Karl Berbuer

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The Narrenschiffbrunnen on Karl-Berbuer-Platz in Cologne

Karl Berbuer (born July 26, 1900 in Cologne ; † November 17, 1977 ibid) was a German composer , kitten and pop singer .

life and work

In his civil profession, Berbuer was a baker . In 1919 he went to the Schneider Clauss stage as an amateur actor, from 1924 he was active in the Cologne carnival ; That year he sang his anti-occupier song Se kriggen ons nit kapott at a carnival event that was banned by the British occupation .

Berbuer wrote more than 120 songs and couplets , many of which are still sung today. One of his best-known works is the carnival hit Heidewitzka, Herr Kapitän (1936). The income from this song was for Berbuer an "excellent lifelong pension". In the early years of the Federal Republic of Germany, the song occasionally served as a substitute anthem ; This is how Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer was received with Heidewitzka, Captain , on his visit to Chicago in 1953 . In 1939, according to Der Spiegel, Berbuer sold 300,000 copies of Das you can't suspect (you lively deer, you) , a high turnover for the time. The income from the half-year accounts amounted to 12,000 Reichsmarks . The Trizonesia song ( We are the natives of Trizonesia , December 1948) made a satirical reference to the post-war division of West Germany into three Allied occupation zones and was also used as an anthem at award ceremonies in sport. Other well-known compositions by Berbuers are O Mosella (1947), Un et Arnöldche fleut (1950) and Camping Leed (Do laachs do dich kapott, dat calls m'r Camping) (1954).

Berbuer was buried in Cologne's south cemetery (hall 83). Karl-Berbuer-Platz ( 50 ° 55 ′ 41 ″  N , 6 ° 57 ′ 25 ″  E ) in the Severinsviertel is named after him. The bronze fountain erected there in 1987 by Bonifatius Stirnberg also bears his name; he represents a ship of fools with characters from some of his songs.

Songs (selection)

  • Heidewitzka, Mr. Captain (1936)
  • You can't guess (you lively deer, you) (1938)
  • Dat ess ärgerlich / Die Hüsger bunt om Aldermaat (1938) Grammophon 2839
  • Then don't eat anything, Marie (1938)
  • O Mosella / Heija Popeija (1947)
  • If the Heinzelmänncher came now / Thu had a Schisselawupptig (1947)
  • Trizonesia Song (We are the natives of Trizonesia) / Can you be sober (December 17, 1948)
  • Friedenspfeifen-Samba / Et Plöckleed (Jo d'r eschte Plöck es prima) (Polydor # 48262; October 28, 1949)
  • Un et Arnöldche fleut (1950)
  • Nor am Dreikünningepöötzge (1953)
  • Is your heart still free?
  • Yes, these are little things
  • Camping Leed (Do laachs do dich kapott, dat calls m'r Camping) (1954)
  • Like in the land of plenty (1955)
  • Rheinland-Weinland-Waltz (This is so beautiful in the Rhineland, in the Weinland) (1956)
  • Agrippina Agrippinensis
  • You see, you sweet mouse (this way everything balances out again)
  • The milk bar (if you see me now ...)
  • Can you be sober? (if you drink the Rhine wine)
  • Open your mouth - add a drop!
  • I just can't live on the air alone
  • What should I en d'r Sahara? / Dat Leed vun der Geiß ( Will Glahé Orchestra ; 1958)
  • Hush, hush into the basket
  • Williman on Kiliman ... jaro
  • That's a thing
  • Every Dierche She Pläsierche (1960)
  • We catch up on everything
  • Kölle am Rhing (Wat han se dech besunge)
  • Today you have a substitute for everything
  • Blömcher, beautiful as May
  • The older we get (the more beautiful)
  • The La (h) ma
  • Dat Rudekirchen chapel
  • But then ... then the carnival kisses
  • La Päd, la Fott, la Finster (1971)
  • When dat esu it ...
  • Jo the cowboys from the Rhine beach
  • Bravo Bravissimo (1976)

Awards

Karl Berbuer was the recipient of the Willi Ostermann Medal .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Greta Jansen, Musik in Köln , 2008, p. 13
  2. a b Der Spiegel, 1/1950 of January 5, 1950, Who should pay for that? , P. 6
  3. National anthem and Basic Law: CDU sings Adenauer's song - taz.de. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
  4. Harald Wiederschein: National Anthem: That is why the “Song of the Germans” causes so many problems. Focus, February 15, 2017, accessed February 20, 2020 .
  5. Peter Fuchs (Ed.): Chronicle of the History of the City of Cologne , Volume 2. 1991, p. 280
  6. ^ Knerger.de: grave of Karl Berbuer
  7. Karl Berbuer Fountain in Cologne on denkmalplatz.de. Retrieved January 28, 2018 (German).
  8. Karl-Berbuer-Platz in bilderbuch-koeln.de