Franz "Franzl" Lang (28 December 1930 – 6 December 2015), known as the ''Yodel King'' (german: Jodlerkönig), was an alpine
yodeller from
Bavaria
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, Germany.
Lang's
genre
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is German
folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has ...
; he typically sang in the Bavarian dialect of the rural Alpine regions.
Career
Raised in Munich, Lang trained as a toolmaker. He started playing his trademark accordion at the age of nine. His greatest hit was his 1968 recording of Karl Ganzer's composition "Das
Kufstein
Kufstein (; Central Bavarian: ''Kufstoa'') is a town in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the administrative seat of Kufstein District. With a population of about 19,600 it is the second largest Tyrolean town after the state capital Innsbruck. The grea ...
er Lied". Throughout the 1970s, he was a permanent feature of musical
variety show
Variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical performances, sketch comedy, magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ventriloquism. It is normally introduced by a co ...
s on
West German television, especially on the
ZDF program ''Lustige Musikanten''.
Lang has sold more than 10 million recordings; he has earned 20 gold records and one platinum record within the German recording industry.
On his 70th birthday, he performed for the final time.
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Personal life & death
He was married to his wife Johanna since 1954; he had one son (Franz Herbert Lang, 1966–1995) and one daughter (Christl). He died at a Munich nursing home on 6 December 2015 from Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) is altered organ function in an acutely ill patient requiring medical intervention to achieve homeostasis.
Although Irwin and Rippe cautioned in 2005 that the use of "multiple organ failure" or "multisy ...
. On January 11, 2016, he was buried in Munich Waldfriedhof
The Munich Waldfriedhof is one of 29 cemeteries of Munich in Bavaria, Germany. It is one of the larger and more famous burial sites of the city, known for its park-like design and tombs of notable personalities. The Waldfriedhof is considered th ...
, a forest cemetery, with multiple dedications from his family and friends.
Discography (Albums)
* 1970: Bergweihnacht (LP: Philips 63 883, Aufnahme: 1970)
* 1977: Urlaub in den Bergen
* 1979: Musik aus den Bergen
* 1987: Schön ist’s auf der Welt
* 1991: Mir geht’s guat
* 1996: Freude am Leben
* Alpen-Echo
* Das original Kufsteiner Lied
* Der Königsjodler
* Die schönsten Volkslieder
* Die schönsten Jodler der Welt
* Echo der Berge
* Freunde der Berge
* Goldene Sonne, goldene Berge
* Himmel, Harsch und Firn mit den Kaiserlich Böhmischen
* Holladaratata
* In Oberkrain
* Jodlerkönig
* Kameraden der Berge
* Komm mit in die Berge
* Lagerfeuer in den Bergen
* Ski Heil
* Stimmung beim Bier
* Stimmung beim Jodlerwirt
* Wir kommen von den Bergen
* Zillertal, du bist mei Freud
* Tirol Heimat der Berge
* 10 Jahre Jubiläum beim Jodlerwirt
* Im Wilden Westen
* Grüß Gott in Bayern
* Zünftig pfundig kreuzfidel
* Das Bayernland
* Der weißblaue Hammer
Filmography
* 1956: Salzburger Geschichten
* 1961: Drei weiße Birken
* 1961: Der Orgelbauer von St. Marien
* 1961: Schlagerrevue 1962
* 1962: Tanze mit mir in den Morgen
* 1962: Drei Liebesbriefe aus Tirol
References
External links
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1930 births
2015 deaths
German accordionists
German male guitarists
Musicians from Munich
Yodelers
20th-century German male singers
20th-century German male writers
Deaths from multiple organ failure
Burials at Munich Waldfriedhof