Karl Wilczynski

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Karl Wilczynski (born September 4, 1884 in Grünberg , Silesia , † February 13, 1959 in Mannheim ) was a German writer and journalist .

Life

Wilczynski, who took part in the First World War as an officer, wrote poems around 1915 with titles like "Freiwillige vor!" or "Push on, student!", in which he expressed his generation's enthusiasm for war.

In December 1920 he took over the artistic direction of the "Five o'clock tea of ​​the" Filmbühne "" with the participation of well-known Berlin artists such as Max Adalbert , Fritz Grünbaum and Trude Hesterberg ; Margarete Kupfer performed his “Dirnenlieder”, “powerful in an artfully enhanced effect”.

In the 1920s he was successful as an author of hit texts and started the first German radio cabaret with Klabund .

He also worked early on in film, for example in 1919 as a dramaturge for the silent film "Baccarat" and in 1926 even as an actor alongside stars of cabaret such as Paul Morgan , Wilhelm Bendow and Willy Rosen in the talky-film experiment "The talking film" of the "Phoebus Tonfilm" -Produktions GmbH ”(Berlin).

When the sound film was ready for production around 1930, he also wrote numerous texts for the new genus 'Tonfilmschlager', including songs for two short sound films by Phil Jutzi .

He worked as a lyricist with well-known composers of his time such as Austin Egen, Hermann Krome and Alfred Strasser, also with international composers such as Mario von Aaken, Renato Ugo Raffaelli and Jules Sylvain; An important partner for him was Franz Grothe , with whom he ran a music publisher, the "Edition Franz Grothe", before 1933.

Hitler's " seizure of power " ended his career abruptly. As an artist of Jewish descent, he no longer got a work permit in the “ Reich ”.

Wilczynski emigrated to Paris via Switzerland in 1933 . In 1940 he was interned in the southern French camps of Camp de Gurs and Les Milles and fled to Switzerland in 1942. In the years after the war he continued to work as a writer. He lived in Zurich and Viernheim (LKr. Bergstrasse), where he lived in the house of the writer and publisher SAW (Sammy) Schmitt , whom he had met as a refugee in the French camps. After his death in 1959, the city honored him with an honorary grave for his services to the cultural life of Viernheim (development of the adult education center).

His estate is in the German Exile Archive 1933–1945 of the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main.

Works

1. Literary

  • Eric Edmund Smart. A prologue in one act. R. Trenkel, Berlin 1906.
  • Volunteer before! Neumeyer, Posen 1914.
  • To the guns! E. Bloch, Berlin [1915].
  • Kick it, student! War poems. E. Bloch, Berlin [1915].
  • "The standard-bearer of Gumbinnen" u. other war poems. E. Bloch Publishing House, Berlin 1915.
  • The cuff kiss. Grotesque. 2nd edition, Pfeil, Berlin 1919.
  • The fall of the town of Sandschuh. A mustard in red. With ten original lithographs by Jupp Wiertz drawn on the stone by the artist himself and colored by hand. Berlin, Pfeil-Verlag, 1920
  • Funk heads. 46 literary portraits. Berlin, radio service 1927.
  • For gentlemen's evening: lectures. Complete library for Ernst and Scherz, Verlag WA Schwarze, 1930.
  • Reluctant adventure. Mondial Verlag AG, 1946.
  • In the twilight. Novel. Mondial Verlag AG, Winterthur 1947.
  • Chorales between night and morning. Zurich, Werner Classen, November 1948.
  • Of love and loyalty and other things. Episodes from the life of a grand seigneur. Classen Publishing House, Zurich 1948.
  • Dream world. With 4 whole. Orig. Linocuts by Arnold d'Altri. Viernheim u. Zurich, Viernheim publishing house 1956.
  • Wladimir Walo - Apercu de Paris and Henri Keller, foreword to the artist portfolio , Zurich, report house (around 1956/57)
  • Moon in summer night. With 11 orig. Linocuts in 4 ° by Roland Forster. Publishing house Viernheim 1957.
  • Short stories illustrated by his friends. Viernheim: Viernheim-Verlag, 1962. Gr.-8 ° orig.-canvas. With signed illustrations by Arnold D'Altri, Erwin von Flüe, Roland Forster, Adolf Herbst, Herta Hausmann, Fred Knecht, Reinhard Liess , Willi Reischert, Sami Wülser.

2. Lyrics
2.1 Wilczynski composed numerous lyrics for the composer Franz Grothe :

  • Everything for you beautiful women
  • Machine Tango
  • A COLORFUL BOUQUET OF FLOWERS
  • FRESH ON
  • NO CELEBRATION WITHOUT MEYER
  • SCHLUMPSI-FOXTROTT
  • GREETINGS
  • LIKE YOU LAUGH HAPPINESS

2.2 Texts for hits by other composers:

  • Berlin Boys, March (Music: Hermann Krome)
  • The girl from Lake Constance, folk song parody (music: P. Mueller, text with Traugott Schütz)
  • Your dark eyes, your red lips (music: Bert Rosenstock)
  • The night of Saragossa, Tango (Music: Robert Frey)
  • Women, you bring me luck, Tango (Music: Renato Ugo Raffaelli)
  • Take these red roses, Tango (Music: Bert Rosenstock)
  • Nina, you child from the Black Sea, song and tango (music: Rolf Thomas)
  • I only want to belong to you, song (music: Mario von Aaken)
  • That's life, Tango (Music: Karl Rockstroh)

2.3 Sound film hits:

  • I'm in love, with whom I can't say: Tango from the Erich Engels film "Karriere" (music: Alfred Strasser)
  • Everything for you, beautiful women. Lied adTonfilm “Tingel-Tangel” (Music: Franz Grothe)
  • You're the dream of love: Tango from the Erich Engels sound film "Tingel-Tangel" (music: Austin Egen)
  • You are the most beautiful woman in the world: Waltz from the Erich Engels sound film "The Secret of the Red Cat" (music: Franz Grothe)
  • A star fell from the sky (Never Never Land). Waltz from the Gustav Althoff sound film of the Aco "Aschermittwoch" (music: Jules Sylvain, d. I. Stig Hansson)
  • One like you, song for the short sound film of the same name (music: Bert Rosenstock).
  • What's new today? Song for the short film of the same name (music: AR Zähringer)

Audio documents

a) Schlager:

  • The girl from Lake Constance, folk song parody (music: P. Mueller, text by Traugott Schütz and Karl Wilczynski) Professor Abel's jazz singer, with crystal orchestra, conductor EP Samson (di Eli Samsonowitsch) Kristall 6048 (mx. C 695 / C 696). Berlin, November 1930 youtube.com
  • Such is life, tango (Karl Wilczynski and Karl Rockstroh) Tango orchestra Czinsky with refraing singing. Artiphon No. 9790 (die number 12 233)
  • Take these red roses, Tango (Bert Rosenstock, arr. Franz Grothe, text by Karl Wilczynski) Marek Weber and his orchestra. With refra singing. Electrola EG 2463/60 1831 (mx. E-OD.677-1)
  • Take these red roses, Tango (Bert Rosenstock, text by Karl Wilczynski) Tango Orchestra Czinsky, with refraing singing. Artiphon No. 9991 (die number 12 447) youtube.com
  • Take these red roses, Tango (Bert Rosenstock, lyrics Karl Wilczynski) Hollywood dance orchestra with refraing singing: Eric Helgar . Triumph No. 20 047 (mx. C 7167), up. approx. 1930 youtube.com
  • Berlin boys, march (Hermann Krome, text by Karl Wilczynski) Otto Kermbach band with singing. Electrola EG 2463 (mx. OD 766) youtube.com
  • I want to belong only to you, song (Mario von Aaken, text by Karl Wilczynski) Joseph Schmidt with orchestra a. Conducted by Kapellmeister Otto Dobrindt , Parlophone B.48 800-II (mx. 133.540). 1932 youtube.com
  • Women, you bring me luck. Tango (Renato Ugo Raffaelli, text by Karl Wilczynski) Oscar Joost Orchestra, vocals Erik Helgar. Ultraphon A 1078 (master 18 281), up. March 9, 1932
  • The night of Saragossa, tango (music by Robert Frey, text by Karl Wilczynski) Orchestra Sam Baskini with vocals 'Five Songs'. Ultraphon A 1105 (master 18 344), open. April 22, 1932
  • The night of Saragossa, tango (music by Robert Frey, text by Karl Wilczynski), Emil Roósz orchestra , Austin Egen singing . Crystal No. 3268 (mx. C 1883-1), attach. Early 1932 youtube.com

b) sound film:

  • I'm in love, with whom I can't say: Tango from the Erich Engels film "Karriere" (Alfred Strasser - Text: Karl Wilczynski) Dajos Béla dance orchestra , with vocals: Leo Frank [d. i. Leo Monosson ]. Apply Odeon O-11 245 (die number Be 8910). April 1930
  • Everything for you, beautiful women. Lied adTonfilm “Tingel-Tangel” (music: Franz Grothe, text: Karl Wilczynski) Chamber singer Richard Tauber , tenor with Odeon artist orchestra, conductor: Dr. Weissmann. Odeon O-4988 a (Be 9411). March 1931
  • You are the dream of love: Tango from the Erich Engels sound film "Tingel-Tangel" (Austin Egen - text: Karl Wilczynski, special arr. By Fred Ralph) Marek Weber and his orchestra. Electrola EG 2131 / 60-1302 (die number BD 9246-I)
  • You are the most beautiful woman in the world: waltz from the Erich Engels sound film "The Secret of the Red Cat" (music: Franz Grothe, text: Karl Wilczynski) Columbia dance orchestra with vocals. Columbia DW 2064 (die number WR 130), apply. 1931
  • A star fell from the sky (Never Never Land). Waltz from the Aco's Gustav Althoff sound film "Aschermittwoch" (music: Jules Sylvain. Text: Karl Wilczynski) Gloria dance orchestra, with singing. Gloria GO10.047 (die number Bi 48)

c) cabaret:

  • Dirnenlied (Paul Strasser / Karl Wilczynski) Margarethe Kupfer (female voice). unknown (p). Parlophone P. 1241-I (master 2-5546), open. October 12, 1921.
  • Anna and Emil (Paul Strasser / Karl Wilczynski) Margarethe Kupfer (female voice). unknown (p). Parlophone P. 1241-II (master 2-5547), up. October 12, 1921.

literature

  • Nicole Frank: »It is impossible to fixate myself.« Writing strategies by Joseph Roth. An analysis of newly discovered newspaper articles from his time in Berlin from 1920 to 1923. Diss. University of Freiburg, Freiburg i.Br. 2007 ethesis.unifr.ch (PDF)
  • Edwin Maria Landau , Samuel Schmitt (ed.): Camps in France: Survivors and their friends. Evidence of emigration, internment and deportation. v. Brandt, Mannheim 1991, ISBN 3-926260-15-7 .
  • Les camps en Provence. Exile, Internement, Deportation 1933–1942. Editions Alinéa, Aix-en-Provence 1984, ISBN 2-904631-06-6 , especially p. 127 f.
  • Burghart Laugwitz: Schönberg's last student in Berlin. 1. Walter and Rudolph Goehr; the "all-round musicians" and pioneers of broadcasting. Radio broadcast Deutschlandradio February 11, 2001. ( online at: schoenberg.at ( Memento from June 8, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ))
  • Fred K. Prieberg : Music in the Nazi State. Verlag Dittrich, 2000, ISBN 3-920862-66-X .
  • Fred K. Prieberg: Handbook of German Musicians 1933-1945. PDF on CD-ROM, Kiel 2004. (2nd edition. Kiel 2009) Archive inventory of German music 1933–1945 ( swbplus.bsz-bw.de abstract).
  • Heinz Rupp, Carl-Ludwig Lang: German Literature Lexicon. Biographical-bibliographical manual. founded by Wilhelm Kosch. Volume 32: Wiedmann - Wirth. 3rd, completely revised edition. Verlag Walter De Gruyter, 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-027509-4 , pp. 206, 221.
  • Jens Uwe Völmecke: The new music publisher. In: Sikorski Magazine. 03/05, p. 6. media.sikorski.de (PDF).

Web links

Individual evidence and notes

  1. ↑ Nicole Frank 2007, p. 213.
  2. ↑ zb.uzh.ch
  3. ^ Directed by Bob Holste, filmportal.de
  4. ↑ filmportal.de , which premiered on November 30, 1926 in Berlin in the Capitol cinema.
  5. ↑ Wolfgang Jacobsen, Piel (Phil) Jutzi, cinegraph.de
  6. ↑ Völmecke at Sikorski Magazine: “Karl Wilczynski is denied access because of his Jewish descent. He is no longer allowed to work in Germany and Grothe is forced to close down his publishing house. Because of his long friendship with Sikorski, he hands over his publishing works to him. "
  7. ↑ "one of the best works of erotic literature" Neue Blätter für Kurst und Dichtung. Volumes 2-3, Verlag Kraus Reprint, 1970, p. 219.
  8. ^ Sikorski Verlag, catalog raisonné Grothe Franz sikorski.de
  9. ↑ Alfred Braun sings Everything for you beautiful women by Franz Grothe / K.Wilczynski from the Erich Engels sound film “Tingel-Tangel”. Dajos Béla dance orchestra . Apply Odeon O-11 284 (die number Be 9156). Berlin, September 16, 1930 youtube.com
  10. ^ Automaten-Tango (Grothe / Wilczynski-Dehmel). Efim Schachmeister with his jazz orchestra. Refrain singing: Raimund Geßner. ULTRAPHON A.1011, Matr. 18152-II. youtube.com and: Automaten-Tango (pull something for me on the machine ...) Tango by Franz Grothe, text by Karl Wilczynski. Melody Gents (Die Melodie-Männer) Modern pop quartet with orchestra. Gloria GO10 175 b (mx.Bi 356) - 1931 youtube.com
  11. ↑ Film with the same title from 1931, also: Der Heiratsschwindler, directed by Carl Boese , filmportal.de , from it the Foxtrot: Harry Jackson and his dance orchestra, Kurt Mühlhardt sings. Apply Tri-Ergon TE6193 (Mat. 04612). Berlin, August 1931 youtube.com
  12. ↑ Schlumpsi (A heart full of love and a heart full of trust), Foxtrot from the Erich Engels sound film "Tingel-Tangel", music by Franz Grothe, text by Karl Wilczynski. Columbia dance orchestra with vocals Willi Kollo . Columbia DV 384 (mx. WR 78), attach. Berlin, 1930; dto. by Bernard Etté , vocals: Kurt Mühlhardt on crystal No. 3132 (mx. C 841.1), apply. Dec. 1930 youtube.com
  13. ^ Herbert Ernst Groh with orchestra, conducted by Kapellmeister O. Dobrindt. Parlophone B.48 092 (mx. 133.278): Text and Music, Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions, Part 3: Nov. 18, 1931 E for.21 836 [No. 30 307]
  14. ↑ f. Singing and piano. Publisher: UFA Musikverlage. Order no .: UFA14218
  15. ↑ Karl Rockstroh was a pianist and orchestra leader at the record company 'Kalliope'. After 1933 he also composed various marches. According to Fred K. Prieberg, Rockstroh was also obliged to look after the troops in 1943. He died in 1961 at the age of 85 in Berlin. Barnabás , Sun Apr 14 2013 at grammophon-platten.de grammophon-platten.de
  16. ^ D 1930 R Adolf Sportwetten , filmportal.de
  17. ^ D 1930 R Jaap Speyer , filmportal.de
  18. ↑ D 1931 R Erich Schönfelder , filmportal.de
  19. ^ D 1931 R Johannes Meyer , filmportal.de
  20. ↑ 23 min., D 1932/33, director: Phil Jutzi, filmportal.de with Else Elster ; the music by Bert Rosenstock was conducted by Rudolph Goehr, Walter Goehr's brother , and the orchestra Barnabás von Géczy played . The film was released in theaters in the summer of 1933.
  21. ↑ 26 min., Germany 1932, directed by Phil Jutzi, filmportal.de with Wolfgang Zilzer ; the music by AR Zähringer conducted by Rudolph Goehr; the film was released in September 1933. Notes f. Voice and piano from UFA publishing house, order no .: UFA16250
  22. ↑ cf. Zwarg phono museum PARLOPHON Matrix Numbers — 2-5500 to 2-6999: German, p. 8.
  23. ↑ Keyword-like autobiography p. 244 f; “Citizens against their will.” About the life story of KW, told like a novel. P. 246 f .; this text from the exile archive of the German National Library , Frankfurt location
personal data
SURNAME Wilczynski, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Grünberg in Silesia
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1959
Place of death Mannheim