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Everything passes and is forgotten |
The background music to Intermezzo is “Es
geht alles vorüber” (1941) - music by the
Austrian composer Friedrich Raimund Vesely
with lyrics by Max Wallner and Kurt Feltz.
It was sung by Lale Andersen, who is best
known for her interpretation of the song
Lili Marleen in 1939, which became
tremendously popular on both sides during
the second World War. An Italian version,
with lyrics by Luigi Luciano Martelli,
followed in 1942. Interpreted by Lina
Termini, Meme Bianchi and Nilla Pizzi, the
Italian title was "Everything passes and is
forgotten". The song quickly became popular,
thanks especially to its catchy and
optimistic refrain "Everything passes and is
forgotten/everything must end/the clouds in
the sky/will disappear". Everyone hoped
the clouds would indeed disappear as soon as
possible so the horror of war could be
forgotten. There was even a popular parody:
“Es geht alles vorüber
Es geht alles
vorbei
Sogar Adolf Hitler
Dann
seine
Partei“
(This too
will pass/this too will disappear/even
Adolf Hitler and his Party)
The song was chosen in an attempt to
recreate the atmosphere of those years - the
last years of Christian Hess, who died
following an air-raid on Innsbruck five
months before the war in Europe ended.
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Intermezzo
would like to invite visitors to
this site to join in and give their
help in tracking down lost works by
Louis Christian Hess (1895-1944)
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Anyone sending an e-mail to info@christian-hess.net
with the exact title and reference
number of one of the works
reproduced on this site will receive
an e-card of the painting to send to
friends, who in turn can
 forward
it on. Not only will this help
spread awareness of Hess' work, but
hopefully it will also help trace
paintings which at the moment are
lost. Recognition - and thanks -
will go to the first and last in the
chain which helps to track down
paintings, drawings and sculptures
or previously unknown information
concerning Louis Christian Hess. |
