Paul Mania

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Paul Mania (* 1883 ; † August 1, 1935 ) was a German organist , pianist , composer and orchestra conductor .

Live and act

Paul Mania was born in 1883 in Czepolowicz, Lower Silesia, in the Brieg district, the son of a farmer. Despite his musical talent, which was recognizable at an early stage, he first had to complete an unpopular business apprenticeship before he could become a successful musician thanks to secret music studies at the Conservatory in Wroclaw and the support of the owner of the Ibach music store in Cologne.

composer

Mania's main creative period as a composer fell between 1910 and 1920. He became known for his setting of Rhenish poems, which were soon widespread because of their popularity. His famous song Im Rolandsbogen , for which the local poet Jörg Ritzel wrote the words, was performed for the first time in 1914. It was spread on numerous song postcards .

Popular songs such as Zu Rüdesheim in der Drosselgass' or the setting of the poem Rheintreue by Josef Schlegel as a choral setting are also among Mania's works, as well as the Brohlallied , the poetic model of which came from Johann Jacobs and which not only applies to the inhabitants of the Brohl valley to this day very popular.

However, Mania not only wrote Rhine and Weinlieder, but also set literary texts by Otto Julius Bierbaum , Wilhelm Busch , Ludwig Fulda , Hermann Löns and Heinz Steguweit to music . He also composed the march of the Cologne Prinzengarde, which is still officially played as the Prinzen-Gardemarsch at Cologne Carnival .

Performing musician

Due to his poor health, he did not have to enter during the First World War, but found the opportunity to organize over 400 concerts for charitable purposes.

Mania worked as both an organist and a pianist. B. accompanied well-known singing soloists in Gürzenich , as well as orchestral conductor, but especially as choir director of regional associations, e.g. As the Cologne Men's Choir, the Cologne mania women's choir, the Solingen male choir, but especially the 1842 founded the Cologne male choir .

In addition, he used to play the organ and the harmonium as a soloist , which he particularly valued as an instrument.

In addition to the serious music, it was also the cheerful songs from his new home in the Rhineland, whose performance he accompanied as orchestra leader by well-known carnivalists such as Willi Ostermann or Gerhard Ebeler .

Artist for the media from 1924

When radio came up in Germany, it was WERAG (the forerunner of Westdeutscher Rundfunk ) that hired him in 1924 as choir director, soloist accompanist, composer and deputy conductor.

Mania owed his commitment to the Lindström Group in Berlin to his reputation as master on the harmonium, for whose Parlophon brand he recorded numerous gramophone records from 1924. Here he appeared both as a soloist and as a companion of important singers on the stage and concert hall, including singers from the synagogue such as Cologne's chief cantor Hermann Fleischmann , the last cantor of Hanover, Israel Alter , or the Russian cantor Morris Katzin .

In 1934 Mania became seriously ill and had to be taken to hospital. On August 1, 1935, at the age of 52, he died in his Silesian homeland in the spa town of Obernigk (Oborniki Śląskie in the Katzengebirge).

Sound documents (selection)

As a soloist

  • Praise the lord. Choral Fantasy (Mania). Parlophone P.1870-I (mx. 2-7594), up. October 8, 1924 in Berlin
  • A rose has sprung up. Choral Fantasy (Mania). Parlophone P.1870-II (mx. 2-7595), up. October 8, 1924 in Berlin
  • Hallelujah Chorus (Haendel). Paul Mania, organ (grand) with trumpets. Attach Parlophone (British) E 10 760 (mx. 2-20 721). April 20, 1928
  • Vision of Joan of Arc - Meditation. (Gounod) Paul Mania, organ (grand) with trumpets. Attach Parlophone (British) E 10 760 (mx. 2-20 720). April 20, 1928

As a song accompanist

at the organ
  • Ave Maria. (Schubert). With Emmy Heckmann-Bettendorf , soprano. Parlophone P.9378 (mx. 2-21 226), up. February 28, 1929.
  • chasanut:
  • Ya 'aleh. (Israel Age) I and II. With Israel Age, tenor. Parlophone P.9433-I (mx. 2-21 472) and -II (mx. 2-21 473)
  • Hashkiveinu. (BW Age) I and II. With Israel Age, tenor. Parlophone P.9455-I (mx. 2-21 474) and -II (mx. 2-21 475). June 5, 1929 in Berlin
  • El mole rachamim. (Israel age, arr. Leo head) With Israel age, tenor. Parlophone P.9453-II (mx. 2-21 550²), up. January 20, 1930 in Berlin

As a conductor

  • To you. (Henry E. Geehl). Heinrich Winckelshoff with orchestra, conducted by Paul Mania, Cologne. Apply Parlophone P. 1885-I (die number 2-7775). December 17, 1924.
  • Secret invitation ( Richard Strauss op.27.2 ) / Celebration of love ( Felix Weingartner op.16.2). Heinrich Winckelshoff with orchestra, conducted by Paul Mania, Cologne. Apply Parlophone P. 1885-II (die number 2-7777). December 17, 1924.
  • My Rhine. ( If only it weren't for the Rhine , Aug. Bungert op. 37). Heinrich Winckelshoff with orchestra, conducted by Paul Mania, Cologne. Pick up Parlophone P.1835-I (2-7774). December 17, 1924.
  • Come with me to the beautiful green Rhine. (Eugen Warwas - Balthasar Volkmuth). Heinrich Winckelshoff with orchestra, conducted by Paul Mania, Cologne. Pick up Parlophone P.1835-II (2-7776). December 17, 1924.
  • In the wine: Rheinlied. (Paul Mania). Heinrich Winckelshoff with instrumental trio under the direction of Paul Mania, Cologne. Apply Parlophone P. 1844 (die number 2-7781). December 18, 1924 (with Paul Mania, Schiedmayer “Dominator” Harmonium, Edith Lorand , violin)
  • In the Rolandsbogen. (Paul Mania) Heinrich Winckelshoff with instrumental trio under the direction of Paul Mania, Cologne. Put up Parlophone P. 1844 (die number 2-7782). December 18, 1924 (with Paul Mania, Schiedmayer “Dominator” Harmonium, Edith Lorand, violin)
as a companion for Cologne carnivalists
  • Do ärme Kääl can nit d'rför .. Carnival marching song (Hans Otten. Text: Gerhard Ebeler.) Gerhard Ebeler, with orchestra under the direction of Paul Mania. Beka B. 6881 (die number 37 997)
  • En d'r Höhnergass 204th March song (Hans Otten. Text: Gerhard Ebeler.) Gerhard Ebeler, with orchestra under the direction of Paul Mania. Beka B. 6881 (die number 37 999)
  • So I advise you - move to the Rhine! : New Rhine song. (Willi Ostermann.) Willi Ostermann with orchestra under the direction of Paul Mania. Parlophone B. 12 115 (die number 37 965)
  • I drink! To your well-being, my darling. Marching song (Willi Ostermann). Willi Ostermann with orchestra under the direction of Paul Mania. Parlophone B. 12 115 (die number 37 962)
  • Nah - I don't like you mie. Marching song. (Willi Ostermann.) Willi Ostermann with orchestra under the direction of Paul Mania. Parlophone B. 12 116 (die number 37 964)
  • Because carnival is only once a year. Marching song. (Willi Ostermann.) Willi Ostermann with orchestra under the direction of Paul Mania. Parlophone B. 12 116 (die number 37 963)

literature

  • Simon Benne: Records are returning to Hanover. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine dated June 26, 2012, ( online ) (records by Oberkantors Israel Alter)
  • Karl Heinz Dettke: Cinema organs and cinema music in Germany. Metzler, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 978-347601297-5 .
  • Karl Heinz Dettke, Thomas Klose, Taco Tiemersma: cinema and theater organs, an international overview. Tectum Verlag, 2001, ISBN 978-3-82888265-2 .
  • Sholom Kalib: The Musical Tradition of the Eastern European Synagogue. (= Part 1 of Introduction: history and definition. Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art. ) Syracuse University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-81562966-5 . (English)
  • Friedhelm Schnitker: Paul Mania, a Silesian composer in the Rhineland. Commemorative sheet to the composer of the Brohltallied. In: Homeland yearbook of the Ahrweiler district 1978. ( online )
  • Peter Seidel: Rolandsbogen gets glazing. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger from April 7, 2013. ( online )
  • Horst Wahl: Odeon, the story of a record company. Hanfried Sieben, Düsseldorf 1986.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d according to Schnitker 1978
  2. ↑ Even the star tenor of the 1920s, Richard Tauber , sang it on record, see: Im Rolandsbogen. / Paul Mania. Text: Jörg Ritzel. Chamber singer Richard Tauber, tenor, with orchestral accompaniment. Direction: Kapellmeister Ernst Hauke. Odeon O-4918 (Be 6499), open. 1928. To be heard on youtube.com [1] and quoted. at Peter Seidel, in Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger April 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ See Paul Mania, “Im Rolandsbogen.” From the Rhine novel “Die Herrgottsschenke” by Jörg Ritzel (copy of the setting from 1914 for voice and piano); in: Kurt Roessler (Hrsg.), Literarischer Weinberg Rolandsbogen: Texts and pictures since 1900. “RHEIN!” - special issue no. S2 , Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-9809118-9-4 , p. 20 f.
  4. ↑ cf. rolandsbogen.de Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rolandsbogen.de
  5. ↑ “How Mania received the text, whether from the hand of the poet or from friends, remains in the dark.” writes Schnitker in 1978.
  6. ↑ cf. z. BHW Kempenich in [2] : Heinz Adams, the director of the Villa Romantica, had mobilized his senior choir and provided the musical accompaniment for a birthday serenade himself. And the jubilarian sang along especially with the Brohlallied song. or Olbrück Rundschau , edition: week 41/13, year: 27: The climax with guaranteed goose bumps will be the jointly played "Brohltallied" and "Preußens Gloria", conducted by Albert Justen senior. on Thursday October 10, 2013.
  7. ↑ Barthel Schmitz wrote the text. See Das Germanen-Lied from 1922. (Barthel Schmitz (text) and Paul Mania (setting)), at: Ruder- und Tennis-Klub Germania e. V. Cologne . Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rtk-germania.de
  8. ↑ also the cinema organ : for the opening of the Tauentzien-Lichtspiele in Berlin, Tauentzienstrasse 19, in November 1927 Mania played their Philharmonie organ by M. Welte & Sons, and at the end of 1928 for the opening of the Colosseum Theater in Warsaw the Wurlitzer installed there. See Film-Kurier of December 28, 1928, quoted in at: Dettke, Klose, Tiemersma: cinema and theater organs. P. 75. See also Dettke: Cinema organs and cinema music in Germany. P. 230 (guest performances) and 241 (recordings)
  9. ↑ cf. Organization chart of WERAG for 1927 at [3]  : Choir. Management: Paul Mania, as well as 8 women and 8 men.
  10. ↑ we only need to remember the tenor Heinrich Winckelshoff, the baritone Heinrich Schlusnus [cf. LP 10555-57 Paul Mania Im Rolandsbogen 5'05] or the sopranos Vera Schwarz and Lotte Leonard
  11. ↑ Dr. Leo Kopf, leading Jewish composer and conductor, a noted figure in the musical world in Germany, where he was musical director of the Berlin Jewish Community until 1939. see JTA of March 3, 1953. [4]
personal data
SURNAME Mania, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist, pianist, composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Czepolowicz
DATE OF DEATH August 1, 1935
Place of death Obernigk