholz
  • 1959 "Why are you acting so shyly, young man" (Günter Oppenheimer) - Bärbel Wachholz
  • 1960 “Yes, the ski instructor” ( Herbert Roth ) - Waltraut Schulz and Herbert Roth
  • 1963 "Left side in Switzerland" ( Georg Möckel ) - Helga Brauer
  • 1964 “Are young girls 16 years old” (Günter Oppenheimer) - Ruth Brandin
  • 1969 "Greetings to the Republic" (Fred Dittrich)

Helmut Kießling also wrote some texts as Peter Meller:

  • 1963 "But Betty can be so terribly nice" (Günter Oppenheimer) - Volkmar Böhm
  • 1963 “My newest hobby” (Günter Oppenheimer) - Volkmar Böhm
  • 1963 "But then life came into the booth" (Günter Oppenheimer)
  • 1963 "A friend, a friend" (Günter Oppenheimer) together with Erich Moderer - Rose-Marie Heimerdinger
  • 1967 "You always thaw at midnight" (Günter Oppenheimer) - Roswitha

Awards

  • Helmut Kießling received first prize for the text “Star Love” ( Joachim Werzlau ) in the hit competition “Golden Note 1960” organized by the German TV broadcaster .
  • "Why wander into the distance" (Gerhard Honig) achieved a good placement in the 1967 national hit competition.

literature

  • Magazine Melodie und Rhythmus, issue 4/1961, page 8 - Goldene Note 1960
  • Magazine Melodie und Rhythmus, issue 7/1961, page 21 - We introduce: Helmut Kießling
  • Magazine Melodie und Rhythmus, issue 7/1962, page 8 - We'll write a hit text together (Wolfgang Charle)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Musikverlag Lied der Zeit Berlin - Schlager für dich - Text booklet 21 Information on his texts published until 1939
  2. ↑ Compare the evidence in the catalog of the German National Library
  3. ↑ Compare the evidence in the catalog of the German National Library
  4. ↑ Compare the evidence in the catalog of the German National Library
  5. ↑ Compare the evidence in the catalog of the German National Library
  6. ↑ A picture with the singer, Helmut kiessling and Heinz Quermann in "Schlagergeschichten des Ostens" (2004) by Siegfried Trzoß, page 101
  7. ↑ Bernd Flühr found the full text of the song in a hit booklet from 1949.
  8. ↑ Leipzig Dance Orchestra of the State Broadcasting Committee *, Kurt Henkels - We Are For Each Other / Come To Saratow On Discogs
  9. ↑ Monopol text booklet 120; Reiny Roland has arranged many works by well-known composers (e.g. Jary, Winkler, etc.)
  10. ↑ Premiere - an Amiga instrumental recording with Kurt Henkels
  11. ↑ So registered with Gema
  12. ↑ Kießling in WorldCat
  13. ↑ After 1945 the West Berlin composer was head of the dance music department of the Berliner Rundfunk
  14. ^ In the catalog of Harth Musik Verlag
  15. ↑ 1958 printed in the magazine Melodie und Rhythmus in the sheet music supplement (middle of the booklet)
  16. ↑ In love and being loved - and other songs with Bärbel Wachholz
  17. ↑ Why do you act so shy young man - with Bärbel Wachholz
  18. ↑ personal letters from Helmut Kießling
  19. ↑ [1]
personal data
SURNAME Kiessling, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and lyricist
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1912
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1971