[78-L] Hans Moser record- Anyone here speak German?

[Han Enderman]

I'm unable to understand most of this Viennese dialect, but googling Duli-Dulieh
we find numerous references to this song, also by others, and it evidently refers to 
Love in Vienna.

The tune is on records like "Die schonsten Wienerlieder" [most beautiful songs from Vienna] 
and occurs on: 
Perlen Der Kleinkunst (Import) (CD) Album By Hans Moser (Artist)
as the first track.
[Now it still has to be established that it is not about "Want you play with my YoYo" in Wien.]

However, wikipedia, as always full of info, tells us that there is a statue of Moser in Vienna,
and his wife was Jewish, so no Nazi propaganda !
Here is wikipedia:

"Born Johann Julier in Vienna, Moser very often portrayed the man in the street, typically someone else's subordinate - servant, waiter, porter, shopkeeper, coachman, petty bureaucrat, etc. Also always he played honest, moral and well-intentioned people who, unable to keep cool and think clearly in crucial situations, get themselves and everyone around them into all kinds of trouble. As the father of a beautiful daughter - often widowed - he was the stubborn one who realizes only at the end of the movie, when all cases of mistaken identity have been cleared up and all secrets are revealed, that he has been terribly wrong all the time.
Moser was particularly known for mumbling indistinctly for comic effect rather than pronouncing words and sentences clearly, and also for failing to finish his sentences - which, combined with his moderate Viennese dialect, made it hard for non-native speakers of German to understand what he is saying.

In Moser's comedy films, Paul Hörbiger, Theo Lingen, Oskar Sima, and Annie Rosar were some of his congenial partners. However Moser was also a serious actor, especially on the stage and, towards the end of his life, on television. In many musical films, Moser can also be heard interpreting a Wienerlied, more likely than not at a Heuriger.

During the Nazi regime, Moser had severe problems because of his wife Blanca (or Bianca) Hirschler, who was Jewish, but he refused to divorce her. It was only because of his great popularity that the regime allowed him to continue to appear in films. His wife eventually fled to Hungary to avoid further trouble. After the war the couple reunited.

Hans Moser died in Vienna in 1964, aged 83. His continuing popularity is attested to by the fact that his style of speaking is still being parodied, often by very young entertainers."

Han Enderman
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>>> Ah, thank you Bob!
Andrea

On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Robert Shirer <rshirer at neb.rr.com> wrote:

> Hi Andrea,
> I didn't have time to listen to this earlier, but I suspect it is nothing
> offensive.  It seems to be an Austrian comic song, and although my German
> was learned in the north, I could not discern anything awful in it.  I
> would
> certainly defer to someone whose Southern German is better than mine, but
> it
> is probably ok.
> Cheers,
> Bob Shirer
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrea Walsh" <petquality1 at gmail.com>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 5:18 PM
> Subject: [78-L] Hans Moser record- Anyone here speak German?
>
>
> > Hi everyone-
> >
> > I recently got a big batch of foreign 78's (mostly German and French
> > labels)
> > and I would like to post one of them on my 78 blog- but before I do I was
> > wondering if anyone here speaks a little German (Austrian?) and can tell
> > me
> > for sure that what the fellow singing the song isn't saying anything
> > offensive (a la Charlie and his Orchestra Nazi propaganda, for example).
> >
> > I can't really speak a word of German- but here is a link to hear the
> > record: http://www.box.net/shared/9y6pos71q8
> >
> > And here is a link to see the label:
> > http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f126/petquality/elitelabel.jpg
> >
> > Thanks in advance- and apologies if this actually IS offensive- I have no
> > idea if it is or not, I just like the way the fella's voice sounds...
> >
> > Andrea
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