Hannes Wader
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Hannes Wader is a German
singer-songwriter
("Liedermacher"). He was an important figure in German leftist circles from the 1970s on, with his songs covering such themes as socialist and communist resistance to oppression in Europe and other places like Latin America. He both wrote new songs and played versions of older historical works.
, Westphalia
, Germany
. His works are mostly based on German folk songs. Aside from his own lyrics, he also performs works of famous poets like Eichendorff. He now rarely sings the workers' songs and socialist hymns that used to be a large part of his repertoire. He recently published an album exclusively with songs by Franz Schubert
. He also performed translated works from Carl Michael Bellman
on the album "Liebe, Schnaps & Tod".
Remarkably, many of the social issues Wader sang about are still relevant today. Besides Franz Josef Degenhardt
, Wader is one of the most active political singers in Germany.
In the 1970s, Hannes Wader became one of the stars of the political left through his provocative songs. He was a member of the German Communist Party
from 1977 to 1991. The publication of the song Der Tankerkönig stirred up controversy, as it covered the kidnapping of the son of the tycoon Rudolf August Oetker
. Wader even came under suspicions of terrorism
.
In 1973 he moved to Struckum
, in Nordfriesland
, where he published some of his later albums. In 1998, he and his family moved to Steinburg
, district of Schleswig-Holstein
.
He has published numerous albums and still tours throughout Germany. He appears in open-air concerts
and also in clubs.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
("Liedermacher"). He was an important figure in German leftist circles from the 1970s on, with his songs covering such themes as socialist and communist resistance to oppression in Europe and other places like Latin America. He both wrote new songs and played versions of older historical works.
Life and work
Wader was born in Bethel, near BielefeldBielefeld
Bielefeld is an independent city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 323,000, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold...
, Westphalia
Province of Westphalia
The Province of Westphalia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.-History:Napoleon Bonaparte founded the Kingdom of Westphalia, which was a client state of the First French Empire from 1807 to 1813...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. His works are mostly based on German folk songs. Aside from his own lyrics, he also performs works of famous poets like Eichendorff. He now rarely sings the workers' songs and socialist hymns that used to be a large part of his repertoire. He recently published an album exclusively with songs by Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...
. He also performed translated works from Carl Michael Bellman
Carl Michael Bellman
was a Swedish poet and composer. Bellman is a central figure in the Swedish song tradition and remains a very important influence in Swedish music, as well as in Scandinavian literature in general, to this day....
on the album "Liebe, Schnaps & Tod".
Remarkably, many of the social issues Wader sang about are still relevant today. Besides Franz Josef Degenhardt
Franz Josef Degenhardt
Franz-Josef Degenhardt was a German poet, satirist, novelist, and – first and foremost – a folksinger/songwriter with decidedly left-wing politics. He was also a lawyer, bearing the academic degree of Doctor of Law.Degenhardt was born in Schwelm, Westphalia...
, Wader is one of the most active political singers in Germany.
In the 1970s, Hannes Wader became one of the stars of the political left through his provocative songs. He was a member of the German Communist Party
German Communist Party
The German Communist Party is a Marxist-Leninist party in Germany.-History:The DKP was formed in West Germany in 1968, in order to fill the place of the Communist Party of Germany , which had been banned by the Federal Constitutional Court in 1956...
from 1977 to 1991. The publication of the song Der Tankerkönig stirred up controversy, as it covered the kidnapping of the son of the tycoon Rudolf August Oetker
Rudolf August Oetker
Rudolf August Oetker was a German entrepreneur who became a billionaire running his private food company Oetker-Gruppe....
. Wader even came under suspicions of terrorism
Terrorism
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...
.
In 1973 he moved to Struckum
Struckum
Struckum is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany....
, in Nordfriesland
Nordfriesland
Nordfriesland, English "Northern Friesland" or "North Frisia", is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It includes almost all of traditional North Frisia along with adjacent areas to the east and south and is bounded by the districts of Schleswig-Flensburg and Dithmarschen, the North Sea and...
, where he published some of his later albums. In 1998, he and his family moved to Steinburg
Steinburg
Steinburg is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Dithmarschen, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Segeberg and Pinneberg, and by the Elbe River .-History:...
, district of Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...
.
He has published numerous albums and still tours throughout Germany. He appears in open-air concerts
Open air concert
An open air concert is a concert taking place outside a hall in the open air.-Overview:Open air concerts can range from small, acousitic gatherings taking place at a municipal park, to large multi-day music festivals, involving some of the most famous music acts in the world...
and also in clubs.
Performed Songs (Incomplete List)
- Abschied
- Am Fluß
- Ankes Bioladen
- Arschkriecher-Ballade
- Auf, Auf zum Kampf
- Begegnung
- Bella Ciao
- Brüder seht die rote Fahne
- Damals
- Darfst nun getrost
- Das Einheitsfrontlied
- Das Loch unterm Dach
- Dem Morgenrot entgegen
- Der kleine Trompeter
- Der Rattenfänger
- Der Tankerkönig
- Die freie Republik
- Die InternationaleThe InternationaleThe Internationale is a famous socialist, communist, social-democratic and anarchist anthem.The Internationale became the anthem of international socialism, and gained particular fame under the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1944, when it was that communist state's de facto central anthem...
- Die MoorsoldatenPeat Bog Soldiers (song)Peat Bog Soldiers is one of Europe's best-known protest songs. It exists in countless European languages and became a Republican anthem during the Spanish Civil War. It was a symbol of resistance during the Second World War and is popular with the Peace movement today...
File mp3 - Die Thälmann-Kolonne
- Dioxin
- El pueblo unido
- Es ist an der Zeit (Wader's German translation of "No Man's LandNo Man's Land (Eric Bogle song)"No Man's Land" is a song written in 1976 by Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter Eric Bogle, reflecting on the grave of a young man who died in World War I. Its chorus refers to two famous pieces of military music, "The Last Post" and "The Flowers of the Forest"...
" by Eric BogleEric BogleEric Bogle is a folk singer-songwriter. He emigrated to Australia in 1969 and currently resides near Adelaide, South Australia.-Career:...
) - Es ist schon viele Jahre her
- Gut, wieder hier zu sein
- Heute hier, Morgen dort (Day to Day, music by Gary Bolstad titled "Indian SummerIndian summer (disambiguation)Indian summer is a period of sunny, warm weather in autumn, not long before winter.Indian Summer may also refer to:- Film :* Indian Summer , a Bulgarian comedy/drama film directed by Milen Nikolov...
", lyrics by Hannes Wader) - Hotel zur langen Dämmerung
- Ich hatte mir noch so viel vorgenommen
- Im Garten (Liebeslied)
- Johnny
- König von Preußen
- Kokain (Cocaine)
- Krieg ist Krieg
- Landsknecht
- Leben einzeln und frei
- Lied vom Knüppelchen
- Mamita mia
- Manche Stadt, manch ein Land
- Monika
- Rohr im Wind
- Sag mir, wo die Blumen sind
- Sage nein
- Schon Morgen
- Schon so lang
- Schön ist die Jugend
- Solidaritätslied
- Sommerlied
- Stellungnahme
- Talking-Böser-Traum-Blues
- Traum vom Frieden
- Trotz alledem (...daß sich die Furcht in Widerstand)
- Unterwegs nach Süden
- Vaters Land
- Viel zu schade für mich
- Wir werden sehen
- Wünsche
Discography
- 1969 HANNES WADER SINGT (Conträr)
- 1971 ICH HATTE MIR NOCH SO VIEL VORGENOMMEN (Mercury )
- 1972 7 LIEDER (Mercury)
- 1973 DER RATTENFÄNGER (Mercury)
- 1974 PLATTDEUTSCHE LIEDER (Mercury)
- 1975 VOLKSSÄNGER (Mercury)
- 1976 KLEINES TESTAMENT (Mercury)
- 1977 HANNES WADER SINGT ARBEITERLIEDER (Mercury)
- 1978 HANNES WADER SINGT SHANTIES (Mercury)
- 1979 WIEDER UNTERWEGS (Pläne - ARIS)
- 1980 ES IST AN DER ZEIT (Pläne - ARIS)
- 1982 DASS NICHTS BLEIBT WIE ES WAR (live) (Pläne - ARIS)
- 1983 NICHT NUR ICH ALLEIN (Pläne - ARIS)
- 1985 GLUT AM HORIZONT (Pläne - ARIS)
- 1986 LIEBESLIEDER (Pläne - ARIS)
- 1987 BIS JETZT (live) (Mercury)
- 1989 NACH HAMBURG (Mercury)
- 1990 HANNES WADER SINGT VOLKSLIEDER (Mercury)
- 1991 NIE MEHR ZURÜCK (Mercury / CD 510 080-2)
- 1992 SCHON SO LANG ‘62 – ‘92 (Compilation) (Mercury)
- 1992 BLICK ZURÜCK – Das Beste aus den 80er Jahren (Compilation) (Pläne - ARIS)
- 1995 ZEHN LIEDER (Pläne - ARIS)
- 1996 LIEBE SCHNAPS TOD – WADER SINGT BELLMANNCarl Michael Bellmanwas a Swedish poet and composer. Bellman is a central figure in the Swedish song tradition and remains a very important influence in Swedish music, as well as in Scandinavian literature in general, to this day....
(m. R. MeyReinhard MeyReinhard Friedrich Michael Mey is a German singer-songwriter, known to fans as "Liedermacher". In France he is known as Frédérik Mey....
& K. Hoffmann) (Pläne - ARIS) - 1996 Professor Jecks Tierlieder-ABC (Europa)
- 1997 AN DICH HAB ICH GEDACHT – WADER SINGT SCHUBERT (Pläne - ARIS)
- 1998 AUFTRITT (live mit Klaus Weiland & Benjamin Huellenkremer) (Pläne - ARIS)
- 1999 DER POET (Compilation / 2 CD) (Mercury)
- 1999 DER REBELL (Compilation / 2 CD) (Mercury)
- 1999 DER VOLKSSÄNGER (Compilation / 2 CD) (Mercury)
- 2001 WAS FÜR EINE NACHT (Konstantin WeckerKonstantin WeckerKonstantin Alexander Wecker is one of the best-known German singer-songwriters ; he also works as a composer, author, and actor.- Life and work :...
und Hannes Wader live) (Pläne) - 2001 WÜNSCHE (Pläne)
- 2003 DAS KONZERT (Wader/Mey/Wecker)
- 2004 ...UND ES WECHSELN DIE ZEITEN (Pläne)
- 2005 JAHR FÜR JAHR (Pläne)
- 2006 MAL ANGENOMMEN (Pläne)
- 2007 NEUE BEKANNTE (Pläne)
- 2010 KEIN ENDE IN SICHT (Konstantin Wecker und Hannes Wader live) (Sturm & Klang)
Literature
- Thomas Rothschild: Liedermacher. 23 Portraets. Frankfurt 1980.
- Ulrich Maske: Daß nichts bleibt wie es war - Hannes Wader und seine Lieder. Verlag pläne Dortmund 1984
- Matthias Henke: Hermes Handlexikon. Die großen Chansonniers und Liedermacher. Düsseldorf 1987.
- Beate Dapper (Hrsg.): Hannes Wader - Liederbuch. Bund-Verlag Frankfurt 1999.
External links
- http://www.hanneswader.de (www.scala-kuenstler.de/hannes-wader.html)
- http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/9962/wader2.html&date=2009-10-25+06:04:53
- http://www.flensburg-online.de/musik/hannes-wader-tournee-2005.html Text über die Tour 2005 "...und es wechseln die Zeiten"