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Jean-Louis Pisuisse - Dare to live, people
Dutch songs with English translation, translated in English
Jean-Louis Pisuisse - Dare to live, people
Lyrics and music: Dirk Witte / Recording (voice): Henri Wallig
(1917)
Jean-Louis Pisuisse - Mens, durf te leven
Tekst en muziek: Dirk Witte / Opname (zang): Henri Wallig
(1917)
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Dutch song Jean-Louis Pisuisse - Mens, durf te leven
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Jean-Louis Pisuisse (1880-1927) was a Dutch journalist and singer. With fellow-journalist Max Blokzijl (1884-1946), he travelled through the Netherlands in 1907 as Italian street singers (photo in newspaper article). They wrote a book about this experience: Adventures as street musician/Avonturen als straatmuzikant (1907).
In the years 1908-1913 they travelled through Europe. Pisuisse started to also sing in French, German and English. He published several books with songtexts, like Chansons internationales (1910) and Hundred songs from the French, Germand and English repertoire/Honderd liederen uit het Fransch, Duitsch en Engelsch repertoire (1915).
Jean-Louis Pisuisse and Max Blokzijl translated the word 'chanson' as 'levenslied' ('lifesong'). However, other artists started to use this word to refer to songs about the misery of life, mostly sung in pubs (it is still used in this way). Later the word 'luisterlied' ('listening song') was used as translation of 'chanson', meaning a song of good quality.
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From 1912 Pisuisse formed the first Dutch cabaret theatre group, inspired by the theatre in Paris. He married three times, with Jacoba, Fie and Jenny - his last wife was also a member of his cabaret group (their photo in newspaper article, receiving an award).
On 26 november 1927 Jean-Louis Pisuisse and his third wife Jenny Gilliams were shot to death in Amsterdam. They were killed by a former lover of Jenny, who also was a group member. He also killed himself at the crime scene.
The couple was burried in The Hague (photo of the funural in newspaper article, including the crowd). His second wife, however, bought the grave and arranged for Jenny's body to be burried elsewhere, because she wanted to be burried with her former husband herself. This indeed happened in 1975.
Jean-Louis Pisuisse became only 47 years old. He still is considered as the founder of the Dutch 'small art' ('kleinkunst'): songs and cabaret (by comedians) of good quality, in the theatre. The word 'small' refers to the intimate setting of a stage.
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The song 'Mens, durf te leven'/'Dare to live, people' (1917) was written by Dirk Witte (1885-1932). He was a singer and lyricist. Famous songs he wrote were: 'The girl of the choral society'/'Het meisje van de zangvereniging' (1914); 'The pears'/'De peren' (1915); 'The wine glass'/'Het wijnglas' (1918); and 'Night song'/'Nocturne' (1919).
But his most famous song was 'Dare to live, people' (1917). He wrote it for Jean-Louis Pisuisse towards the end of World War I. Over the decades, it was (and is) covered by many artists, like Willy Alberti, Ramses Shaffy, Willem Nijholt, Wende Snijders and Tim Knol (links open youtube).
Unfortunately, no recording of this song by Jean-Louis Pisuisse himself has been preserved. The youtube-video above is a recording (around 1920) of the contemporary singer Henri Wallig (1881-1939), who was a member of Pisuisse's cabaret theatre group for a while.
The returning phrase 'Dare to live, people', is added to the authorative Van Dale dictionary as established expression in the Dutch language (although they refer to the cover of Ramses Shaffy).
 More translated Dutch songs in the genre 'theatre song' and more with the theme 'contemplations about life'. See also the list of Dutch artists with all their songs on this website.
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