Werner Thomas | |
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Born | 1923[ citation needed ] Davos, Switzerland |
Occupations | Composer and musician |
Instruments | Accordion |
Werner Thomas (born 1923) [1] is an accordionist born in Davos, Switzerland, credited with composing the German language tune in 1957 known as "Der Entenztanz" (literally The Duck Dance) later known as the "Chicken Dance" or the "Birdie Song" while working as a restaurant musician during the 1950s.
The "Chicken Dance", also known and recorded as Der Ententanz,Tchip Tchip,Vogerltanz, the Bird Song, the Chicken Song, the Birdie Song, the Bird Dance,Danse des Canards, the Duck Dance,El Baile de los Pajaritos, O Baile dos Passarinhos, Il Ballo del Qua Qua,Check Out the Chicken, or Dance Little Bird, is an oom-pah song; its associated fad dance has become familiar throughout the Western world. The song was composed by accordion player Werner Thomas from Davos, Switzerland, in the 1950s.
Nürtingen is a town on the river Neckar in the district of Esslingen in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.
Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias Werner was a German poet, dramatist, and preacher. As a dramatist, he is known mainly for inaugurating the era of the so-called "tragedies of fate".
Itzehoe is a town in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany.
Ziegler is a common German-language surname meaning "brick-maker" and may refer to the following people:
Frick and Frack were a comedic ice skating duo of Swiss skaters who went to the United States in 1937 and joined the original Ice Follies show. "Frick" was Werner Groebli, born in Basel. "Frack" was Hans Rudolf "Hansruedi" Mauch, also born in Basel. Frick and Frack were known for skating in Alpine Lederhosen and performing eccentric tricks on ice, including the "cantilever spread-eagle", created by Groebli; and Mauch's "rubber legs", twisting and bending his legs while skating in a spread eagle position. Only a few skaters have successfully performed the duo's routines since.
Grünwald is a municipality in the district of Munich, in the state of Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the right bank of the Isar, 12 km southwest of Munich (centre). As of 31 December 2020 it had a population of 11,303.
Werner Johannes Krauss was a German stage and film actor. Krauss dominated the German stage of the early 20th century. However, his participation in the antisemitic propaganda film Jud Süß and his collaboration with the Nazis made him a controversial figure.
Thomas Mauch is a German cinematographer and film producer. With a career that spans over fifty years in both film and television, Mauch is well known for his numerous collaborations with Edgar Reitz, Alexander Kluge, and Werner Herzog.
Scharff is a surname, and may refer to:
Thomas Werner Laurie (1866–1944) was a London publisher of books that were avant-garde in some cases, racy in others.
Marlis Petersen is a German operatic coloratura soprano.
Werner Richard Heymann, also known as Werner R. Heymann, was a German-Jewish composer active in Germany and in Hollywood.
Ingeborg Reichelt was a German soprano singer known for her interpretation of works by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Karlheinz Oswald is a German sculptor known for his portraits and cast iron sculptures, many of dancers, often displayed in public places. He studied at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz from 1981, and between 1983 and 1988 worked in Thomas Duttenhoefer's studio in Wiesbaden. Oswald began to produce his first sculptures of dancers in 1988, and the following year his first stained glass windows were displayed at the International Sculpture Symposium in Dreieich. He has operated his own workshop since 1989. In 1991 he won the Sports Toto prize including a trip to New York where he studied movements of dancers at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. He collaborated from 1996 with dancers of the Deutsche Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, who inspired his sculptures.
Timo Werner is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, on loan from Bundesliga club RB Leipzig, and for the Germany national team.
Tatjana Gsovsky was an internationally known ballet dancer and choreographer who was ballet mistress of the Berlin State Opera, Teatro Colón, Deutsche Oper Berlin and Oper Frankfurt. An influential teacher, she is remembered for first choreographies of works by contemporary composers including Boris Blacher, Werner Egk, Hans Werner Henze, Giselher Klebe, Luigi Nono and Carl Orff.
Bernd-Rainer Barth is a German historian of the modern period.
Margot Werner was an Austrian ballet dancer, chanson singer, and actress. During her career, she was both the principal dancer at the Bavarian State Ballet, and a soloist at the Bavarian State Opera and Munich Philharmonic. She released several albums, and is best known for her 1977 hit, "So ein Mann". Werner performed in a number of television shows and films, and in the 1970s had her own television show, The Margot Werner Show.
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