Christian Bruhn turns 90: Every soul needs consolation

“Heidi” or “Marble, stone and iron breaks”: Christian Bruhn’s hits are classless, limitless and shamelessly popular. And that’s precisely why it hits so many people’s hearts. A tribute to the 90th birthday.

Christian Bruhn is the readers of the South German newspaper He is very familiar with it because he reads this newspaper thoroughly and likes to comment on it in letters. He also knows what displeasure he causes when he explains in an interview that Richard Wagner, who was criticized by quite a few people, only writes entertainment music for the educated classes. Christian Bruhn doesn’t have this problem, his music is classless, limitless and shamelessly popular. He could write symphonies if he wanted, but why should he? Bruhn wanted to be successful with hits, and so his melodies were created for millions.