Ludwig Hirsch

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Ludwig Hirsch, 2008
Ludwig Hirsch, 2008
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Dark gray songs
  AT 5 03/15/1979 (59 weeks)
Come on, big black bird
  AT 5 10/15/1979 (28 weeks)
Dark
  DE 37 December 29, 1980 (11 weeks)
  AT 2 11/15/1980 (22 weeks)
Up to the sky
  DE 38 04/05/1982 (7 weeks)
  AT 3 03/01/1982 (18 weeks)
To the heart
  DE 35 05/16/1983 (9 weeks)
  AT 2 04/01/1983 (22 weeks)
Sad Indians - Unfriendly waiters
  AT 5 10/15/1984 (14 weeks)
Country air
  AT 9 04/01/1986 (8 weeks)
Love fool
  AT 15th 05/15/1988 (4 weeks)
In my language
  AT 7th 
gold
gold
March 31, 1991 (14 weeks)
Sternderl look
  AT 8th 
gold
gold
December 8, 1991 (13 weeks)
Gottlieb - Live
  AT 9 11/15/1992 (13 weeks)
Animal
  AT 14th October 29, 1995 (9 weeks)
Dark gray - Live!
  AT 18th 10/17/1999 (5 weeks)
Pearls
  AT 5 
gold
gold
12/01/2002 (28 weeks)
selected songs
  AT 34 12/12/2004 (8 weeks)
Forever ladies
  AT 4th 05/26/2006 (12 weeks)
The best from Ludwig Hirsch
  AT 7th 
gold
gold
12/02/2011 (19 weeks)
The greatest hits from 20 years
  AT 10 December 09, 2011 (8 weeks)
For the last time - live
  AT 6th 
gold
gold
11/23/2012 (13 weeks)
Austropop legends
  AT 42 04.09.2015 (1 week)
Sky blue & dark gray
  AT 5 03/11/2016 (10 weeks)
Singles
Gel ', you like me
  AT 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 05/01/1983 (14 weeks)
Marble, stone and iron breaks
  AT 6th 04/15/1984 (10 weeks)
Aunt Marie
  AT 30th 01/01/1985 (2 weeks)
The grandma
  AT 61 December 09, 2011 (1 week)
Come on, big black bird
  AT 35 December 09, 2011 (1 week)
Ludwig Hirsch at a concert, 2010

Ludwig Gustav Hirsch (born February 28, 1946 in Weinberg / Buch-St. Magdalena , Styria ; † November 24, 2011 in Vienna ) was an Austrian singer-songwriter and actor .

Life, education, career

Ludwig Hirsch was born as the son of a doctor in Eastern Styria, grew up in Vienna- Leopoldstadt and after finishing school he studied graphics at the University of Applied Arts , but then attended the Krauss drama school in Vienna. He made his debut in 1973 at the Regensburg City Theater . After that he was on stage in Wuppertal and at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg . From 1975 to 1979 Ludwig Hirsch was a member of the theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna.

In 1978 he began his career as a singer-songwriter with his debut album Dunkelgraue Lieder with critical, macabre- morbid lyrics. The broadcaster Ö3 forbade its song Come, Big Black Bird to be played after 10 p.m. because of the morbid and eerie atmosphere - for fear that listeners could commit suicide. Hirsch was an important representative of Austropop . In some of his works he also showed himself to be a modern interpreter of the “classic” Viennese songs (such as the “ Hobellied ” from 1834 ).

In 1991 and 1992, Hirsch and his band played many of his most famous songs in front of a total of more than 200,000 spectators, embedded in a framework. Often, however, Ludwig Hirsch only went on tour with his guitarist Johann M. Bertl.

His studio album Perlen achieved gold status in Austria. For this album he received the Amadeus Austrian Music Award . A new album was released in May 2006 with the name In Eternity Women . Then he sang the title Rebekka and I together with Rebekka Bakken . He also moderated the radio show Siesta on the Austrian radio station Ö3.

Ludwig Hirsch was married to the actress Cornelia Köndgen since 1977 . They had a son together.

On November 24, 2011, Ludwig Hirsch committed suicide on the grounds of the Vienna Wilhelminenspital . He had lung cancer and was hospitalized with pneumonia .

Hirsch received an honorary grave of the City of Vienna in the Gersthofer Friedhof (group 2, row 6, no. 59). On September 8, 2017 was in Vienna- Leopoldstadt of Ludwig Hirsch square named after him.

  • Ludwig Hirsch's grave in the Gersthofer Friedhof in Vienna

  • Gravestone of Ludwig Hirsch

  • Name celebration of Ludwig-Hirsch-Platz in Vienna on September 8, 2017

style

Ludwig Hirsch is best known for his bissig- sarcastic texts he a characteristic often way with a romantic and melancholic sounding melody combined. With this style of antagonism between text and music, he made the content of many of his songs more explosive.

Trivia

In 2018 the Viennese songwriter Voodoo Jürgens interpreted songs by Ludwig Hirsch on an extensive tour through Germany and Austria. The project received a lot of support and celebrated its climax in the sold-out Vienna Konzerthaus.

honors and awards

Discography

Studio and live albums

  • 1978: Dark gray songs
  • 1979: Come on, big black bird
  • 1980: Dark chocolate
  • 1982: Up to the sky
  • 1983: To the heart
  • 1984: 6 (Sad Indians - Unfriendly Waiters)
  • 1986: Country air
  • 1988: love mad
  • 1991: In my language
  • 1992: Gottlieb (Live)
  • 1995: Animal
  • 1999: Dark Gray (Live)
  • 2002: pearls
  • 2006: Women for ever
  • 2008: Gottlieb Live (DVD)
  • 2009: Ludwig Hirsch reads Christmas stories (spoken)
  • 2010: Stories by Till Eulenspiegel (spoken)
  • 2011: Ludwig Hirsch reads Ludwig Hirsch (spoken)
  • 2012: For the last time - live (Live)

Best of and compilations

  • 1979: Songbook edition
  • 1983: Gel ', you like me (best-of)
  • 1989: Highlights (Compilation)
  • 1991: Sternderl schaun (compilation)
  • 1993: songbook (compilation)
  • 1994: Love Songs (Compilation)
  • 1996: Songwriter Edition (compilation)
  • 1998: Master Series (compilation)
  • 2004: Selected songs
  • 2016: Himmelblau & Dunkelgrau - the ultimate song collection (3 CDs)

Singles

  • 1983: Gel ', you like mi (7 ″ single)
  • 1983: Hang on (7 ″ single)
  • 1984: marble, stone and iron breaks (7 ″ single)
  • 1984: Aunt Marie (7 ″ single)
  • 1986: Die Gelse (7 ″ single)
  • 1986: Alles Paletti (7 ″ single)
  • 1991: Nelli (7 ″ single)
  • 1991: Sternderl watch (7 ″ single)

Filmography (selection)

literature

Web links

Commons : Ludwig Hirsch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: Austria / Germany highest placements - interpreter "Ludwig Hirsch" ( Memento from December 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Awards for music sales: AT
  3. ↑ Article from "Die Welt" from November 24, 2011
  4. ↑ ORF : Ludwig Hirsch is dead. November 24, 2011.
  5. ↑ Nürnberger Nachrichten of November 25, 2011, page 6: Singer of dark gray songs
  6. ↑ "Big Black Bird" was forbidden to play . In: heute.at . November 24, 2011, accessed April 11, 2020.
  7. ↑ Michael Frank: A dark gray puzzle to the end. In: sueddeutsche.de. November 25, 2011, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  8. ↑ The tragic death of the singer Ludwig Hirsch. In: welt.de. November 24, 2011, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  9. ↑ leopoldstadt.spoe.wien: SPÖ application implemented!
  10. ↑ The standard : Voodoo Jürgens are Ludwig Hirsch.
  11. ^ Philately shop of the Austrian Post AG : Austropop 2nd value Ludwig Hirsch. Accessed November 24, 2011.
  12. ↑ Honor for Ludwig Hirsch and Adi Hirschal. Archive report of the town hall correspondence from September 26, 2001.
  13. ↑ The Standard : Ludwig Hirsch receives Golden City Hall Man. Accessed June 28, 2011.
  14. ^ Amadeus Austrian Music Awards 2012: The winners ( Memento from February 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). May 1, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Hirsch, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hirsch, Ludwig Gustav (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Weinberg , Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District , Austria
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 2011
Place of death Vienna , Austria