Franz Schier
Franz Rudolf Schier (born February 25, 1909 in Vienna ; † January 14, 1954 there ) was an Austrian pop and Wienerlied singer, film actor and tavern innkeeper.
Live and act
Franz Schier studied singing at the Vienna Music Academy and became a well-known pop singer in the 1920s, performing primarily with Charly Gaudriot and his band as well as in RAVAG broadcasts .
In 1928 he opened his soon popular and prominent wine tavern on Hackhofergasse in Nussdorf , where he also sang Viennese songs for his guests.
In 1932 he emerged victorious from the song and jazz competition. In addition to his radio appearances, he also recorded numerous records and worked in films.
“Schier Franzl”, as he was also called, died of the consequences of an appendectomy in Vienna's Rudolfinerhaus and was buried in the Nussdorf parish cemetery.
Discography
Among the most famous of the songs he interpreted are u. a:
- The old woodpecker (music: Hans Lang , text: Erich Meder , Carl de Groof).
- The old sinner (music: Hans Lang, text: Martin Costa, Erich Meder).
- s' Nussdorfer Sternderl (music: Sepp Fellner, text: Karl Schneider).
Filmography
- Comradeship , 1931.
- Salto to Bliss , 1934.
- Eva , 1935.
- Rendezvous in Vienna , 1935.
- The women's paradise , 1936.
- Princess Sissy , 1939.
- Love is strictly forbidden , 1939.
- Herzensfreud - Herzensache , 1940.
- The master detective , 1944.
- The old sinner , 1951.
- City Park , 1951.
literature
- Heinz Büttner, Klaus Krüger, Rainer E. Lotz and Christian Zwarg: German National Discography. Discography of German Cabaret . Lotz, Bonn 2002, ISBN 978-3-9805808-7-8 (Series 1, Volume 6).
- Felix Czeike (Ed.): Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 5, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-218-00547-7 , p. 542.
- Helmut Kretschmer: Vienna music memorials . Edited by Felix Czeike. 3. Edition. J&V Edition, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-85058-021-0 .
- Austrian music lexicon . Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3046-5 (Volume 4), p. 2067.
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Schier in the catalog of the German National Library
- Franz Schier in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Franz Schier at filmportal.de
- Viennese artists go to Basel In: City Hall correspondence from January 10, 1949. (Retrieved March 3, 2010)
- An interpreter of the Wiener Lied died In: Arbeiter-Zeitung from January 15, 1954, p. 4. (Accessed March 3, 2010)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schier, Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schier, Franz Rudolf (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian pop and Viennese song singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1954 |
| Place of death | Vienna |