Theodor Waldau

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Theodor Waldau (born June 27, 1881 in Galatz , Romania, as Dorku Goldberg ; † March 27, 1942 in Buchenwald concentration camp ) was a writer and journalist.

life and work

Registration card of Theodor Waldau as a prisoner in the National Socialist concentration camp Dachau

Theodor Waldau wrote under the stage name Wau Wau in Austria in the 1920s many texts on popular songs, for example on the radio hit "The beautiful Adrienne has a high antenna" by Hermann Leopoldi , or on the "Vienna Stadium March" for the friends of »Sport and Record«. Serious songs like “Never again war!”, Which Hermann Leopoldi sang on record in 1929, or “Jedermann” he drew with his full name. From 1915 to 1924 Waldau was editor-in-chief of the satirical magazine Die Muskete . For the Austrian Workers' Association in Vienna he wrote “Das Lied vom Arbeitsmann” with the text “Always ahead!” To the music of Hermann Leopoldi. He died on March 27, 1942 in Buchenwald concentration camp.

Sound documents (selection)

  • The beautiful Adrienne has a high antenna (Tschingtarata-radio) . Foxtrot (Hermann Leopoldi, text by Wauwau). Max Kuttner, tenor. Accompaniment: Paul Godwin with his artist ensemble. Gramophone 20 254 (mx. 3659 ar), around June 1925 [1]
  • The beautiful Adrienne has a high antenna! Modern song (Hermann Leopoldi, text by Wauwau) Jacques Rotter, at the piano Anton Zilzer. Odeon A 44 829 (mx. Ve 1228)
  • I tell myself I'm fine. Lied (H. Leopoldi, text by Dr Robert Katscher and Wau Wau). Hermann Leopoldi piano humorist. Odeon A 306.896 (mx. Ve 1291)
  • Buy lavender oil! Foxtrot (Egon Goldberg & Paul Mann, text: Wauwau) Dajos Béla dance orchestra, vocals: Franz Hofmann. Odeon A 45 965 (mx. Be 9527)
  • Money makes you happy! (Music: Hermann Leopoldi, text by Wauwau) Jazz Orchestra Holzinger - with refraing singing Otto Neuman. Columbia D-15770 (Mx.-No .: WH 1823), taken in Vienna, early 1928 [2]
  • Money makes you happy! (Music: Hermann Leopoldi, text by Wauwau) Hermann Leopoldi piano humorist. Gramola [HMV] AM 1615 (mx. 942.967) [3]
  • Never again war (to all mothers) (music: Lindemann, text: Theodor Waldau) Hermann Leopoldi piano humorist. Gramola [HMV] AM 1615 (mx. 942.968). 1929 [4]
  • Überlandpartie (H. Leopoldi, text: Theodor Waldau) Hermann Leopoldi and Betja Milskaja. HMV AN 711 (mx. 2L 292-I) - 1931
  • Austrian tourist advertising , potpourri (H. Leopoldi, text: EWSpahn and Wauwau). Hermann Leopoldi, humorist. HMV AN 726 (72-801), apply. 1932 [5]
  • Piano lesson (H. Leopoldi, text: Wauwau) Hermann Leopoldi and Betja Milskaja. HMV BA 395 (mx. 160.608) - 1933
  • Jedermann (H. Leopoldi, text: Theodor Waldau) Hermann Leopoldi and Betja Milskaja. HMV BA 299 (mx. OW 318-2), apply. 1933 [6]

literature

  • Franziska Ernst: Hermann Leopoldi. Biography of a Jewish-Austrian entertainer and composer . Diploma thesis Vienna 2010.
  • Monika Kornberger: Waldau, Theodor. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .
  • Hartmut Krones: 120 years of Wiener Arbeiter Sängerbund . Lecture 2012 ( PDF file; 131 kB ).
  • Iris Mochar-Kirchner: A Fetz'n Ball'n was the greatest happiness for me. The Wienerlied world of football . In: Wiener Volksliedwerk , Volume 16, Number 5, November 2010 ( PDF file; 4.41 MB )
  • Josef Puchner: The “nice little overland part” and letters from the concentration camp. Theodor Waldau's estate is in the possession of the Hinterholzer family in Schwertberg. In: Mühlviertler Bote. Volume 33, 1978, No. 37; Mühlviertel news . Year 90, 1979, No. 14, book title in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
  • Frank Stern, Barbara Eichinger (ed.): Vienna and the Jewish experience 1900-1938. Acculturation - Anti-Semitism - Zionism . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-205-78317-6 , p. 454.
  • Georg Traska: "On the beautiful red Danube" Hermann Leopoldi - not just a ring game . In: bockkeller 5 / November 2010, p. 4 ( PDF file; 2.99 MB )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ the Austrian Biographical Lexicon and the Austrian Music Lexicon also give the artist name »Theo Arbinger«.
  2. ↑ a catalog raisonné Leopoldi - Wauwau see Ernst, pp. 152–155, on Waldau cf. a. 640.
  3. ↑ Carl Weinstabl wrote the music for this soccer anthem for 1931, cf. Mochar-Kirchner “A year later, the Jewish text author Theodor Waldau (Wau Wau) wrote about the sports hysteria of those years in the 'Wiener Stadion Marsch': 'In the stadium, the joy of sport and a record sweeps away all of Vienna. - Sports!'"
  4. ↑ Document: Gramola [HMV] AM 1615 (mx. 942.968) from this year
  5. ↑ cf. Record labels Gramola [HMV] AM 1615 and HMV BA 299
  6. ↑ cf. also workers' choir. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (Ed.)
  7. ↑ cf. Text for the exhibition “Hermann Leopoldi's Three Vienna” Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 23, 2012 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. : “Hermann Leopoldi's songs of this time commented on political scandals, social fashions and the media revolutions in which he played a part as a modern pop composer and interpreter. The extraordinary quality of his songs came about in collaboration with the best lyricists of his time: Fritz Löhner-Beda, Fritz Grünbaum, Arthur Rebner, Theodor Waldau ... " @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wienbibliothek.at
  8. ↑ cf. Ernst, biography, p. 152 “Always ahead! (The song of the workman). Music: Hermann Leopoldi, text: Theodor Waldau (undated; Austrian Workers Singers Association-Vienna) ”. (Copy: ÖNB MS114554-4 ° Mus)
  9. ↑ cf. Puchner 1978
personal data
SURNAME Waldau, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Galatz , Romania
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 1942
Place of death Buchenwald concentration camp