The eunuchs sit howling in the harem

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The eunuchs sit howling in the harem, and the refrain of a German post-war Foxtrot hit begins, the surtitle of which is Scandal in the Harem . In the sheet music editions and on the record labels he is referred to as "Comedy Fox". The music was composed by Gerhard Winkler , the text was written by Ralph Maria Siegel . It was published in 1947 by the Kasparek music publisher in Munich.

background

The composer Winkler, mainly known for his Italian hits, embarks on a cheerful excursion into oriental regions for two stanzas , which with harem , harem women, eunuchs and a cruel ("behead and curse") sultan still show all occidental pictorial clichés , that have been associated with this part of the world since orientalism :

Refrain:

The eunuchs sit howling in the harem.
The sultan's favorite wife has fled.
He will behead and curse them all:
the favorite woman is expecting a son!
The Sultan is not petty, but
it is embarrassing:
he was away for a whole year!
The eunuchs sit howling in the harem,
because one of them is totally derailed on duty.

Performers

In January 1948 Walter Dobschinski recorded the title for Amiga with the dance band of the Berliner Rundfunk . With an ensemble, Peter Igelhoff recorded the title in a swinging version at Tempo . Perhaps the best-known recording of it was made by the Comedien Quartet in July 1948 with Polydor . For the crystal -Nachfolgemarke Imperial sang Erwin Hartung the song to accompany the dance orchestra by Hans-Werner Kleve. Again for Amiga , the Corni Trio, accompanied by the Bruno Klennert Quartet , recorded the title on their “Sonderklasse” label in October 1948 ; later the group was known in the West as the " Cornel Trio ".

Live on

Musically

The founder of the music group "Friedel Hensch und die Cyprys", Werner Cyprys , recorded the song again under the pseudonym Jack Terry in 1961 with Polydor (label number 24 644).

The opera parodist and Diseuse Annette Postel sang the song in 2010 in her program Heut 'nacht ist mir so o-la-la with chansons and hits from the 1930s and 1940s, accompanied by the Schwanen Salon Orchestra.

The actor and musician Ulrich Tukur “smiled and looked towards the Orient” when he performed the hit on New Year's Eve 2013/14 in Wuppertal; also rose retro bands like the "Ballaststofforchester Salzburg" under its conductor Egon Achatz, with Serenade "The 3 Tenors", gladly funny comedy Fox on, still has an opportunity to show talent for comedy.

Literary

The song line is also quoted several times in the more recent narrative literature, e.g. E.g. in Gustav Adolf Himmel's first novel Überfahrt from 1962, then in 1982 in Will Berthold's novel Geld wie Heu , in Matthias Zschokke's novel Lieber Niels , published by Wallstein Verlag in 2012, in 2014 in Stefanie Zweig's autobiographical novel Irgendwo in Deutschland und in Else Scherhag's memories from my childhood , published in 2014 under the title Helle und Dunkel Tage , in 2015 by Hans Müller-Jüngst in his novel Paulo Becomes a Student Councilor and also in 2015 in Meg Cabot's fifth Heather Wells crime thriller Is there a life after the cake? , which Claudia Geng translated.

The song is also mentioned in the socially critical play The Spring Festival by the multiple award-winning writer Gerlind Reinshagen .

A radio play thriller, episode 18 of its series about the master detective Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. Augustus van Dusen , author Michael Koser gave the title The eunuchs sit howling in the harem .

Sound documents (selection)

  • Scandal in the harem. Comedy-Fox (Gerh. Winkler - Ralph M. Siegel) Comedien-Quartet. Polydor 48 114 (die number: 667KK), in the wax : 48114A; 7/26/48
  • Scandal in the harem. Comedy-Fox (Gerh. Winkler - Ralph M. Siegel) Peter Igelhoff with ensemble. Singing: Peter Igelhoff. Tempo 3566, Matr. 561 - Lic 91 APO 407
  • Scandal in the harem. Comedy-Fox (Gerh. Winkler - Ralph M. Siegel) Walter Dobschinski and the dance band of the Berliner Rundfunk. Amiga 1145 (Matr. AM 1020), add. Berlin, January 1948
  • Scandal in the harem. Fox v. Winkler Seal. The Corni Trio. Amiga special class 1178 (mat. AM 1109)
  • Scandal in the harem (the eunuchs sit howling in the harem), Comedy Fox (Gerhard Winkler - Ralph Maria Siegel) Hans-Werner Kleve with his dance orchestra. Singing: Erwin Hartung . Imperial 17 485 (Matr. KC 29 986), up. Berlin 1948

Sheet music editions

  • Scandal in the harem: the eunuchs sit howling in the harem; Comedy fox. M .: Gerhard Winkler. T .: Ralph Maria Siegel. F. Ges. M. Klav .; Munich: Edition Kasparek GmbH., Publication date: 1947. Publisher no. EKM 519; 4º
  • Scandal in the harem: the eunuchs sit howling in the harem; Comedy fox. M .: Gerhard Winkler. T .: Ralph Maria Siegel. Arranged: A. Steimel. FS-Orch .; Munich: Kasparek 1947. Ch.8º

literature

  • Matthias Bardong, Hermann Demmler, Christian Pfarr (Hrsg.): The lexicon of the German hit. Verlag Schott, Mainz 1993, ISBN 3-7957-8208-2 , p. 379.
  • Angelika Czekay: German National Identity and the female subject. In: Karen Hermine Jankowsky, Carla Love (Ed.): Other Germanies. Questioning Identity in Women's Literature and Art. 1997, ISBN 0-7914-3450-8 , pp. 225f.
  • Michael Fritsche, Kathrin Schulze: Open sesame. Images from the Orient in children's and youth literature. BIS-Verlag, 2006.
  • Karen Hermine Jankowsky, Carla Love: Other Germanies. Questioning Identity in Women's Literature and Art. SUNY Press, 1997, ISBN 0-7914-3449-4 .
  • Library of Congress Catalog: Music and phonorecords, Volume 27. Publisher: Library of Congress, 1953, p. 941.
  • Stephanie Mattes: Orient in Film. Verlag Books on Demand, 2002, ISBN 3-8311-3690-4 , pp. 3, 5, 48-49, 67, 76, 112 and 118
  • Stephan duty: Gerhard Winkler: a composer portrait. R. Birnbach Musikverlag, 1986, ISBN 3-920103-00-9 , p. 261.
  • Martina Thöne: Ulrich Tukur: A jack of all trades proves his tact in the valley. In: WAZ. January 1, 2014. wz.de

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Catalog entry of the German National Library: DNB 1001387643
  2. ↑ his most well-known, the Capri-Fischer (“When the red sun sinks into the sea at Capri…”, text also by RM Siegel), was created as early as 1943, cf. Video on YouTube : Rudi Schuricke with the Waldo Favre Choir, Orchester der Plaza Berlin, Siemens-Polydor 47 867 (Matr. 10167 ½ GD 9)
  3. ↑ cf. z. B. Fritsche-Schulze p. 8, Mattes p. 48, 67, 114.
  4. ↑ founded after the Second World War by the tenor Herbert Imlau , cf. user 'humoresk' Fri Dec 26 2014, 10:39 pm at shellac station , there also photos. The quartet consisted of Herbert Imlau, Fred Ritter, Werner Schliebietz and Karl-Heinz Nowak.
  5. ↑ label shown. at shellack transmitter ( user 'Austroton' Fri Mar 06 2015, 18:58), there also more information about the orchestra leader Kleve. For this cf. also: Hans Werner Kleve: Dance at many weddings. A Berlin bandmaster talks about his life. Verlag Frieling, 1997.
  6. ↑ cf. rocknroll-schallplatten-forum.de
  7. ↑ was founded in 1946 by Peter Cornehlsen, consisted of Peter Cornehlsen * January 27, 1924, baritone, guitar, Michael Lengauer * December 6, 1924, bass-baritone, HORST "Dickie" Kraft * May 27, 1924, tenor, double bass, cf. ddrschlager.de and memoryradio.de
  8. ↑ see dada-records.de
  9. ↑ Video on YouTube , cf. salonorchester-schwanen.de : Georg Huber (conductor, violin), Eva Zacharias (violin, viola), Bernhard Spranger (cello), Rosanna Zacharias (double bass), Ernst Ruprich (flute), Jutta Fischer (clarinet, saxophone), Waldemar Bischke (Clarinet), Leo Langer (piano), Heinz R. Huber (accordion), Jochen Blum (percussion).
  10. ↑ cf. M. Thöne in WAZ January 2014.
  11. ↑ cf. Video on YouTube
  12. ^ Gustav Adolf Himmel: crossing. Novel. Verlag Mohn, 1962, p. 165: “The judges look at each other helplessly, the pianist plays: 'The eunuchs sit howling in the harem', then modulates according to G and starts a Schnaderhüpferl, because two of Polly's friends are demonstrating the lederhosen they bought in Hamburg . “- Gustav Adolf Himmel, born in Moers in 1928 , made his writing debut in 1962 with the novel Überfahrt . His first radio plays, The Toad and Old Children's Song , were first broadcast by WDR in 1969. See dra.de
  13. ↑ Will Berthold: Money like hay. Novel. Verlag W. Goldmann, 1982, ISBN 3-442-06420-1 : “Carroni, obviously taken away by an urgent official matter, gets up unwillingly; he leaves a colonello and an elderly major to protect his young wife. 'The eunuchs sit howling in the harem, the sultan's favorite wife has fled' "(p. 70)
  14. ^ Matthias Zschokke: Dear Niels. Wallstein Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8353-2136-6 : “The crazy thing is: Half a year ago, the Tagesspiegel wrote a review of the operetta Rose by Stambul under the heading: The eunuchs sit howling in the harem. That's why I thought the line would appear in there. "
  15. ↑ Stefanie Zweig: Somewhere in Germany. Autobiographical novel. Langen Mueller, Herbig, 06.2014: “The giant with the dark brown wavy hair, who looked like his father yesterday, sang 'The eunuchs sit in the harem crying', 'Who should pay for that?' and 'Gaudeamus igitur'. Foaming bubbles came out of his mouth. "
  16. ↑ Else Scherhag: Bright and dark days: memories from my childhood. Verlag epubli, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8442-4341-3 : “The performances ranged from: 'Nightingale, I hear you singing' to: 'The eunuchs sit howling in the harem: the sultan's favorite wife has escaped -ohn! The sultan will behead them and curse them; because the favorite woman is expecting a son '"(p. 185)
  17. ↑ HaMuJu: Paulo becomes a teacher and travels (2). Verlag neobooks, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-8476-5170-3 : “I remember Reinhard, who was much older than us and had an alcoholic career behind him. I still remember how he played and sang on the piano at Gabi's downstairs: 'The eunuchs sit howling in the harem, the sultan's favorite wife has run away; he can behead and curse them all, the favorite woman is expecting a son. '"
  18. ↑ Meg Cabot: Is there life after the cake? Novel. Translated by Claudia Geng. Blanvalet Taschenbuch Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-641-15894-1 : “Up there in his room there is a lot of punk going on. Everyone knows that his daddy is a rich sultan with a large harem [...] And in this harem the eunuchs sit howling [...] 'The sultan's favorite wife has fled,' I mutter before I can stop myself. Exactly! says Gavin, enthusiastically leans forward and points at me. "
  19. ^ First performance at the Schauspielhaus Bochum May 9, 1980, director: Claus Peymann
  20. ↑ she received z. B. the sponsorship of the Schiller Memorial Prize of the State of Baden-Württemberg (1974), the Mülheim Dramatist Prize (1977), the honorary award of the Andreas Gryphius Prize (1982), the Roswitha Medal of the City of Bad Gandersheim (1988), the Ludwig Mülheims Prize for Religious Drama (1993) and the Lower Saxony Prize (1999), cf. lyrikwelt.de ( Memento of the original from October 21, 2017 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lyrikwelt.de
  21. ↑ Gerlind Reinshagen: The Spring Festival. In: Collected Pieces. VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, 1986, p. 439: “The polonaise is coming again, led by Rotermund, who is now playing on a children's accordion: 'The eunuchs sit howling in the harem'. The women join in. Monk alone, to Karl-Ernst, who is lying picturesquely under a tree in the foreground: That dances, my boy, thinks it could cut me in half over a spoon! "
  22. ↑ RIAS Berlin, directed by Rainer Clute, original broadcast: January 7, 1981, see hoerspiel-labor.de and tu-berlin.de
  23. ↑ Video on YouTube
  24. ↑ Video on YouTube
  25. ↑ Video on YouTube