Wolfgang Brandenstein

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Wolfgang Brandenstein (born April 24, 1929 in Berlin ) is a German radio presenter , television entertainer and songwriter . He had his significant successes for the record label AMIGA as well as in the radio and television programs of the GDR .

life and work

Wolfgang Brandenstein, born in Berlin in 1929, is one of the mentors of GDR entertainment. After graduation u. a. In psychology, he worked as an announcer, conférencier, hit writer, quiz master, director, ensemble leader and as a presenter of radio and television programs. He became known u. a. with the hit cocktail on the German broadcaster or with the TV show What can it be? asks Wolfgang Brandenstein .

This colorful Saturday evening TV show was broadcast live from October 11, 1958 to May 29, 1960 in 14 editions from various parts of the GDR - for example Rostock , Jena , Sonneberg and Magdeburg . The opening broadcast from the cultural hall of the Chemische Werke Buna in Schkopau was also the screen premiere for the then 17-year-old actress Jutta Hoffmann , who on Brandenstein's decision that the one who comes on stage with the most money saved wins the round with a big one Cigar box full of pennies appeared on the TV show and was then hired as an assistant for further episodes until she graduated from high school.

As a director, Wolfgang Brandenstein shaped the stage programs Hallo Eberhard! with Eberhard Cohrs and Horst Feuerstein. In 1966 Brandenstein, named among colleagues Pelle , formed the Wolfgang Brandenstein Ensemble , from which the Gerd Michaelis Choir (from 1976 Cantus Choir ) emerged. Wolfgang Brandenstein wrote various revue programs for the Friedrichstadt-Palast , which he also directed and moderated. Over 3,000 hit and song lyrics come from the pen of Wolfgang Brandenstein, including many hits from GDR entertainment art - for example for Frank Schöbel , Hartmut Schulze-Gerlach , Regina Thoss and Wolfgang Lippert .

Brandenstein wrote a number of selected hits for the television shows Ein Kessel Buntes and Klock 8, aft Strom . This also applies to the DEFA music film Don't cheat, darling! Brandenstein formed a successful team especially with the composer Gerhard Siebholz and Arndt Bause . In 1973 he was awarded the GDR Art Prize. Brandenstein's flair for hit-and-run puns is proven by his two evergreens children, children, I don't have a top hat for Will Brandes and Erna comes for Wolfgang Lippert.

Until 2015, Wolfgang Brandenstein worked for more than 15 years as an honorary curator in the lyricist department of the GEMA Social Fund. He lives on the outskirts of Berlin.

Programs as moderator / game master (selection)

  • 1958–1960: What can it be? - Asks Wolfgang Brandenstein , Saturday evening interactive show, 14 issues, German television broadcasting
  • 1960–1962: Wanted and found , family game show, 8 programs, first broadcast: October 22, 1960, German television broadcasting
  • 1965–1966: Schlager heute - the latest in radio and record, presented by Wolfgang Brandenstein , 4 parts, first broadcast: May 26, 1965, 8:00 pm, German TV radio
  • Schlagercocktail , radio magazine, German broadcaster

Schlager lyrics (selection)

  • 1963: Parrot Twist - Ruth Brandin
  • 1964: I don't have a top hat - Will Brandes
  • 1964: Drive the carousel alone - Ellen Tiedtke
  • 1964: Nobody has kissed me at the Twist - Ruth Brandin
  • 1966: The first night by the sea - Regina Thoss
  • 1966: Whenever you laugh - Britt Kersten
  • 1967: The miniskirt - Horst & Benno
  • 1968: La Bostella with Aunt Ella - Britt Kersten & Bert Hendrix
  • 1969: who saw them? - Michael Hansen
  • 1969: Will you go - Horst Krüger
  • 1970: The girls' choir - Frank Schöbel
  • 1970: There are so many beautiful things in life - Frank Schöbel
  • 1970: Left of me, right of me - Frank Schöbel & Chris Doerk
  • 1970: Look at it - Horst & Benno
  • 1971: The postman arrives - Skaldowie
  • 1972: As if nothing had happened - Frank Schöbel
  • 1973: Manja - Frank Schöbel
  • 1973: I see her - Frank Schöbel
  • 1974: Isabell - Muck
  • 1974: I get on the roof - Uschi Brüning
  • 1976: That was a masterpiece - Hauff & Henkler
  • 1977: Hey, little Linda - Muck
  • 1977: Omnibuslied - Omnibus pioneer choir
  • 1983: Erna arrives - Wolfgang Lippert
  • 1984: Erna arrives - Hugo Egon Balder (Ariola)
  • 1984: I don't have a top hat - Hauff & Henkler

Publications

  • 1971: Wolfgang Brandenstein: Visit to the record studio , in: Schlagerkaleidoskop - interpreters, photos, themes , editors: Hans-Jürgen Voigt, Lied der Zeit Musikverlag Berlin, pp. 9–15.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anniversaries 2009 , German Broadcasting Archive Potsdam 2008, p. 46
  2. ↑ Portrait based on notes , Annegret Gabert in conversation with Wolfgang Brandenstein, Radio DDR I, November 24, 1974
  3. ↑ Uwe Breitenborn: How did the bear laugh? Systematics, functionality and thematic segmentation of entertaining non-fictional program forms in German television broadcasting until 1969 , Weißensee-Verlag, Berlin 2003, p. 155 f., ISBN 3-934479-99-5
personal data
SURNAME Brandenstein, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German radio presenter, television entertainer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin