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

[Andrea Walsh]

Thank you Han!  I feel confident that I can post this now!

Andrea

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Han Enderman <jcenderman at solcon.nl> wrote:

> 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
> ===
> >>> 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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