Who honors the rose
Who honors the rose is a song by the Klaus Renft Combo that was composed in 1971. It became known in the GDR in the versions of the bands Klaus Renft Combo (later renamed Renft) and Karussell .
history
The composition comes from Peter "Caesar" glasses , who also sings the title. The text was written by Kurt Demmler , who at the time only wrote for himself and the Klaus Renft Combo and later became the most productive lyricist of GDR rock music. The organ part was arranged by the organist Ralf Stolle, part of the arrangement of the original version comes from Michael Heubach , who was also playing in the Klaus Renft combo at the time. For the production for the broadcast of the GDR was Luise Mirsch responsible. Who honors the rose was the first hit of the Klaus Renft combo. It was the first time for Gläser that he was involved in a production as a singer. His Saxon dialect caused him difficulties.
On January 20, 1972, the title was number 1 on the Beatkiste . The song was first released on a record in 1972 on the hi no.3 compilation . It wasn't until 1973 that Wer die Rose Ehrt appeared on the LP Klaus Renft Combo. After Renft was banned in 1975, glasses and drummer Jochen Hohl became members of Karussell. On their second album in 1980 a new recording of Wer die Rose Ehrt, again sung by glasses. In 1994 Renft released the album Das Erbe Renft - Who honors the rose in the unified Germany . The Puhdys released a cover version on their album Undercover in 2003 .
Who honors the rose was the opening piece interpreted by all artists in the first year of the Ost-Rock Klassik 2007 event series and was performed again in 2010 with Renft.
description
The ballad is written in four-four time in G major and C major and begins with a melodic organ solo. The verses are sung cautiously by Peter glasses and accompanied by the electronic organ , acoustic guitar, bass and drums. Two lines per stanza are accompanied by high-pitched background singing, so that the singing becomes more powerful. In the middle of the piece there is a longer instrumental part with the flute - in the version of the carousel of the recorder - as a melody instrument.
The lyric text consists of two stanzas and uses metaphors such as the rose, which also has thorns, to describe the dialectic of happiness, which also includes unhappiness. But one day the rose will lose its thorns, and all people will love the rose and honor one another.
The Klaus Renft Combo version lasts 3:10 minutes, the Karussell version 3:00 minutes.
The piece was published in 1967 with the A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum compared, in turn, from the air from the third orchestral suite of the composer Johann Sebastian Bach is inspired.
Others
The title of Peter Gläser's autobiography is Caesar. Who honors the rose. The autobiography.
Outputs (without compilations)
Albums
- 1973: Klaus Renft Combo ( Amiga )
- 1980: The Only Life (Carousel; Amiga)
- 2003: Undercover (Puhdys; Buschfunk )
Web links
- Lyrics at ostmusik.de ( archive link)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Renft at ostbeat.de ( memento from October 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 15, 2014
- ↑ Götz Hintze: Rock Lexicon of the GDR. 2nd Edition. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-303-9 , p. 245.
- ↑ a b Interview with Thomas Schoppe at deutsche-mugge.de , accessed on October 21, 2013
- ↑ Interview with Peter Gläser at deutsche-mugge.de , accessed on October 21, 2013
- ^ Website on the Puhdys ( Memento from February 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ); further placements not known
- ↑ Album Das Erbe Renft - Who honors the rose. ( Memento from November 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on renft.de
- ↑ guitar chords guitaretab.com , accessed on 21 October 2013
- ^ LP Klaus Renft Combo at discogs.com , accessed October 21, 2013
- ↑ LP The Only Life at discogs.com , accessed October 21, 2013
- ↑ Information on classical topics in popular music ( Memento from March 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive )