Comedian Harmonists

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(1927 – 1934)

The Comedian Harmonists were an internationally famous, all-male German close harmony ensemble (5 singers and a pianist) that performed between 1927 and 1934 as one of the most successful musical groups in Europe before World War II. The group consisted of Harry Frommermann (tenor buffo), Ari Leschnikoff (first tenor), Erich Collin (second tenor), Roman Cycowski (baritone), Robert Biberti (bass), and Erwin Bootz (pianist).

The hallmark of the Comedian Harmonists was its members’ ability to blend their voices together so that the individual singers could appear and disappear back into the vocal texture and were noted for using their voices to imitate musical instruments. Their repertoire was wide, ranging from the folk and classical songs arranged by Frommermann to the more appealing and witty popular songs of the day by writers such as Peter Igelhoff, Werner Heymann and Paul Abraham.

In 1927, actor Harry Frommermann was inspired by The Revelers, a United States jazz-influenced popular vocal group, to create a German group of the same format. After some initial failures, the Harmonists soon found success, becoming popular throughout Europe, touring the United States, and appearing in 21 movies.

The group’s success continued into the early 1930s, but eventually ran into trouble with the Nazi regime: three of the group members - Frommermann, Collin, and Cycowski - were either Jewish or of Jewish descent, and Bootz had married a Jewish woman.

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Rollmops49 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

tolle leute :)

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ryu1982 wrote:
last month

ganz großes kino... da hat man sich noch was dabei gedacht ;)

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Panamasatananan wrote:
last month

Ganz große Kunst. Könnten aber langsam wieder nen Album rausbringen.

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rsx_ultra wrote:
July 2009

Einfach grandiose Musik. Wirklich äußerst traurig, dass es so ein Ende nehmen musste. :*( Ich hoffe wirklich sehr, dass diese Legenden niemals vergessen werden!

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mullens_angel wrote:
June 2009

ganz große musik, und die texte sind so genial... da kann sich jeder popmusiker ein scheibchen abschneiden.

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BoeseLisa wrote:
May 2009

Geil!

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Err0rKiLLer wrote:
May 2009

so geiiiil :D

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Klausi2000 wrote:
January 2009

hab grad die DVD gesehen ... schade, dass es so zu Ende ging!

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MIRACLEENETWORK wrote:
January 2009

EIN FREUND -A FRIEND

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daveoverdrive wrote:
December 2008

melody makers

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Stinkfaust182 wrote:
December 2008

Mein kleiner grüner Kaktus :)

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poponakon wrote:
November 2008

great!

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RomancePassion wrote:
July 2008

Ich find die auch toll!

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HansWuarscht wrote:
May 2008

The Comedian Harmonists, was soll denn das? Hab ich noch nie gehört!

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Kalyi_Jag wrote:
January 2008

ich auch xD

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Joemontie wrote:
January 2007

ich wäre ja schon gerne mal auf einem konzert gewesen=)

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K00K wrote:
December 2006

Beste Band Welt !

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MelvinfromHell wrote:
November 2006

füll füll

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