Kinski speaks Villon
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| Studio album by Klaus Kinski | ||||
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| Label (s) | Amadeo | |||
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25 cm LP |
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2 |
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each approx. 30 min. |
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| occupation | Klaus Kinski (speaker) | |||
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Kinski speaks Villon are two speech records released in 1959 which, together with Kinski speaks Villon-Rimbaud, establish Klaus Kinski's fame as a reciter . They also contributed to the popularization of the figure of the French poet François Villon (1431–1463) in the second half of the 20th century in German-speaking countries . However, the German Villon version of Paul Zech preferred by Kinski is the version that is furthest away from the French original.
prehistory
As early as 1952, Kinski u. a. Villon recited on small stages, before a whole series of speaking records with recitations by Kinski and others on the Amadeo record label around 1959 . a. of works by Schiller , Brecht , Villons and Rimbaud appeared. Among these were the 25 cm long-playing records Kinski speaks Villon and Kinski speaks Villon II .
To the texts
Most of the texts recited by Kinski under the label “Villon” come from the book The Ballads and Vicious Songs of Mr. François Villon in German adaptation by Paul Zech (Weimar 1931, unaltered reprint Berlin 1947), d. H. the first edition of Zech's Villon . Their wording often differs considerably from that of the current dtv edition (Munich 1962, etc.), which reproduces a version of his Villon that was tempered and moralized by Zech in 1943 . The often noted deviations of Kinski from the wording of the dtv edition are not his work, but are based on the difference between the two Zech versions. Most likely, when he began to recite Zech's Villon, Kinski was not exactly clear about how freely Zech treated Villon.
Villon speaks to the 1959 Kinski speech plates
On Kinski speaks Villon , in addition to the Great Testament that fills the entire B-side (which Zech has greatly shortened and otherwise changed quite a bit), there are texts in the form of poems that have by no means always been recognizable counterparts in Villon. Among these “Villons”, freely invented by Zech, is the legendary I am so wild for your strawberry mouth , which is also widely known for the fact that other speakers have often tried to copy or parody Kinski's interpretation. B. 1989 Jo van Nelsen on Der Erdbeermund , the first dance single by the music group Culture Beat . The latest proof of the continued popularity of this particular recitation is the allusion of the recording of a record in the successful Saturday evening show on private television The 70s Show by Hape Kerkeling with almost no visual gimmicks and despite the fact that it was first published in 1959.
Probably the most unique in the history of recitation identification of a speaker with a single text, as with Kinski and his I'm so crazy about your Erdbeermund took place, is also reflected in the title selection Kinski for an autobiographical novel he in 1970 published years and which he named after this poem.
Kinski speaks Villon II
The follow-up LP wanted - as the subtitle Ballads suggests - to concentrate entirely on the texts of Villon and Zech in poetry . You can hear u. a. Brothel , Jammer Ballad of a plumber wife and Marie ballad .
New style of recitation
The historical cover text of the long-playing records promises “Nobody is his [Kinski's] role model. He has the courage to create a new sound. He brings an image of man that may be too hot for some aesthetes ”.
G. Free life wrote in a contemporary essay about the voice of young Kinski at the time of the recording: “Is it beautiful? I dont know. Is there anything beautiful about him? ”But also“ You have to hear his voice, very timbre, very vibrating tone. And as light on the reins as the needle of a bussole ”.
Further productions "Kinski speaks Villon"
After the Austrian record company discovered Amadeo Kinski for the record, he soon appeared on the German label. As early as 1960, Deutsche Grammophon recorded a number of other recitations by Kinski, including material for a 17 cm record, on which he in turn speaks ballads and vicious songs from Zech's Villon . The first edition was published in 1961 in the DG's literary archive .
Also Amadeo took Kinski further before the microphone to other texts from Zechs Villon entitled robber ballads to let them speak.
Reissues
The overwhelming success of the records Kinski speaks Villon can be seen in numerous re-editions in various editions and combinations as speech records or audio books as Kinski speaks Villon , Kinski speaks Villon and Rimbaud , Klaus Kinski speaks Villon or I'm so wild for your strawberry mouth to this day. Most recently, the recordings appeared as part of an edition of the complete literary works of Klaus Kinski. Since the ancillary copyrights for the Kinski recitations expired after 50 years in 2011, they were increasingly processed musically in different styles.