Heinz Underberg

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Heinz Underberg (* 1912 in Kemnath , † 1968 in Berndorf, real name Gert Froboes ) was a Bavarian folk singer .

Live and act

Underberg was born in Kemnath ( Upper Palatinate ) and spent his childhood and youth in Munich . After graduating from school, he studied singing and violin at the Trapp Conservatory of Music (today Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich ) . He then played in smaller orchestras and was a member of the Bavarian State Orchestra shortly before the Second World War . The war interrupted his musical career. In 1946 he returned to his hometown, where he married and from then on worked in the bakery on his father-in-law's town square. Since then he has not been able to gain a foothold in the field of serious music . Instead, Froboes made a name for himself as a native singer in the Upper Palatinate. The Berlin record company Odeon signed him. Until 1958 singles with Bavarian folk tunes were published at irregular intervals under the artist name Heinz Underberg . Then the record deal was terminated. In the early 1960s he joined the folk music group Kulmainer Landquartett as their main singer, with whom he released two folk albums in 1961 and 1963 (again with Odeon).

In 1968 Underberg was found dead next to a street in Berndorf near his hometown. Nothing was known about the circumstances of his death. He was buried in the St Magdalena cemetery in Kemnath.

Discography

  • 1954: When in Himmi he says he wuist kemma (single, Odeon OBL 1052)
  • 1954: Princes out of the country (Single, Odeon OBL 1102)
  • 1955: Bayreuther Jäger (single, Odeon OBL 1387)
  • 1957: Tralala (The Seven Steps) (Single, Odeon OBL 1541)
  • 1958: Pfiati Gott Schatzerl (single, Odeon OBL 1733)
  • 1961: Greetings from Kulmain (album, Odeon 061-07 587) with the Kulmainer Landquartett
  • 1963: Schöne Oberpfalz (album, Odeon 063-57 354) with the Kulmainer Landquartett

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mittelbayerische Zeitung of March 5, 1968, p. 8: Kulmainer singer found dead
personal data
SURNAME Underberg, Heinz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Froboes, Gert (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian folk singer
DATE OF BIRTH 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Kemnath
DATE OF DEATH 1968
Place of death Berndorf