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    V.A.: Neukölln, wie hast du dir verändert     21 tracks   Release date: 10/12/1997       Total playing time: 64:22   compiled and edited by Raymond Wolff   ORIENTE Berlin Edition OBECD800   Together with the Cultural Office of the Berlin borough of Neukölln, ORIENTE Musik has released in its Berlin Edition series the CD "Neukölln, wie hast du dir verändert" ("Neukölln, how you have changed"). This CD tells about Berlin music history by focussing on music in Neukölln (named "Rixdorf" until 1912) - not the lofty music of the Temple of Art, but rather the music of petty bourgeois and proletarian Berlin, with its rich entertainment culture.
All the tracks on the CD have been taken from original recordings which are historical documents of an almost forgotten music culture. Many are also reminders of jewish musicians, wiped out by the National Socialists. Their role in Berlin music history can be glimpsed in this Edition, which exists thanks to the initiative, the collector's passion and the wide-ranging knowledge of Raymond Wolff.
Like in real life, where tragedy and joy exist side by side, on this CD the original version of the well-known pop song Capri-Fisher, by the Rixdorf composer Gerhard Winkler, follows Jewish Death Song, written by the composer and choral director Rosebery d'Arguto (Martin Rozenberg), who was murdered in Auschwitz.