Willy Rosenau

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Willy Rosenau (born July 22, 1915 in Angerburg , East Prussia ; † November 26, 1999 ) was a German opera and radio singer (baritone) and founder of the internationally successful Rosenau trio . As such, Rosenau developed the listening sequence as a musical form of presentation, which is capable of a wide variety of topics by cleverly combining music and text - e.g. B. life stories of famous writers and musicians, city and landscape pictures, but also literary works - for musical evenings with a small cast (1 speaker, 1 singer, 1 pianist).

Life

His teacher Hugo Hartung gave Rosenau, who was born in Angerburg , "decisive foundations" for his career as a singer. Rosenau first sings under Hartung in Königsberg and on tours, soon at the Vienna Opera , various recitals, on the radio and also on the radio in other European countries. These appearances make Rosenau known even before he made a name for himself with his innovative audio series. In 1950 Hartung invited Rosenau to become a lecturer at the Humboldt University in Berlin , which Rosenau had to decline due to the difficult situation in East Prussia .

Listening sequences

During his lifetime, Rosenau and his Rosenau Trio Baden-Baden, with whom he has been touring in Germany and abroad from 1955, worked on over 50 topics as audio sequences, some of which were also produced in the Adele Sandrock Studio Baden-Baden Records appeared, e.g. B. the audio sequences about Hermann Löns , Wilhelm Busch , the Masurians or Mozart on the trip to Prague . In addition to the texts of the poets or musicians, connecting texts were also necessary, which Rosenau wrote himself. The listening sequences usually lasted 80-90 minutes. It was always asked to refrain from applause during the listening sequence, which can be viewed as a chamber music unit.

Tours

Rosenau's extensive tours were u. a. funded by the Goethe Institute . They took the trio to every continent; every now and then - as in Helsinki and Oslo - the foreign radio stations made tape recordings of the performances. In 1970, the series Mozart on the trip to Prague in San Francisco had 1,000 listeners. The Rosenau Trio's largest and most successful tour took them to Colombia , Venezuela , Brazil , Uruguay , Argentina , Chile and Peru . Sometimes you had to cross the jungle , desert and pampas to get to the audience; however, the tour was repeated several times.

Prominent advocates

The admirers and advocates of the Rosenau trio included high-ranking people from international politics, above all Federal President Heinrich Lübke and his wife, who repeatedly attended the trio's lecture evenings. With its successful performances all over the world, the Rosenau Trio is at times one of the most important cultural ambassadors of the Federal Republic of Germany. Your audience were u. a. Princess Soraya and Emperor Haile Selassie , the " Lion of Judah ". Walter Scheel , who had made the song popular again, attended the audio sequence Hoch auf dem yellow Wagen , and Agnes Miegel was the guest of honor at a performance in Bad Nenndorf .

Predicates

The ministries of culture in the German federal states awarded Rosenau's listening sequences the ratings "artistically superior" and "culturally particularly worthy of support".

book

With around the Mauersee. Poems from the Angerburg district , Rosenau, who was always concerned with literature for the development of his audio sequences, published a collection of poems from his homeland as a book in 1970.

Rosenau ensemble

After Rosenau's death in 1999, the actor Martin Winkler and the pianist Helga Becker, with an otherwise alternating cast, Some of the life's work continued under the name Rosenau-Ensemble . So in 2005 the Rosenau Trio is again on the road all over Germany with listening sequences such as Bei Walzerkönig Johann Strauss in Vienna .

Quotes

  • With my tones I sang you a song / a song that penetrated me from the bottom of my soul./ You home, hold me tightly, / You were the source to these songs sound. Willy Rosenau
  • We particularly like to think of "Mozart on the trip to Prague", "An evening with Franz Schubert", "Greetings from Vienna" and "Hermann Löns - life and work". In a very special, subtle way, the three excellently coordinated artists know how to combine the respective circle of ideas in words, songs and piano music and turn them into celebrations. Dr. Heinrich Lübke, former Federal President D.
  • My brother would certainly have enjoyed this excellently compiled listening sequence (...). I have never heard such a complete and complete Löns performance. Ernst Löns, brother of the poet Hermann Löns, after a performance by the Rosenau Trio.

Discography (selection)

  • Mozart on the trip to Prague
  • Beethoven visits Goethe
  • Schubertiade - a visit to Franz Schubert
  • At the Waltz King Strauss
  • The secret of the forest
  • Rose - queen of flowers
  • Hermann Löns - The heather is green
  • Howdy Germany
  • Hike through Berlin and the Mark Brandenburg
  • Beloved home Masuria in East Prussia

Awards

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personal data
SURNAME Rosenau, Willy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera and radio singer (baritone)
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Angerburg , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 1999