Roider Jackl (17 June 1906 in
Weihmichl – 8 May 1975 in
Freising
Freising () is a university town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the Freising ''Landkreis'' (district), with a population of about 50,000.
Location
Freising is the oldest town between Regensburg and Bolzano, and is located on the ...
; real name: ''Jakob Roider'') was a German performer, singer, and folk singer, who performed in
Bavarian language
Bavarian (german: Bairisch , Bavarian: ''Boarisch'') or alternately Austro-Bavarian, is a West Germanic language, part of the Upper German family, together with Alemannic and East Franconian.
Bavarian is spoken by approximately 12 million pe ...
.
He became famous in the 1950s especially because of the writing and performing of
Gstanzls (short Bavarian mocking songs). A Gstanzl normally consists of four lines, sometimes eight, and is sung in dialect. He performed for example in the
Bayerischer Rundfunk
Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR; "Bavarian Broadcasting") is a public-service radio and television broadcaster, based in Munich, capital city of the Free State of Bavaria in Germany. BR is a member organization of the ARD consortium of public broadcas ...
and in the
Nockherberg. He was a master of the political Gstanzl.
Karl Valentin
Karl Valentin (born Valentin Ludwig Fey, 4 June 1882 in Munich – 9 February 1948 in Planegg) was a Bavarian comedian. He had significant influence on German Weimar culture. Valentin starred in many silent films in the 1920s, and was sometimes ...
was among his admirers.
Roider Jackl
(volkssaengerei.de)
References
Further reading
* Jakob Roider: ''Gstanzln vom Roider Jackl''. Hieber, München o. J. 949
Year 949 ( CMXLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Arab-Byzantine War: Hamdanid forces under Sayf al-Dawla raid into the theme of Ly ...
* Jakob Roider: ''Der Roider Jackl'', mit Illustrationen von Josef Oberberger. Rosenheimer Verlag, Rosenheim 1980, .
* Werner Roider (Hrsg.): ''Der Roider Jackl''. Rosenheimer Verlag, Rosenheim 2002, .
External links
*
Roider Jackl, official website
Roider Jackl in Bayerisches Musiker-Lexikon Online (BMLO)
German folk singers
German male comedians
1906 births
1975 deaths
20th-century German male singers
20th-century comedians
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