Kurt Tucholsky - Chansons, Prosa, Briefe

Kurt Tucholsky (January 9, 1890 – December 21, 1935) was a German journalist, satirist and writer. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Kaspar Hauser, Peter Panter, Theobald Tiger and Ignaz Wrobel. Born in Berlin-Moabit, he moved in 1924 to Paris and in 1930 to Sweden.
Tucholsky was one of the most important journalists of the Weimar Republic. As a politically engaged journalist and temporary co-editor of the weekly magazine Die Weltbühne he proved himself to be a social critic in the tradition of Heinrich Heine.
He was simultaneously a satirist, an author of satirical political revues, a songwriter and a poet. He saw himself as a left-wing democrat and pacifist and warned against anti-democratic tendencies - above all in politics, the military and justice - and the threat of National Socialism. His fears were confirmed when the Nazis came to power in 1933: his books were burned and he lost his citizenship.

Here is a collection of chansons, prose and letters by Kurt Tucholsky, performed by artists like Gisela May, Günter Pfitzmann, Helen Vita, Hanne Wieder, Grete Weiser, Kate Kühl and Ernst Busch.

Kurt Tucholsky - Chansons, Prosa, Briefe
(192 kbsp, ca. 99 MB)

There´s an interesting blog out there that contains a selection of the works of Kurt Tucholsky (1890–1935), translated into English: http://kurttucholsky.blogspot.com/.

Ernst Busch - Canciones de las Brigadas Internacionales (Aurora)

On July 18, 1936, the Spanish Civil War began as a revolt by right-wing Spanish military officers in Spanish Morocco and spreads to mainland Spain. From the Canary Islands, General Francisco Franco broadcasts a message calling for all army officers to join the uprising and overthrow Spain’s leftist Republican government. Within three days, the rebels captured Morocco, much of northern Spain, and several key cities in the south. The Republicans succeeded in putting down the uprising in other areas, including Madrid, Spain’s capital. 

In spite of their own government's refusal to oppose Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco (until Hitler signed his infamous non-aggression pact with Stalin, he was actually seen as a bulwark against the Red hoards by far too many Western pundits) young men and women from around the world came to Spain on their own to fight for the Republican cause.

The International Brigade was composed of German, American, Canadian, and others from across Europe who came to fight the fascists. Since their own governments had refused to aid the Republicans, and in some instances had tried their best to prevent people from doing so, it wasn't very surprising that the returning soldiers at the end of the war were ignored in their own countries.

Some, like the Germans and the Italian, had to become refugees because they couldn't go home.

"Canciones de las Brigadas Internacionales" is another part of Ernst Busch´s recordings on the "Aurora" label between 1964 and 1974 for his wonderful "Chronicle of the first half of the 20st century in songs and ballads". It is the second collection in this series with ballads and hymns related to the fight of the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War.

Tracklist:

A1		Mamita Mia
A2		Himno De Riego / Himno Republicana
A3		Los Campesinos
A4		Suite
A5		Vorwärts, Internationale Brigade
B1		Nuestra Bandera
B2		In dem spanischen Land
B3		Ballade der XI. Brigade
C1		Canto Nocturno En Las Trincheras
C2		An der Sierra-Front
C3		Die Thälmann-Kolonne
D1		Wie könnten wir je vergessen das Land
D2		Lincoln-Bataillon
D3		Am Rio Jarama, Februar 1937

The tracks of side A are recorded in a continous flow, so they are merged in one track.

Ernst Busch - Canciones de las Brigadas Internacionales

(320 kbps, cover art included, vinyl rip)