Hermann Frey (songwriter)
Hermann Frey (born July 1, 1876 in Berlin , † October 5, 1950 in Munich ) was a German hit writer and tap dancer .
life and work
In 1888 Hermann Frey appeared in the Americain Theater in Berlin. Frey was close friends with the composer Walter Kollo . At the turn of the century, the two created their first hit Come, help me turn the part . In a pub in Berlin's Besselstrasse , Frey and Kollo had to perform this work over and over again until they were tired of it and asked another musician to sit down at the piano. However, he was so drunk that he could only babble: Always long against the wall . Frey bought these five words from him for three marks and turned them into a hit that became a global success. The hit Das Schmackeduzchen (Kollo / Frey) made the singer Claire Waldoff famous in 1907. The old streets still , a wistful homecoming song from the time of the First World War , also became very famous.
Since 1914 Hermann Frey was friends with Heinrich Zille , with whom he often worked. Her works were often published by Otto Wrede . Frey's autobiography Immer am Wand lang , first published in 1943, was provided with numerous drawings and photos by Heinrich Zille.
In 1920 he wrote the text Bummel-Petrus for a polka by Max Werner-Kersten .
When, after the First World War, hits from the USA came to Germany and became popular, Hermann Frey wrote the text for Mein Paragei eat nicht hard Eier . Actually, this work, which in turn was set to music by Kollo, was intended as a parody of works such as Ausrechnungs Bananen , but was not recognized as such and very popular with the audience among other nonsense hits of the post-war period and the Weimar Republic .
Titles like Aunt Paula lies in bed and eats tomatoes , Franz, the violinist , Max, you've got the shoving out of the way , In Tegel, Tegel there are loose birds , As long as your trousers don't hang on the chandelier and After meene Beene is yes, became known Berlin goes crazy .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Date of death according to Kürschner's necrology; other sources give March 5, 1948.
- ↑ Roger Stein: The German Dirnenlied. Literary cabaret from Bruant to Brecht . 2nd Edition. Böhlau, 2007, ISBN 978-3-412-03306-4 , p. 268.
- ↑ Otto Reutter's biography ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Always along the wall
- ^ Walther Kiaulehn : Berlin. Fate of a cosmopolitan city . Beck, 1996, ISBN 978-3-406-41634-7 , p. 242 ff.
- ↑ Collo ( Memento of the original from October 3, 2012 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.
- ↑ The old streets still
- ↑ a b Walther Kiaulehn : Berlin. Fate of a cosmopolitan city . Beck, 1996, ISBN 978-3-406-41634-7 , p. 243
- ↑ Kettererkunst
- ↑ Otto Wrede
- ↑ My parrot doesn't eat hard eggs
- ↑ Aunt Paula lies in bed and eats tomatoes
- ↑ Franz, the violinist
- ↑ Deutschlandfunk, broadcast playlist cross heads
- ↑ Felix Bloch heirs
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frey, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th October 1950 |
| Place of death | Munich |