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Various - Liedermacher in Deutschland: Für wen wir singen - Liedermacher, Vol.1 (3-CD)

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Songwriter in Germany 

Songwriters aren't a thing of the past. Even if the song, especially the political song, has often been declared dead in Germany. But just a glance at the monthly 'Liederbestenliste' shows how colourful and lively the scene of musicians in this country who sing 'German' is: Songs with critical, thought-provoking lyrics and music that does not necessarily follow established listening habits. This can be in many styles: classical chanson, folk, pop, blues, rock, jazz or rap. They are all part of a long tradition that could be traced back to the troubadours of the Middle Ages. 

The collection 'Für wen ich singe - Liedermacher in Deutschland' does not go back that far, of course. For the first time, the project, which consists of 12 CDs, offers an overview of the recent history of songwriters in western and eastern Germany from the early sixties to the eighties of the last century. 

Traditions, new songs and Deutschfolk 

First of all it is about the rediscovery of the German song traditions. It was Hein &, Oss Kröher and Peter Rohland who had been working on the democratic song long before the new folk song movement, among others in the Bündische Jugend. In the early sixties, inspired mainly by artists in France or the USA, the voices that sought their own forms of expression included many names known today such as Franz Josef Degenhardt, Reinhard Mey, Walter Mossmann, Christof Stählin, Dieter Süverkrüp and Hannes Wader. A first important forum for her and many other performers of a new German song were the festivals at Burg Waldeck between 1964 and 1969. A little later the German folk revival was heralded, among others with Fiedel Michel, Liederjan and Zupfgeigenhansel. They did not want to cultivate the folk song as a museum tradition, but to create a new type of democratic song. 

Red songs, dialect songs and new poets 

The seventies brought politically highly moved times. Singer-songwriters commented on emergency laws, bans on employment, unemployment, Vietnam war, nuclear arms and nuclear power plants. Alongside many artists from the Waldeck era, new names established themselves in the political arena in this way - including the song cabaret Floh de Cologne, Ekkes Frank or Lerryn alias Dieter Dehm. The Folkrevival also led to a broad preoccupation with dialects. Many songwriters rediscovered the dialects of their home regions as buried traditions. So in Bavaria the Biermösl Blosn. In Stuttgart, Wolle Kriwanek sang the Swabian blues. On the Lower Rhine Günter Gall made a name for himself in language and song care, in the Low German region it was Hannes Wader and Helmut Debus and in the 'Kohlenpott' Frank Baier. Not to forget the many other songwriters and poets who shaped the scene between the mid-seventies and the early eighties like Bernies Autobahn Band, Ina Deter, Joana or Konstantin Wecker

Song and Chanson in the GDR 

Then there's the song and chanson in the GDR - taken seriously and promoted, but as critical songs they are accustomed to bear and suppressed as oppositional ones. Artists like Hanns Eisler, Ernst Busch and Gisela May continued the tradition of political songs and chansons from the twenties and thirties. Wolf Biermann followed this up in the early sixties, became a critic of bureaucratic socialism and was banned from appearing and publishing. At the same time, so-called Hootenanny clubs were formed in which Perry Friedman, Hartmut König, Bettina Wegner and others performed. Under increased state influence, the FDJ singing movement developed, with at times 4,000 clubs, including the Oktoberklub and the TU Dresden song group. In the mid-seventies, song theatres such as Karl's grandson and Schicht and folklore groups such as Folkländer and Wacholder were created in contrast to singing clubs. In the 1980s Gerhard Gundermann, Stephan Krawczyk, Hans-Eckardt Wenzel and other songwriters articulated the difference between proclaimed ideology and reality and thus contributed to the critical discourse in the GDR. 

Liedszene Austria and Switzerland 

Not to forget the song scene of our German-speaking neighbours. Among them from Austria are Wolfgang Ambros, Arik Brauer, Georg Danzer, Ludwig Hirsch and the butterflies. From Switzerland it is Aernschd Born, Franz Hohler, Walther Lietha, Toni Vescoli and Tinu Heiniger, among others, who played an important role in those years.

The selection process

One or the other will surely ask, why is 'Soundso' not represented? Or why was the title 'X' and not the title 'Y' selected by this or that artist? This collection is a retrospective snapshot. It can't be all-encompassing. This also applies to the documented information, which makes no claim to biographical or discographical completeness. It is also true for them that they are excerpts that illuminate a certain moment in history. With the immense abundance of historical material, the choice was not easy. In the end, of course, there was a subjective decision. However, this was influenced by my understanding of singer-songwriters as artists who want to communicate something to their fellow human beings and make them think. Against this background, the political song cannot be separated from an allegedly apolitical song. "Unpolitical songs don't exist at all," Franz Josef Degenhardt said in 1967. 

Holger Böning writes in his book 'Der Traum von einer Sache - Aufstieg und Fall der Utopien im politischen Lied der Bundesrepublik und der DDR': "The song is a very unique art form. Its effect does not only depend on the text, yes, often the text is only half the story, because through setting to music and lecture the poem gains a new quality."  Böning speaks of the "power of sounds", which turn a song into a "means of finding political identity". And he continues: "Even where the text appeals primarily to the mind, the statement of warmth and emotionality often only gains through setting to music and can thus unfold a persuasiveness and effect peculiar only to the song form".  As far as the content of such songs is concerned, Böning says: "Songs serve to portray one's own life situation or social and societal criticism; they can be news carriers, information media and means of agitation, but they are often also used to differentiate and establish the identity of groups or to heat up aggressive emotions against outsiders.

When judging a song, I let myself be guided by the song philosophy of a man who is very close to me: Woody Guthrie. He put it like this in the mid-forties: "I hate songs that make you understand that you are worth nothing. I hate songs that make you understand you're born to lose. To lose for sure. Not worth anything to anyone. It's about singing songs that prove to you that this is your world, and even if it hit you damn hard and you got a dozen blows, no matter how much it pulled you down or rolled over you, no matter what skin color you have, how big you are, how built you are. I'm all about singing the songs that make you proud of yourself and your work."

I would like to thank all the musicians who have contributed with their information and memories to making this little piece of sounding German cultural history a reality. My special thanks go to Nikolaus Gatter and Stephan Rögner, who helped me with the selection of the songs.

Michael Kleff

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Various - Liedermacher in Deutschland - Für wen wir singen - Liedermacher, Vol.1 (3-CD) CD 1
01 Die alten Lieder DEGENHARDT, FRANZ JOSEF
02 Ich schaukle meine Müdigkeit ROHLAND, PETER
03 Frateg far nacht ROHLAND, PETER
04 Wir drei, wir gehn jetzt auf die Walze ROHLAND, PETER & SCHOBERT SCHULZ
05 Bürgerlied ROHLAND, PETER
06 Lied eines kosmopolitischen Nachtwächters ROHLAND, PETER
07 Die Räuberballade von Pierre, dem roten Coqui ROHLAND, PETER
08 O König von Preußen HEIN & OSS KRÖHER
09 Die große Hungersnot HEIN & OSS KRÖHER
10 Auf vielen Straßen dieser Welt HEIN & OSS KRÖHER
11 Mein Deutschland strecke die Glieder HEIN & OSS KRÖHER
12 Das Solidaritätslied HEIN & OSS KRÖHER
13 Wie schön blüht uns der Maien HEIN & OSS KRÖHER
14 Wol mich der stunde (Erste Begegnung) WOLFRAM, KARL
15 Die goldene Wiege WOLFRAM, KARL
16 Badisches Wiegenlied ULLI & FREDRIK
17 Wiegenlied BAUER-HORN, KRISTIN
18 68 Lebensjahre BAUER-HORN, KRISTIN
19 Zwei Knaben hatten eine Fidel HEDEMANN, WALTER
20 Wald-Mädel-Sang (für Männerchor) HEDEMANN, WALTER
21 Steter Trost oder Auch du kannst glücklich se HEDEMANN, WALTER
22 Mit Leichen leben SCHOBERT & BLACK
23 Des Heizers Traum SCHOBERT & BLACK
24 Auszug aus dem kleinen Großdeutschen National SCHOBERT & BLACK
25 Die Reifeprüfung SCHOBERT & BLACK
26 Bauer ich bitt euch MEY, REINHARD
27 Ballade der guten Lehre / Mädchen in den Schä MEY, REINHARD
28 Ich wollte wie Orpheus singen MEY, REINHARD
29 Diplomatenjagd MEY, REINHARD
Various - Liedermacher in Deutschland - Für wen wir singen - Liedermacher, Vol.1 (3-CD) CD 2
01 Zwischen zwei Straßenbahnen DEGENHARDT, FRANZ JOSEF
02 Spiel nicht mit den Schmuddelkindern DEGENHARDT, FRANZ JOSEF
03 Spaziergang DEGENHARDT, FRANZ JOSEF
04 Für wen ich singe DEGENHARDT, FRANZ JOSEF
05 Der Touristenflamenco SÜVERKRÜP, DIETER
06 Wie man in Düsseldorf eine Kunstausstellung e SÜVERKRÜP, DIETER
07 Kirschen auf Sahne SÜVERKRÜP, DIETER
08 Wünsche des Publikums an den Sänger SÜVERKRÜP, DIETER
09 Survivor's Song MOSSMANN, WALTER
10 Hafenrevue MOSSMANN, WALTER
11 Große Anfrage MOSSMANN, WALTER
12 Pik Sieben MOSSMANN, WALTER
13 Makaber macht lustig STÄHLIN, CHRISTOF
14 Sauregurkenzeit STÄHLIN, CHRISTOF
15 Verstopft STÄHLIN, CHRISTOF
16 Rückt der Mond mir auf die Pelle VARGAS, EVA
17 Viel zu schade für mich WADER, HANNES
18 Das Bier in dieser Kneipe WADER, HANNES
19 Ich hatte mir noch soviel vorgenommen WADER, HANNES
Various - Liedermacher in Deutschland - Für wen wir singen - Liedermacher, Vol.1 (3-CD) CD 3
01 De sun vet arunter gayn CITY PREACHERS
02 Spheres Of Universe (Wacka Wacka Boing) KANNMACHER, TOM
03 Die Geige KANNMACHER, TOM & JÜRGEN SCHÖNTGES
04 Das Blutgericht (Weberlied) MICHEL, FIEDEL
05 Es soll sich der Mensch nicht mit der Liebe a MICHEL, FIEDEL
06 Der Reiche und der Arme MICHEL, FIEDEL
07 Ougenweide OUGENWEIDE
08 Zittert, zittert, blöde Toren OUGENWEIDE
09 Junges Mächen saß am Strande ELSTER SILBERFLUG
10 Heute scheid' ich ELSTER SILBERFLUG
11 Trotz alledem WADER, HANNES
12 Es geht eine dunkle Wolke WADER, HANNES
13 Ich bin Soldat ZUPFGEIGENHANSEL
14 Ich bin ein freyer Bauern-Knecht ZUPFGEIGENHANSEL
15 Papst und Sultan ZUPFGEIGENHANSEL
16 Lustig, lustig ihr lieben Brüder LIEDERJAN
17 Wem hamse de Krone jeklaut LIEDERJAN
18 Der Lumpensammler LIEDERJAN
19 Herr von Ribbeck auf Ribbeck im Havelland REICHEL, ACHIM
20 Der Zauberlehrling REICHEL, ACHIM
21 Folklore HÜSCH, HANNS DIETER
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Singer-songwriters in Germany

The song, especially the political song, has often been declared dead in Germany. But just a look at the monthly list of best songs - a hit parade of a special kind - shows how colourful and lively the scene of musicians singing'German' is in this country: Songs with critical, thought-provoking lyrics and music that is not necessarily based on established listening habits. This can go into many styles: classical chanson, folk, pop, blues, rock, jazz or rap. They all have a long tradition that can be traced back to the troubadours in the Middle Ages.

The collection'Für wen ich singe - Liedermacher in Deutschland' does not go that far back in time, however. The project, which is based on four 3-CD sets, offers for the first time an overview of the recent history of songwriters in Germany-West and Germany-East from the early sixties to the eighties of the last century. The first 3-CD set is about rediscovering tradition, about bank songs, utility poetry and current songs as well as German folk and new folk singers in the old Federal Republic. Hein & Oss Kröher and Peter Rohland had been striving for the democratic song long before the new folk song movement, among others in the Bündische Jugend. Among the voices who sought their own forms of expression against the background of their role models in France or the USA in the early sixties were many well-known names such as Franz Josef Degenhardt, Reinhard Mey, Walter Mossmann, Christof Stählin, Dieter Süverkrüp and Hannes Wader.

Between 1964 and 1969, the festivals at Burg Waldeck formed an important forum for her and many other performers, including Kristin Bauer-Horn, Walter Hedemann, Schobert & Black and Eva Vargas.

The German Folkrevival was started in the early to mid-seventies with Tom Kannmacher, Fiedel Michel, Elster Silberflug, Liederjan and Zupfgeigenhansel, among others. They did not want to cultivate the folk song as a museum tradition, but rather to create a new democratic type of song. Ougenweide brought a new musical colour to the spectrum of new German folk singers by mixing pop and rock musical instruments with old instruments such as the crumhorn and hurdy-gurdy. Achim Reichel was one of the first rock musicians to set classical German poets to music.

The themes of the other sets are the songs of the politically turbulent times of the seventies. They comment on emergency laws, professional bans, unemployment, Vietnam War, nuclear armament and nuclear power plants. In addition to many artists from the Waldeck era, new names have established themselves directly in daily political life - among them Dietrich Kittner, the song cabaret Floh de Cologne, Ekkes Frank or Lerryn alias Dieter Dehm. The folkrevival also brought with it a broad occupation with dialects. Many songwriters rediscovered the dialects of their home region as a buried tradition. So in Bavaria the Biermösl Blosn. In Stuttgart, Wolle Kriwanek sang the Swabian blues. In the Lower Rhine region Günter Gall earned his living in various formations (Mulwerk, Fukkepott, Düvelskermes) for language and song care, in the Flat German region Hannes Wader and Helmut Debus and in the'Kohlenpott' Frank Baier. Not to forget the other names that shaped the scene between the mid-1970s and early 1980s, such as Bernies Autobahn Band, Ina Deter, Joana and Konstantin Wecker.

Then there are songs and chanson in the GDR - taken seriously and promoted, but suspected as critical songs and suppressed as oppositional ones. Artists like Hanns Eisler, Ernst Busch and Gisela May continued the tradition of political song and chanson from the 1920s and 1930s. Wolf Biermann followed this up in the early sixties, became a critic of bureaucratic socialism and was banned from appearing and publishing. At the same time, so-called Hootenanny clubs were founded in which Perry Friedman, Hartmut König, Bettina Wegner and others performed. Under increased state influence, the FDJ singing movement developed from this with at times 4,000 clubs, including the Oktoberklub and the Songgruppe of the TU Dresden. In the mid-seventies, song theatres such as Karl's grandson and Schicht and folklore groups such as Folkländer and Wacholder were created in contrast to the singing clubs. In the 1980s Gerhard Gundermann, Stephan Krawczyk, Hans-Eckardt Wenzel and other songwriters articulated the difference between proclaimed ideology and reality and thus contributed to the critical discourse in the GDR.

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Various - Liedermacher in Deutschland - Für wen wir singen - Liedermacher, Vol.1 (3-CD) CD 1
01 Die alten Lieder
02 Ich schaukle meine Müdigkeit
03 Frateg far nacht
04 Wir drei, wir gehn jetzt auf die Walze
05 Bürgerlied
06 Lied eines kosmopolitischen Nachtwächters
07 Die Räuberballade von Pierre, dem roten Coqui
08 O König von Preußen
09 Die große Hungersnot
10 Auf vielen Straßen dieser Welt
11 Mein Deutschland strecke die Glieder
12 Das Solidaritätslied
13 Wie schön blüht uns der Maien
14 Wol mich der stunde (Erste Begegnung)
15 Die goldene Wiege
16 Badisches Wiegenlied
17 Wiegenlied
18 68 Lebensjahre
19 Zwei Knaben hatten eine Fidel
20 Wald-Mädel-Sang (für Männerchor)
21 Steter Trost oder Auch du kannst glücklich se
22 Mit Leichen leben
23 Des Heizers Traum
24 Auszug aus dem kleinen Großdeutschen National
25 Die Reifeprüfung
26 Bauer ich bitt euch
27 Ballade der guten Lehre / Mädchen in den Schä
28 Ich wollte wie Orpheus singen
29 Diplomatenjagd
Various - Liedermacher in Deutschland - Für wen wir singen - Liedermacher, Vol.1 (3-CD) CD 2
01 Zwischen zwei Straßenbahnen
02 Spiel nicht mit den Schmuddelkindern
03 Spaziergang
04 Für wen ich singe
05 Der Touristenflamenco
06 Wie man in Düsseldorf eine Kunstausstellung e
07 Kirschen auf Sahne
08 Wünsche des Publikums an den Sänger
09 Survivor's Song
10 Hafenrevue
11 Große Anfrage
12 Pik Sieben
13 Makaber macht lustig
14 Sauregurkenzeit
15 Verstopft
16 Rückt der Mond mir auf die Pelle
17 Viel zu schade für mich
18 Das Bier in dieser Kneipe
19 Ich hatte mir noch soviel vorgenommen
Various - Liedermacher in Deutschland - Für wen wir singen - Liedermacher, Vol.1 (3-CD) CD 3
01 De sun vet arunter gayn
02 Spheres Of Universe (Wacka Wacka Boing)
03 Die Geige
04 Das Blutgericht (Weberlied)
05 Es soll sich der Mensch nicht mit der Liebe a
06 Der Reiche und der Arme
07 Ougenweide
08 Zittert, zittert, blöde Toren
09 Junges Mächen saß am Strande
10 Heute scheid' ich
11 Trotz alledem
12 Es geht eine dunkle Wolke
13 Ich bin Soldat
14 Ich bin ein freyer Bauern-Knecht
15 Papst und Sultan
16 Lustig, lustig ihr lieben Brüder
17 Wem hamse de Krone jeklaut
18 Der Lumpensammler
19 Herr von Ribbeck auf Ribbeck im Havelland
20 Der Zauberlehrling
21 Folklore