Madonna, you are more beautiful than the sunshine

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Madonna, you are more beautiful than the sunshine is the reverse verse and the title of a slow-paced song that Robert Katscher composed and also wrote in 1924 for the revue “ Kisses at Midnight ”. The equipment revue from the pen of Katscher and Karl Farkas , in which u. a. also Eugen Jensen and Gerda Maurus participated, was in the 1924 Vienna Chamber play premiered.

Characteristics

Katscher wrote the song in B flat major and in the song form ABA'C. IT is a slow ballad in the Viennese operetta tradition; the A parts consist of repeated, slowly descending notes, the climax (in G major) is reached in the C part. Despite the original name "Lied ( Serenade ) and Blues", it is not a blues because of the formal structure .

The text sets the action in Italy, probably in Venice because of the small gondola , where a gondolier serenades the verses to an unknown Signorina at the evening hour from a distance from his watercraft. He praises the beauty of the beloved, which he compares with the beauties of nature, especially that of the sunshine. At the moment of the fulfillment for which he pleads, he and the sung would become one for him. The modern, more transatlantic-oriented form of “song and blues ” contrasts strangely with this romantic-European scene , but is not understood as blues singing, as the African-Americans do, but as a continental fashion dance.

Madonna, you are more beautiful than the sunshine was published by Bohème-Verlag in Vienna in 1924.

Reception history

The song was performed by the chansonnier Engelbert Milde (Homocord 1780), the tenors Max Kuttner (Grammophon 20 278) and Richard Tauber (Odeon O-8100) and the soubrette Franzi Ressel, the orchestras Dajos Béla (Odeon A 44646, here as' Sándor Józsi '), Bernard Etté (Vox 01947) and Paul Godwin (gramophone 19 378 and Polyphon 31 579, here as' Joan Florescu') recorded on gramophone records.

With the English text When Day Is Done , written by the songwriter Buddy G. de Sylva , the song was also a success overseas, where it made known the orchestra of Paul Whiteman , and soon afterwards a world hit and evergreen .

In Germany, the title Madonna was still popular after the Second World War and was included in their repertoire by large entertainment orchestras. James Last played the song in 1964 on his LP "Das gabs only once, Episode 2", and Helmut Zacharias on his 2001 album "Zauberklang der Violin". Gerhard Wendland sang it in 1963 on his LP album “Zärtliche Musik mit Gerhard Wendland”, Max Raabe performed it in 1991 to accompany the Palast Orchester on his CD “I like to hear music”.

Sheet music editions

  • Madonna, you are more beautiful than the sunshine. Song (serenade) and blues. Text and music by Dr. Robert Katscher. Wiener Bohème-Verlag, Vienna-Berlin 1924, Pub. No .: WBV 621
  • Katscher, Robert: Madonna, you are more beautiful than the sunshine. Single edition for piano, voice, guitar (from the revue Kisses at Midnight). BMG UFA Musikverlage, publisher no .: WBV1161, order number: BM429241

literature

  • Astrid Kusser: body tilted. Dancing in the whirlpool of the Black Atlantic around 1900. (= Post-colonial media studies. Volume 1). Transcript Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8376-2060-3 .
  • Horst H. Lange : Jazz in Germany. The German jazz chronicle until 1960. 2., verb. and additional edition. G. Olms Verlag, 1996, ISBN 3-487-08375-2 .
  • Rainer E. Lotz : Moorish charm, black danger. Afro-American music in Germany before 1945. In: Michael Rauhut, Reinhard Lorenz (Ed.): I've had the blues a little longer. 2008, pp. 58-67.
  • Karin Ploog: When the notes learned to run ...: History and stories of popular music up to 1945. First part. 5th edition. Verlag BoD - Books on Demand, 2016, ISBN 978-3-7386-7011-0 , p. 495.
  • Michael Rauhut, Reinhard Lorenz (ed.): I've had the blues a little longer: traces of music in Germany. Ch. Links Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-86153-495-2 .
  • Hans-Jürgen Schaal : From Magdeburg to Memphis. In the footsteps of the star trumpeter Henry Busse. (hjs.de)
  • Rudolf Ulrich: Austrians in Hollywood: their contribution to the development of American film. Edition S., Verlag d. Austrian Staatsdr., 1993, ISBN 3-7046-0419-4 , p. 132.
  • Hans Veigl  : Laughing in the basement. From the Budapesters to the Wiener Werkel. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 1986, ISBN 3-85409-086-2 , p. 114.

Audio documents

  • Madonna, you are more beautiful than the sunshine. Serenade (Dr. Rob. Katscher) Engelbert Milde with orchestral accompaniment. Homocord B.1780 (M 17 688) [A15A] - [A 26 1 25]
  • Madonna, you are more beautiful than the sunshine. Blues ad Revue “Kisses at midnight” (Dr. R. Katscher) Max Kuttner, tenor, with Godwin Ensemble. Gramophone 20 278 (Matr. 3673 ar)
  • Madonna, you are more beautiful than the sunshine. Serenade (Dr. Rob. Katscher) Chamber singer C. Richard Tauber, on the piano Prof. Erich Meller. Odeon O-8100 / Rxx 80 237 (Matr. XxB 7086), apply. 1924
  • Madonna, you are more beautiful than the sunshine. Blues ad Revue “Kisses at midnight” (Dr. R. Katscher) Franzi Ressel, soprano, with orchestral accompaniment. Vox 2181 (Mat. 2590-B)
  • Madonna, you are more beautiful than the sunshine. Blues (Dr. R. Katscher) Orchestra Bernard Etté. Vox * 01947 (Matr. 2134 ½ A), apply. January 1925
  • Madonna, you are more beautiful than the sunshine. Blues (Dr. R. Katscher) Orchestra Bernard Etté. Vox 1785 (Mat. 2503-B)
  • Madonna, you are more beautiful than the sunshine. Blues by Robert Katscher. Paul Godwin with his artist ensemble from the Nelson Theater Berlin. Gramophone 19 378 / B 60 617 (Matr. 1287 av)
  • Madonna, you are more beautiful than the sunshine. Blues ad Revue "Kisses at midnight" (Dr. R. Katscher) Artist Orchestra Joan Florescu [= Paul Godwin], polyphonic green 31 579 / 3-27 508 (Matr. 124 br)
  • Madonna, you are more beautiful than the sunshine. Blues (Dr. R. Katscher) Band Sándor Józsi [d. i. Dajos Béla] Odeon A 44 646 / O-3281 (Matr. XBe 4853). Oct./Nov. 1925
  • Madonna, you are more beautiful than the sunshine. Blues (Dr. R. Katscher) orchestra. Armada Record (15 cm) H-908 (Matr. 908-A)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Photo of Eugen Jensen as “Alter Drahrer” in the revue “Küsse um Mitternacht” in the Wiener Kammerspiele at Theatermuseum, Vienna ( Memento from May 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Inv.-No. FS_PA64319 old
  2. ↑ Photo by Gerda Maurus in the revue “Küsse um Mitternacht” in the Wiener Kammerspiele at Theatermuseum, Vienna ( Memento from May 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Inv.-No. FS_PA64483alt.
  3. ^ Marvin E. Paymer, Don E. Post: Sentimental Journey: Intimate Portraits of America's Great Popular Songs . 1999, p. 100.
  4. ↑ cf. also swingandthecity.com  ; Lotz pp. 61,65; Kusser pp. 98, 192.
  5. ↑ title shown. at imagesmusicales.be
  6. ↑ born 1892 Vienna, † after 1933 [place?]. Singer, cf. MK in musiklexikon.ac.at , Photo at musiklexikon.ac.at
  7. ↑ Recording from 1927 with trumpeter Henry Busse , to be heard on youtube
  8. ^ Hans-Jürgen Schaal: From Magdeburg to Memphis. In the footsteps of the star trumpeter Henry Busse. (hjs.de)
  9. ↑ cf. infoclub.eu
  10. ↑ at Universal Music, as track 8, cf. shazam.com
  11. ↑ as track 7, cf. discogs.com
  12. ↑ on the label Monopol, as track 14, cf. cd-lexikon.de
  13. ↑ listen on youtube
  14. ↑ to be heard at dismarc.audio  ; on Erich Meller cf. Erich Meller in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna , Photo at bildarchivaustria.at
  15. ↑ listen on youtube