On the morning of September 26, 1930, the following sign decorated the door of the saloon Emrich’s Braustübl inn in the Palatine town of Kusel: “Fritzchen has arrived today. Saloon closed!”. Just who was it who had “arrived”? Perhaps more importantly, who were the parents of „Fritzchen“, the new-born baby?
The chanson of Marlene Dietrich
Babelsberg, 1929. Marlene Dietrich chants through the studios of the Babelsberg Film Studios the chanson Falling In Love Again. Marlene could not have known then …
Herbert von Karajan: The Great Meteor
“Leonard Bernstein, Sir Georg Solti, Herbert von Karajan and Seiji Ozawa sit together and discuss who of the four is the greatest conductor. Ozawa argues …
All In Your Name: The Bee Gees & Michael Jackson
Everything that happens in this world is in your name: This is the message that the song All In Your Name (Michael Jackson & Barry …
Nina Simone: The Voice of the Oppressed
Listening to Nina Simone’s interpretation of I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free, one feels spellbound by her: Yet her expressive …
Greta Keller: The Viennese Diseuse
Greta Keller: She carried the Viennese chanson around the world. “Parisian chic. US glamour and Viennese charm – this triad is the secret behind the …
Michael Jackson: His lost legacy
Michael Jackson – his hits: Billie Jean, Man In The Mirror or They Don’t Care About Us. Die-hard fans may recall his poetry apart from his songs, which he immortalized in the poetry collection Dancing The Dream. But what is often completely left out is his work in the visual arts: MJ liked to draw himself, and he also liked to have others draw him.
Michael Jackson: His intellectual legacy
Michael Jackson not only was a singer, dancer, composer, and actor: the King of Pop‘s intellectual legacy has received little to no attention.In his poetry …
Grace Kelly in “Rear Window” (2.)
In 1954, Grace Kelly had just finished shooting Dial M for Murder, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and it didn’t take long until the next film …
Dmitri Hvorostovsky: A Russian soul
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962-2017) lived to sing. The Russian opera baritone always knew what he wanted and always had the firm will to achieve it. In …