Leipzig Krystallpalast singer
| Leipzig Krystallpalast singer | |
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| Seat: | Leipzig / Germany |
| Founding: | 1889 |
| Resolution: | 1938 |
| Genus: | Vocal ensemble |
| Founder: | Richard Klein |
| Voices : | 8 ( TTBB ) |
The Leipzig Krystallpalast singers were a so-called “gentlemen's society”, as they emerged in Central Germany, especially in the large cities of Leipzig and Dresden, in the second half of the 19th century. Such associations were so named because only men were accepted as members.
history
The ensemble was founded in 1889 on the initiative of the trained stove-setter and folk singer Richard Klein. He called it "Leipzig quartet and couplet singer". Besides him, Franz Jentzsch, Max Schmidt and Oswald E. Bischoff were also involved.
In order to have the opportunity to appear publicly in addition to clubs, the company acquired a traveling trade license. The number of members has now expanded to include Willy Metz, Arthur Seidel and the lady actor Corthum (also Kortum).
At the beginning the ensemble was headed by the folk singer Richard Klein and the comedian and humorist Arthur Seidel senior. It was also Seidel who came up with the idea in 1891 of organizing concerts in the Alberthalle of the Leipzig Grand Varieté Krystallpalast , whereupon the group called themselves “Leipzig Singers from the Krystallpalast” and later “Leipzig Krystallpalast Singers”. When Klein retired from management, Seidel and the pianist and composer Oswald E. Bischoff (1855–1924) shared management.
In 1906 the ensemble could look back on 25 years of existence.
Franz Jentzsch later headed the company. His name is mentioned on the label of numerous “gramophone” recordings made by the ensemble (“Direction: Franz Jentzsch”).
After the death of Franz Jentzsch in 1938, the company dissolved.
Sound carrier
The Leipzig Krystallpalast singers sang records of various makes early on: gramophone, zonophone, kalliope and homokord, later on artiphon, beka and tri-ergon . Dismarc (discovering music archives) has 197 entries for the Kristallpalast singers.
The old records are rare testimonies that help posterity to make the silent world of the “gentleman” societies audible again today. While the lecturer is named on the label of some recordings, most of them are content with the collective term "Leipzig Crystal Palace Singer"; some of them, e.g. B. the "gramophone" labels give the name of the director Franz Jentzsch.
In addition to the historical recordings, the titles of which can be found in the Dismarc directory and some of which can also be listened to on youtube (see web links), there are also five recordings by the Leipzig Krystallpalast singers on the CD Rare Schellacks - Sachsen - Volkssänger 1910 , published in 1999 –1932 included.
Programs
The repertoire consisted of the quartet performances with piston and piano accompaniment, which were generally popular with the audience of the “gentlemen's society” , which were replaced by solo scenes and couplets . The conclusion and climax of the performance was usually an ensemble scene with a cheerful content, in which everyone participated. At that time, the official provisions of the Reichsgewerbeordnung only permitted licensed theater troupes to perform in larger formats than the one-act play or theater ketch. As for the southern German folk singer groups, this was also the case. The folk singers were further regulated by the costume ban, according to which they were only allowed to appear in black tailcoats if the organizer had not acquired a "Singspielhallen patent" from the magistrate.
Most of the texts were written by the individual folk singers, but lectures by other authors were also included in the program, e. E.g. Ore Mountains folk songs by Anton Günther , “Dance and Jux-Songs” from the Saxon Vogtland by Hilmar Mückenberger , or solo lectures such as Emil Winter-Tymian's “Fliegentüten-Heinrich”, which became immortal through Paul Beckers ' (1878-1965) interpretations is. In addition to Franz Jentzsch and Richard Klein, the most important authors included the singers Martin Mühlau, Edgar Eyle, Emil Meisel and Reinhold Fischer, who also performed most of their songs themselves. Their voices are preserved through the record.
An impression of what the performances of the Krystallpalast singers might have looked like is given by a ticket from the theater "Stadtgarten Leipzig" from 1889, when the Krystallpalast singers were still called Leipzig quartet and couplet singers, and which is preserved in the Dresden State and University Library Has. He names four "parts" of the program. In the "I. Part ”a singing quadrille , a song performance, a dance couplet and a comic duet are offered. In addition, in “II. Theil ”a solo scene, a rondo waltz , another dance couplet, in the“ III. Theil ”, finally another couplet lecture, and the climax was a“ humorous ensemble scene by E. Winter ”, presumably by Emil Winter-Tymian. In between, the appearance of a mimic and once that of an “anatomical wonder of the world” is announced, which proves the variety character of the performance.
literature
- Claus Fischer: Text to the booklet of the CD Rare Shellacs: Saxony - Volkssänger 1910–1932
- Ernst Günther: History of the Varieté , paperback of the arts. Berlin, Henschel, 1981.
- Gerhard Heilfurth: The Erzgebirge folk singer Anton Günther. Life and work . Frankfurt a. M.:, Verlag Wolfgang Weidlich, 1962, ²1981. 272 pp., 8 °
- Wolfgang Jansen: Variety today, the manual. Small writings of the society for entertaining theatrical art , volume 2. Berlin, Henschel, 1993.
- John-Torley = John, Richard and Torley, Richard: The German humorous male singer societies in words and pictures. Edited by Richard John. Under co. Richard Torley. Private print Leipzig, 1940. 210 pages. ill.
- Berthold Leimbach: Sound documents of the cabaret and their interpreters 1898–1945 , Göttingen, self-published, 1991, unpaginated.
- Otto Schneidereit: Berlin how it cries and laughs. Walks through Berlin's operetta history , Berlin, Lied der Zeit, 1976.
- Wolfgang Till (Ed.): Karl Valentin. Folk singer? Dadaist? Catalog of the exhibition for Karl Valentin's 100th birthday in the Munich City Museum from July 2 to October 3, 1982 . Bookstore edition. Munich, Schirmer-Mosel, 1982
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berthold Leimbach: Sound documents of the cabaret and their interpreters 1898–1945 , Göttingen, self-published, 1991, unpaginated.
- ↑ cf. John-Torley s. 54
- ↑ cf. John-Torley s. 57
- ↑ Seidel, Arthur (1861–1937), had founded the Leipzig Seidel-Sänger in 1888 and was the holder of the art certificates for Prussia, Saxony and Anhalt.
- ↑ so John-Torley s. 64
- ↑ cf. John-Torley s. 65
- ↑ a b The Leipzig Krystallpalast singers at dismarc.org
- ↑ Rare Schellack-Sachsen-Volkssänger 1910–1932 , label Trikont (Indigo), with the titles of the Leipzig Krystallpalast singers: "The rentable Saxon", "Sächsische Schnadahüpfl", "Die Weibsen", "Bleib'ma noch a weng do." ! ”(A. Günther) and“ The two newspaper readers ”.
- ↑ Klaus Pemsel: Volksverbunden - wrongly connected? In: Karl Valentin - Folk singer? Dadaist? Munich, Schirmer-Mosel, 1982, p. 58
- ^ The memoirs of the folk singer Jakob Geis , In: Jakob Geis: Selbstbiographie , Munich 1905 (typescript), quoted in. to: Susanne von Goessel: Munich folk singer entertainment for everyone in: Karl Valentin folk singer? Dadaist? Munich, Schirmer-Mosel, 1982, pp. 35–36, note 14
- ↑ The character of Der Fliegentüte-Heinrich soon migrated from the stage to the cinema: “Even in the silent film era, he [Beckers] appeared in a series of films about the character“ Fliegentüten-Heinrich ”, a. a. "The fly bag Heinrich" (1917) and "fly bag Heinrich as Don Juan" (1919) ". Also: "The fly bags-Othello" (1918), "fly bags Heinrich as reindeer" (1918) and "fly bags Heinrichs Pech" (1918).
- ^ Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek - State and University Library Dresden (SLUB), inventory no. SLUB SB 1876, n. P. 55, cf. Illustration