Theodor Adorno’s |
“Puppchen” (543): reference’s best guess: Püppchen, du bist mein Augenstern [Doll, you are the apple of my eye] 1912/29 operetta by Jean Gilbert (1879-1942; German Jew, operetta composer, 1933 flees Germany to Madrid, settles in Argentina); story (by Georg Okonkowski & Alfred Schönfeld, based on French comedy Fils à papa by Antony Mars & Maurice Descallières, plays off Bible’s chaste Susanna in her bath. Scholars question why Adorno calls it a ‘prewar children’s song’ (i.e., pre-1914); . . . | . . . for the Püppchen referenced above is not for children and possibly only premiered in 1929; but likely “children’s song” is evaluative not literal, and other sources cite 1912 creation. |
cannot for the life of me locate the references indicated in parentheses are there to one or more books? Thanks
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