Angizia

Lyrics Komik und elegische momente Angizia

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[ELIAS HOHLBERG]

Der Tod ist ein Gelächter,
Denn das Leben ist bizarr.
Er pocht an roten Türen,
Denn sein Richter ist ein Narr.

Komisch ist das Leben,
Wenn es nicht mehr mit mir tanzt.
Plump scheint es zu geben,
Was der Tod in uns verschanzt.

Lebt' ich kühn wie ein heller Ton,
lebt' ich wie ein kranker Mann...
lebt' ich wie ein Bub vom Zarenlohn,
lebt' ich wie nur ich es kann.

[ERZÄHLER]

Kühn blieb der Leierkastenmann,
Komisch war sein Gesang.
Er drehte die Leier ohne Zwang,
Er machte Humor zum Drang.
[ELIAS HOHLBERG]

Lebt' ich wie ein Mann vom Zarenlohn,
lebt' ich wie ein kranker Mann...
lebt' ich (so) kühn wie ein heller Ton,
lebt' ich wie nur ich es kann...

[ERZÄHLER]

Kühn blieb der Leierkastenmann,
Komisch war sein Gesang.
Er drehte die Leier ohne Zwang,
Er machte Humor zum Drang.

Kühn blieb der Leierkastenmann,
Komisch war sein Gesang.
Er drehte die Leier ohne Zwang,
Er machte Humor zum Drang.

Als die große Judenhetze einsetzt, wird es für Hohlberg immer schwieriger,
sein Ideal vom komisch besetzten Menschentum mit fidelen Klängen
durchzusetzen. Während die Königsberger letzte Briefe kritzeln, versteckte
Münzen zählen und über ein nächstes Jahrzehnt ratschlagen, stellt sich
ihm, dem Leierkastenmann, ein barfüßiges Mädchen mit dem indischen Namen
'Tschandravatii? vor. Das vom Schmutz der Wasserlachen bekleckerte Kind
verehrt das Hohlberggemüt, hüpft und singt vor seinem Kasten, das
dunkelblaue Kleidchen mit beiden Händen hochgehoben, und verwandelt den
Puppenfratz August in eine skurrile Tanzfigur. Frühmorgens und so lange
bis die Nacht erwägt, den fröhlich begonnenen Tag mit dunklen, immer dunkler
werdenden Nachttüchern zuzudecken, tanzt das knochige Waisenkind zu
Hohlbergs bizarr-komischer Musik. Er leiert und leiert, doch kalte Winter
ziehen hinauf nach Königsberg, und nur noch kranke Bettler und Tote ruhen
in der eisigen Stadt. Willens, den ?Krieger? zu beschämen, bevorzugt Hohlberg
den Winter als Mörder seiner Lieder, seiner Träume und seines Lebens. Als
der Judenfeind die Stadt Königsberg erreicht, zieht der Spielmann stolz
und trunken in den verzweigten Labyrinthgarten nahe dem Marktplatz, um dort
den harten Kampf gegen den russischen Winter, der ob seiner erdrückenden
Schneedecken nun endgültig seinem Namen gerecht wurde, zu verlieren.

Einige Jahre später, nachdem der Leierkastenmann nachweislich aus der
Stadt verschwunden war, erzählte sich manch Königsberger die folgende
Geschichte:
Damals, im strengen Winter 1941, soll ein indisches Mädchen erfroren sein,
6 Jahre alt und verliebt in die Geige. Man sagt, das Kind hätte einen
Spielmann lachen hören, unten am Graben, in dem künstlich angelegten
Labyrinthgarten der Stadt. ?lachen? wie der Donner donnerte und Sonne in
der Nase kitzelte, ?lachen? wie es das Mädchen selbst nur allzu gerne tat.
Barfuß und dem Leierkastenspiel eines Verrückten hörig, war es in den
Irrgarten gezogen, dem Gelächter des Leierkastenmannes folgend. Fast
verwegen ob der lauten Mitteilung stiefelte das Kind weiter, ohne je einen
Stiefel getragen zu haben. Der Mann lachte und lachte, leierte immer
wieder zwei, dann drei Töne. Immer leiser verstummten sie in den vereisten
Schneebrettern, die sich nun nach und nach von den eisig bedeckten Hecken
lösten.

Man fand das Mädchen dann im Frühjahr danach, als viele Königsberger aus
dem Süden zurückkehrten, um nach ihren Häuserresten zu sehen. Es saß am Boden,
die Arme verschränkt, vor sich ein Kopekenstück, das aus einer leeren
Handschale fiel. Den Kopf hatte es an einen Leierkasten gewinkelt. Und
dort, wo Schnee schon schmolz, doch Erde noch fern war, ragte die Holzhand einer
feurig roten Marionette hervor. Unter ihr - konnte das ein lachender Toter
gewesen sein? - fand man, die Marionette fest umklammernd, einen jüdischen
Musikanten, erfroren und genauso mindestens einen Winter tot.

Sein Name: Elias Hohlberg, 39 Jahre alt.

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Biografia

Angizia is a group formed in 1994. Their discography includes Ein Toter Fahrt Gern Ringelspiel, Das Tagebuch der Hanna Anikin, Das Schachbrett des Trommelbuben Zacharias, 39 Jahre fur den Leierkastenmann and Die Kemenaten scharlachroter Lichter. Jochen Stock is a member of the band.

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