# Arndt Bause

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{{Short description|German composer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Arndt Bause
| image =Arndt1.jpg
| image_size = 295px
| caption =  {{center|'''Arndt Bause 1936-2003'''}}{{right|''Angret Bause''}}
| birth_name = 
| birth_date  = 30 November 1936
| birth_place = [Leipzig](/source/Leipzig), [Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany)
| death_date  = 11 February 2003
| death_place = [Berlin](/source/Berlin), [Germany](/source/Germany)
| alma_mater = 
| occupation =Composer of popular ["Schlager-style"](/source/Schlager_music) music
| known_for  =  
| predecessor = 
| successor = 
| party       = 
| spouse =  Angret Hinsch
| children  = 3 daughters <br>including [Inka Bause](/source/Inka_Bause)
| parents = Werner & Emma Bause
}}

'''Arndt Bause''' (30 November 1936 – 11 February 2003) was a [German](/source/East_Germany) composer of [popular songs](/source/Schlager_music).<ref name=ABlautID>{{cite web|url=http://www.jotwede-online.de/archiv/1111/musiklegenden_des_ostens.htm|title=Der Komponist mit der Spürnase|author=Ingeborg Dittmann|work=Musiklegenden des Ostens – jot w.d.-Serie, Teil 87 |publisher="Verein zur Unterstützung öffentlicher Diskussion am nordöstlichen Stadtrand e. V., Berlin (jot w.d. - Die Bürgerzeitung aus Marzahn-Hellersdorf)| accessdate=14 March 2017}}</ref><ref name=ABlautIH>{{cite web|url=http://www.ddr-tanzmusik.de/index.php/Arndt_Bause|title=Arndt Bause ... |date=11 January 2017| publisher=Ino Hammer i.A. DDR-Tanzmusik, Rehfelde|accessdate=14 March 2017}}</ref>

Arndt Bause produced more than 1350 dance music melodies, many of which became "hits", which meant that he had a decisive influence on the music scene in [East Germany](/source/East_Germany) for this genre.<ref name=ABlautIH/>   Many of his compositions have acquired ["Evergreen"](/source/%3Ade%3AEvergreen) status.<ref name=ABlautB>{{cite web|url=https://www.berlin.de/ba-marzahn-hellersdorf/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/2013/pressemitteilung.307714.php|title="Arndt Bause und ich" - anlässlich des 10. Todestages erinnern sich namhafte Künstler an ihn am 17.02. im FFM|date=1 February 2013|work=Pressemitteilung|publisher=Bezirksamt Marzahn-Hellersdorf von Berlin| accessdate=15 March 2017}}</ref>

== Life ==
Arndt Bause was born in [Leipzig](/source/Leipzig), the fourth of the recorded children of Werner Bause, an accountant, and his wife Emma.   For several years, starting in 1948, Arndt Bause was made to learn the piano:  by 1955 he had been captivated by music in general and [Boogie-woogie](/source/Boogie-woogie) in particular.   He made progress as a [self taught](/source/Autodidacticism) musician and started to appear in several bands, both as a pianist and as an [accordionist](/source/Piano_accordion).   Between 1960 and 1963 he was also taking [trombone](/source/trombone) lessons.<ref name=ABlautwww>{{cite web| url=https://www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/wer-war-wer-in-der-ddr-%2363%3b-1424.html?ID=158| title=Bause, Arndt * 30.11.1936, † 11.2.2003 Komponist| author=Bernhard Hönig| work=Wer war wer in der DDR?| publisher=Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin & Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, Berlin| accessdate=14 March 2017}}</ref>   Meanwhile, out of deference to his father's wishes, he had embarked on an apprenticeship in the relatively secure trade of [glass blowing](/source/%3Ade%3AGlasbl%C3%A4ser), which in 1954 he completed.<ref name=ABlautID/>

By the time he completed his [glass blowing](/source/%3Ade%3AGlasbl%C3%A4ser) apprenticeship his performing career had progressed to a point where he felt able to leave glass blowing on one side and focus on the music.   He was a member of various groups which were soon getting contracts for concert and theatre work.   On 6 October 1959 he married Angret Hinsch, the daughter of a [plumber](/source/plumber) from [Schwerin](/source/Schwerin).   Their three daughters were born in 1962, 1965 and 1968.   With a growing family to support, Bause's income from music  proved insufficient, and he returned to his trade of [glass blowing](/source/%3Ade%3AGlasbl%C3%A4ser).   He never abandoned the music, but there was no longer time to follow an extensive performance schedule, and he turned increasingly to composing.   In 1962 an orchestral composition was accepted for transmission on [the radio](/source/Rundfunk_der_DDR).<ref name=ABlautID/>   Soon afterwards, teaming up with the lyricist [Dieter Schneider](/source/Dieter_Schneider_(lyricist)), he began to produce a series of hit songs.<ref name=ABlautIH/>   The collaboration with Schnieder brought Bause into the East German world of [Schlager music](/source/Schlager_music).   In 1964 the two of them came up with "He, Joe" which in 1964, sung by Gypsy, reached top place in the ["Tip Parade"](/source/%3Ade%3ATip-Parade), a [hit parade](/source/hit_parade)-style ranking at this time organised by the [national television service](/source/Deutscher_Fernsehfunk).<ref name=ABlautID/>   Further successes followed, with songs written not just for Gypsy, but also for [Chris Doerk](/source/Chris_Doerk), [Frank Schöbel](/source/Frank_Sch%C3%B6bel) and [Andreas Holm](/source/%3Ade%3AAndreas_Holm).<ref name=ABlautID/>   In addition to  [Schneider](/source/%3Ade%3ADieter_Schneider_(Liedtexter)), he was also working with lyricists such as {{Interlanguage link multi|Wolfgang Brandenstein|de}}<ref name=WBlautIH>{{cite web|url=http://www.ddr-tanzmusik.de/index.php/Wolfgang_Brandenstein|title=Wolfgang Brandenstein|date=14 December 2016| publisher=Ino Hammer i.A. DDR-Tanzmusik, Rehfelde|accessdate=14 March 2017}}</ref> and [Kurt Demmler](/source/Kurt_Demmler).<ref name=KDuABlautMugge>{{cite web|url=http://www.deutsche-mugge.de/index.php/musik-klassiker/221-dean-reed-es-gibt-eine-liebe-die-bleibt.html|title=Dean Reed - Es gibt eine Liebe die bleibt |publisher=Verein "Musik aus Deutschland e.V." (Deutsche-Mugge), Castrop-Rauxel|accessdate=14 March 2017}}</ref>

By 1968 his compositions were bringing in enough money to enable him to abandon  [glass blowing](/source/%3Ade%3AGlasbl%C3%A4ser) again, this time for good.<ref name=ABlautIH/>   He was able to use some of the time saved to undertake an external course in composition and [tonal structure (''"Tonsatz"'')](/source/Texture_(music)) at the ["Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Music Academy](/source/University_of_Music_and_Theatre_Leipzig) in [Leipzig](/source/Leipzig) between 1969 and 1974.<ref name=ABlautMDR>{{cite web|title=Auf der Tonleiter in den Schlagerhimmel ... Vom Glasbläser zum Komponisten| work=Erinnerung an Arndt Bause ... Er war DER Schlagerkomponist der DDR - Arndt Bause schrieb Erfolgshits wie am Fließband: "Sing mei Sachse sing!", "Gold in deinen Augen" und "Erna kommt" stammen aus seiner Feder. Am 30. November wäre er 80 Jahre alt geworden.|url=http://www.mdr.de/meine-schlagerwelt/arndt-bause-102.html|date=15 December 2016| publisher=Mutteldeutscher Rundfunk, Leipzig| accessdate=14 March 2017}}</ref>

In 1975 Bause relocated with his family from [Leipzig](/source/Leipzig) to Berlin.   In April 1976 they acquired a plot of land in [Berlin-Biesdorf](/source/Biesdorf_(Berlin)), which is where Arndt would live for the rest of his life.<ref name=ABlautID/>   The later 1970s were a period of intense collaboration with the singer [Jürgen Walter](/source/J%C3%BCrgen_Walter_(Singer)).   Between 1976 and 1982 they produced three [LPs](/source/LP_record), incorporating demanding lyrics by [Gisela Steineckert](/source/Gisela_Steineckert).<ref name=ABlautwww/>    In 1979 he wrote the melody for [Jürgen Hart](/source/J%C3%BCrgen_Hart)'s  [Sing mei Sachse sing](/source/%3Ade%3ASachsenlied),<ref name=ABlautIH/> which became his top selling title and featured on an [LP](/source/LP_record) entitled "Hart auf Hart" with which the two of them followed up the success of the [single](/source/Single_(music)).<ref name=ABlautID/>

In the 1980s [Helga Hahnemann](/source/Helga_Hahnemann) became the leading performer of Bause's songs, using lyrics by Angela Gentzmer.   It was later reported that the professional collaboration with Hahnemann began after she accused him, "I never get any hits from you" (''in their shared Leipzig variant of German: "Ick krieg wohl keenen Hit von Ihnen?"'').   By the time of her death in November 1991 their professional partnership was complemented by a close family friendship.<ref name=ABlautID/>

Bause also wrote film music.   His output included the music for two television films based on "talking head"-style monologues from [Maxie Wander](/source/Maxie_Wander)'s book, ["Guten Morgen, Du Schone" (''"Good Morning My Lovely"'')](/source/%3Ade%3AGuten_Morgen%2C_du_Sch%C3%B6ne) and 24 ["trick films" (animations)](/source/Animation) from the [national film studio](/source/DEFA_(film_studio)) of which ["The Flying windmills" (''"Die fliegende Windmühle"'')](/source/%3Ade%3ADie_fliegende_Windm%C3%BChle) became probably the best known.<ref name=ABlautMDR/>   Working with librettiste [Gerda Malig](/source/Gerda_Malig) he also wrote, the musical "Gesang der Grille",<ref name=ABlautIH/><ref name=ABlautwww/> which had its premier in 1987 at the [Popular Theatre (''"Volkstheater"'')](/source/%3Ade%3ANordharzer_St%C3%A4dtebundtheater) in [Halberstadt](/source/Halberstadt), followed by a successful tour of the country that included Berlin's [Metropol Theatre (as it was then known)](/source/Neues_Schauspielhaus).<ref name=GdGlautIBlautchw>{{cite web|title=Inka Bause will ihren Vater unsterblich machen|work=Die Opern-Pläne der Moderatorin ... RTL-Moderatorin Inka Bause arbeitet in der bauernfreien Zeit wieder für den MDR: Am Sonntag startet ihre Show „Drei Wünsche frei“. Auch Bause selbst hat einen Traum – sie will die Oper ihres verstorbenen Vaters auf die Bühne bringen.|date=28 January 2012|author=chw| publisher=FOCUS Online Group GmbH, München|url=http://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/die-opern-plaene-der-moderatorin-inka-bause-will-ihren-vater-unsterblich-machen_aid_707904.html|accessdate=15 March 2017}}</ref>

After [the changes](/source/Die_Wende) that led to [reunification](/source/German_reunification) in 1990 there was less demand for his music as audiences in East Germany, for the first time, had unfettered exposure to the more diverse palette of [West German](/source/West_Germany) [Schlager music](/source/Schlager_music).   The death of [Helga Hahnemann](/source/Helga_Hahnemann) in 1991 also removed from stage and screen someone who had, by that time, become the leading performer of his music.<ref name=ABlautBK>{{cite web|title=Der große Arndt Bause: Wie seine Familie von ihm Abschied nahm|url= http://www.berliner-kurier.de/der-grosse-arndt-bause--wie-seine-familie-von-ihm-abschied-nahm-21623734|date=12 February 2003|author1=Anita Oschmann|author2=Anka Seyfert|publisher=Berliner Kurier|accessdate=15 March 2017}}</ref>

Arndt Bause died in Berlin suddenly, but surrounded by his family, following a major [pulmonary embolism](/source/pulmonary_embolism).<ref name=ABlautBK/>

== Family ==
The eldest daughter of Arndt and Angret Bause, Katrin Gawenda, became the first ["Miss DDR" (''"Miss East Germany"'')](/source/%3Ade%3AMiss_Germany) when, in 1986, the [Socialist Unity Party of Germany](/source/Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany) arranged a national beauty pageant<ref name=KGlautSpiegel>{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/das-konspirative-fruehlingsfest-wie-vor-16-jahren-die-erste-miss-ddr-gekuert-wurde-a-180635.html|title=Wie vor 16 Jahren die erste Miss DDR gekürt wurde |work=Weibliche Schönheit als Ware? Nein, so etwas gab es in der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik nicht, zumindest bis 1986. Damals wurden in Marzahn die ersten ostdeutschen Misswahlen organisiert - unter fast konspirativen Umständen.|date=4 February 2002 |author=Henryk M. Broder|publisher=[Der Spiegel](/source/Der_Spiegel) (online)|accessdate=15 March 2017}}</ref> inside a large temporarily reassigned fire station in [Berlin-Marzahn](/source/Marzahn-Hellersdorf).<ref name=MKissDDRWieso/> Her participation in the contest, which initially came as a surprise, resulted from a prank by her then husband, Christian Gawenda.<ref name=MKissDDRWieso>{{cite web|title=Mein Interview mit der ersten Miss-DDR|url=http://service.bz-berlin.de/bzblogs/marrachsostblog/2011/04/28/mein-interview-mit-der-ersten-miss-ddr/|date=28 April 2011|publisher=B.Z.|author=Konstantin Marrach, Marzahn|accessdate=15 March 2017}}</ref>

Their youngest daughter, [Inka Bause](/source/Inka_Bause),<ref name=ABlautMDR/> embarked on her own career as a singer in 1985, at this point performing her father's songs.<ref name=ABlautwww/>   More recently she has also appeared as a television presenter of popular entertainment shows.<ref name=IBlautMDR>{{cite web|date=10 December 2011|work=Das MDR Fernsehen wird im kommenden Jahr einige Veränderungen am Programm vornehmen. "Bauer sucht Frau"-Kupplerin Inka Bause übernimmt eine Wunsch-Sendung am Wochenende. Auch im Informations-Bereich bewegt sich etwas.|author=Alexander Krei|publisher=Medienmagazin DWDL.de, Köln|url=http://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/33994/inka_bause_moderiert_wunschsendung_im_mdr/| title=Inka Bause moderiert Wunsch-Sendung im MDR|accessdate=15 March 2017}}</ref>

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Category:Musicians from Leipzig
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