Heinz Rudolf Kunze
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Heinz Rudolf Erich Arthur Kunze (born 30 November 1956 in Espelkamp-Mittwald
Espelkamp
Espelkamp is a town in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Espelkamp is situated approximately 10 kilometers north of Lübbecke and 20 kilometers north-west of Minden.-Neighbouring places:-Division of the town:...

, North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

) is a German writer and rock singer. His greatest hits were Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (not to be confused with the homonymous song from the operetta Das Land des Lächelns) and Mit Leib und Seele in 1985 and 1986.

Biography

Kunze was born on 30 November 1956 in the refugee camp Espelkamp
Espelkamp
Espelkamp is a town in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Espelkamp is situated approximately 10 kilometers north of Lübbecke and 20 kilometers north-west of Minden.-Neighbouring places:-Division of the town:...

 near Minden
Minden
Minden is a town of about 83,000 inhabitants in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town extends along both sides of the river Weser. It is the capital of the Kreis of Minden-Lübbecke, which is part of the region of Detmold. Minden is the historic political centre of the...

. His family had been expelled from Guben
Guben
Guben is a town on the Lusatian Neisse river in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. Located in the Spree-Neiße district, Guben has a population of 20,049...

 (Niederlausitz
Lusatia
Lusatia is a historical region in Central Europe. It stretches from the Bóbr and Kwisa rivers in the east to the Elbe valley in the west, today located within the German states of Saxony and Brandenburg as well as in the Lower Silesian and Lubusz voivodeships of western Poland...

, now partially Poland). His father, an officer for the Waffen-SS
Waffen-SS
The Waffen-SS was a multi-ethnic and multi-national military force of the Third Reich. It constituted the armed wing of the Schutzstaffel or SS, an organ of the Nazi Party. The Waffen-SS saw action throughout World War II and grew from three regiments to over 38 divisions, and served alongside...

 and long-time prisoner of war
Prisoner of war
A prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...

, had returned only in the same year.

In the 1980s, he rose to prominence as a singer. HRK, as he is often called, has also written books, and has translated musicals into German.

In 2002, Kunze narrated Piktors Verwandlungen, a 40 minute piece of the German band Anyone's Daughter
Anyone's Daughter
Anyone's Daughter is a German progressive rock band founded in 1972 in Stuttgart by Uwe Karpa und Matthias Ulmer. The band started out playing covers of Deep Purple and others, and named themselves after the Deep Purple song released in 1971....

 after a fairy tale by German author Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature...

, during a festival in honoring the late Nobel laureate in his home town Calw
Calw
Calw is a municipality in the middle of Baden-Württemberg in the south of Germany, capital of the district Calw. It is located in the northern Black Forest.-History:...

.

In the national selection for Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Germany selected the participant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with a national selection in Hamburg on March 8, 2007. A total of three acts competed to go to Helsinki, the swing singer Roger Cicero, the girl group Monrose, and the singer/songwriter Heinz Rudolf Kunze. .The national...

, the singer/songwriter entered with "Die Welt ist Pop" (The World Is Pop), finishing 3rd.

Albums and CDs

"D" refers to highest German chart rank
  • 1981 – Reine Nervensache
  • 1982 – Eine Form von Gewalt
  • 1983 – Der schwere Mut
  • 1984 – Ausnahmezustand
  • 1985 – Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (D 8)
  • 1986 – Wunderkinder (D 18)
  • 1987 – Deutsche singen bei der Arbeit
  • 1988 – Einer für alle
  • 1989 – Gute Unterhaltung (D 31)
  • 1991 – Brille (D 4)
  • 1992 – Draufgänger (D 23)
  • 1993 – Ich brauch dich jetzt — 13 Balladen
  • 1994 – Kunze: Macht Musik (D 10)
  • 1996 – Richter-Skala (D 48)
  • 1997 – Alter Ego (D 33)
  • 1999 – Korrekt (D 12)
  • 1999 – Nonstop — Das bisher Beste von HRK
  • 2001 – Halt (D 10)
  • 2002 – Wasser bis zum Hals steht mir (D 65)
  • 2003 – Rückenwind (D 26)
  • 2005 – Das Original (D 28)
  • 2007 – Klare Verhältnisse (D 21)

Literature

  • 1991 – Sternzeichen Sündenbock
  • 1994 – Der Golem aus Lemgo
  • 2002 – Wasser bis zum Hals steht mir
  • 2006 – Kommando Zuversicht

Singles (selected)

  • 1981 – "Für nichts und wieder nichts"
  • 1985 – "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz
    Dein ist mein ganzes Herz
    "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" is a song from the operetta Das Land des Lächelns with music by the Hungarian composer Franz Lehar and words by Fritz Löhner-Beda and Ludwig Herzer...

    " (D 8)
  • 1987 – "Mit Leib und Seele"
  • 1987 – "Finden Sie Mabel"
  • 1992 – "Finderlohn" (D 55)
  • 1994 – "Leg nicht auf" (D 56)
  • 1999 – "Aller Herren Länder" (D 75)
  • 2001 – "Pegasus"
  • 2001 – "Halt"
  • 2003 – "Mach auf"
  • 2001 – "Mehr als dies"

Musicals

  • 1987 – Les Misérables
    Les Misérables (musical)
    Les Misérables , colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz , is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo....

    (translation into German)
  • 1994 – Miss Saigon
    Miss Saigon
    Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr.. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover...

    (deutsche Version: Übersetzung HRK)
  • 1996 – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
    Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
    Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical with lyrics by Tim Rice. The story is based on the "coat of many colors" story of Joseph from the Hebrew Bible's Book of Genesis. This was the first Lloyd Webber and Rice musical to be performed publicly...

    (deutsche Version: Übersetzung HRK)
  • 1999 – RENT
    Rent (musical)
    Rent is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème...

    (deutsche Version: Übersetzung HRK)
  • 2003 – Ein Sommernachtstraum
    A Midsummer Night's Dream
    A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...

    (nach Shakespeare
    William Shakespeare
    William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...

    , HRK gemeinsam mit Heiner Lürig)
  • 2004 – POE — Pech und Schwefel (HRK gemeinsam mit Frank Nimsgern)
  • 2007 – Kleider machen Liebe – oder: Was ihr wollt (nach Shakespeare, HRK gem. mit Heiner Lürig)

Books

  • 1984 – Deutsche Wertarbeit — Lieder und Texte 1980–1982
  • 1986 – Papierkrieg — Lieder und Texte 1983–1985
  • 1992 – Mücken und Elefanten — Lieder und Texte 1986–1991
  • 1995 – Nicht daß ich wüßte — Lieder und Texte 1992–1995
  • 1997 – Heimatfront — Lieder und Texte 1995–1997
  • 1999 – heinz rudolf kunze: agent provocateur
  • 2001 – Klärwerk — Lieder und Texte 1998–2000
  • 2003 – Vorschuß statt Lorbeeren — Lieder und Texte 2000–2002
  • 2004 – Ein Sommernachtstraum — Das Musical nach William Shakespeare
  • 2004 – A Cure of Gravity — Ein Mittel gegen die Schwerkraft, Joe Jackson & Heinz Rudolf Kunze live
  • 2005 – Artgerechte Haltung — Lieder und Texte 2003–2005
  • 2007 – Ein Mann sagt mehr als tausend Worte — Lieder und Texte 2006–2007


by others:
  • 2005 – Silbermond samt Stirnenfuß — HRK Texte und Musik von 1980 bis 2005 von Holger Zürch
  • 2007 – Heinz Rudolf Kunze — Meine eigenen Wege. Die Biographie von Karl-Heinz Barthelmes

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