I am Doctor Eisenbart

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I am Doctor Eisenbart , first print with melody, Berlin 1840

Ich bin der Doktor Eisenbart is a folk , student and drinking song , also known as the Eisenbart song , that was writtenaround 1800. It is about the treatment methods of Johann Andreas Eisenbarth , who isportrayedin the song as a quack . There are numerous modifications, of which the earliest datable publication from 1814 comes from the Kommersbuch of the Germania student association from Göttingen . The first publication with a melody appeared in 1840. In the 20th century, the student song turned into a youth and children's song , the melody of which finally formed the basis for the equally popular A Man Who Called himself Columbus .

Emergence

The joke song Ich bin der Doktor Eisenbart was probably written around 1800 among Göttingen students . A popular destination for them back then was Hann. Münden , where Johann Andreas Eisenbarth died in 1727 and a tomb was erected for him.

song lyrics

The song begins with the verse

I'm Doctor Eisenbart,
widewidewitt,
boom , boom , cure the people my way,
widewidewitt, boom , boom .
Can make the blind go,
widewidewitt, juchheirassa,
and the lame see again,
widewidewitt, bum, bum.

and has innumerable other stanzas that have been added to the original twelve over the years.

distribution

I am Doctor Eisenbart immediately gained great popularity and was known all over Germany. But the song also spread beyond German-speaking countries, for example as Ik ben de Doctor Yzerbaard in the Netherlands or as Oh! Dr. Eisenbart's my name in the UK . There were also French and Polish versions.

reception

Glockenspiel on the facade of the town hall Hann. Münden with Doctor Eisenbart

Numerous parodies , such as I am the butcher Bonapart from the time of the wars of liberation or I am the Doctor Hindenburg from the time of the First World War, testify to the continuing popularity of the song.

I am Doctor Eisenbart and his great fame also provided a major impetus for literary adaptations of the material in the form of novels , e. B. by Agnes Harder (1897), Josef Winckler (1928), Fritz Nölle (1940), Hanns Kneifel (2002) or stage works , e.g. B. by Otto Falckenberg (1907), Otto Weddigen (1909), Hermann Zilcher (1921).

Josef Winckler's novel, on the other hand, served the Czech composer Pavel Haas, who was murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau , as a template for the libretto of his only opera, Šarlatán (Der Scharlatan) .

The Eisenbart song was musically integrated into the operetta Doktor Eisenbart by the Austrian composer Nico Dostal .

The melody of the Iron Beard song sounds as chime in figure circulating in the gable of the town hall of Hann. Münden , the place where the protagonist died .

In the 1930s, the tone sequence of Ich bin der Doktor Eisenbart formed the basis for the joke song A man who called himself Columbus , which later also became a popular children's song.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Tobias Widmaier: I am the Doctor Eisenbart (2009). In: Popular and Traditional Songs. Historical-critical song lexicon of the German Folk Song Archive
  2. ↑ Song dictionary: Edition A. Accessed on April 28, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Liederlexikon: Edition B. Retrieved on April 28, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Lied Lexicon: Edition D. Retrieved April 28, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Folk song collection: I am Doctor Eisenbart. Retrieved April 28, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Song dictionary: I am the butcher Bonapart. Retrieved April 28, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Song dictionary: I am the Doctor Hindenburg. Retrieved April 28, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Tobias Widmaier: A man who calls himself Columbus (2009). In: Popular and Traditional Songs. Historical-critical song lexicon of the German Folk Song Archive