“Brecht wrote the lyrics during a train journey to Berlin in 1920. It originally had the working title ‘Sentimental Song no. 1004’, and is believed to have been written for Marie Rosa Amann, a young woman from Augsburg whom Brecht had met at an ice cream parlour.
Brecht combined the words, now retitled ‘Erinnerung An Die Marie A’, with a melody based on a traditional 19th century French song, ‘Tu Ne M’amais Pas’, also known as ‘Lost Happiness’. Brecht was more familiar with the popular German version, ‘Verlorenes Glück’.
‘Erinnerung An Die Marie A’ was performed in public a number of times by Brecht, and it was first published in 1924. Although it appeared in various stage productions at that time, Brecht did not intended it to be part of the Baal play.
Nonetheless, the piece worked effectively in the BBC’s 1982 television adaptation, which starred David Bowie in the title role. ‘Remembering Marie A’ helped establish Baal’s immoral and dispassionate character, by depicting him failing to remember the face of the girl from a past sexual conquest, but able to recall a cloud passing overhead.“
– the Bowie Bible
David Bowie – vocals
Eckehard Scholl – piano
Bernd Machus – bandoneon
Ingo Cramer – guitar
Michael Bucher – tuba
Thomas Hoffmann – drums
Erwin Milzkott – flute
Joachim Welz: clarinet
David Kreitner – alto saxophone
Axel-Glenn Müller – tenor saxophone
René Waintz – trumpet
Ralf Armbruster – trombone
Hans-Joachim Glas – concert master
Uwe Weniger – viola
Rolf Becker – cello
Ulrich Berggold – contrabass
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