Roider Jackl

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| name = Roider Jackl

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| birth_name = Jakob Roider

| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|07|17}}

| birth_place = Weihmichl, German empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1975|05|8|1906|06|17}}

| death_place = Freising, West Germany

| genre = Bavarian folk music, Gstanzl

| instruments = Voice

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Roider Jackl (17 June 1906 in Weihmichl – 8 May 1975 in Freising; real name: Jakob Roider)[http://www.bmlo.uni-muenchen.de/r0734 Bayerisches Musiker-Lexikon Online (BMLO)] (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) was a German performer, singer, and folk singer, who performed in Bavarian language.

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 and in the Nockherberg. He was a master of the political Gstanzl.Dr. Hans Göttler, Carola Holler: Der Roider Jackl — Hofnarr der Demokratie. In: Der Bayerwald-Bote from 15 June 2006 (p. 27) Karl Valentin was among his admirers.[http://volkssaengerei.de/menschen/roider.htm Roider Jackl] (volkssaengerei.de)

References

Further reading

  • Jakob Roider: Gstanzln vom Roider Jackl. Hieber, München o. J. [1949].
  • Jakob Roider: Der Roider Jackl, mit Illustrationen von Josef Oberberger. Rosenheimer Verlag, Rosenheim 1980, {{ISBN|3-475-52298-5}}.
  • Werner Roider (Hrsg.): Der Roider Jackl. Rosenheimer Verlag, Rosenheim 2002, {{ISBN|3-475-53191-7}}.