Helmut Leiendecker
Helmut "Helm" Leiendecker (born November 10, 1952 in Trier ) is a German musician , actor and Trier original .
Life
Leiendecker is a trained wholesale and foreign trade merchant . Even as a teenager he was enthusiastic about music and poetry.
In 1986 he founded the dialect band Leiendecker Bloas , which became known nationwide primarily for its carnival songs. Leiendecker writes the lyrics for the band, sings and plays the harmonica . He writes the plays for the Kleine Volkstheater Trier , directs and participates in the performances. Leiendecker was also seen in performances at the Trier City Theater , including as the prison guard Frosch in Die Fledermaus . In a documentary by Gernot and Carsten Jäger on the 125th anniversary of Karl Marx's death , Leiendecker played the philosopher , who also came from Trier . He appears in commercials for green electricity for Stadtwerke Trier . What is special about Helmut Leiendecker is his efforts to preserve the Trier plateau , in which he writes his poems, lyrics and plays. In addition, he published a dictionary of the Trier plateau and created the "Trierian language course" for new students with the Trier student union. For his services to the city's cultural life, he was awarded the Trier City Cup of Honor in 2001; his band received the Schwab Prize in 1993 for their services to the Trier dialect. Because of his humor and his social commitment, Helmut Leiendecker was awarded the Franz Weißebach Prize in 2006 .
He is the older brother of the former professional soccer player Lothar Leiendecker .
Awards
- 2006: Franz Weissebach Prize
Audio documents
Example of his poetry - recorded in August 2006 in the Folklore and Open Air Museum Roscheider Hof :
Voaknallt
Voasteck
Folds
Hamlet
Discography
- Leiendecker Bloas: Sauwer (1992)
- Leiendecker Bloas: Quant (1994)
- Leiendecker Bloas: Gammer (1998)
- Leiendecker Bloas: Probber probber (2003)
- Leiendecker Bloas: Gaddeng (2013)
- Helmis Koppzalaot (audio book, 2010)
literature
- Trier "Platt Lexikon" by Helmut Leiendecker (paperback - December 2004) ( ISBN 3-935313-08-X , ISBN 978-3-935313-08-7 )
Movies
- Karl Marx - A Philosopher Makes History ~ Gernot Jaeger & Carsten Jaeger, Helmut Leiendecker, and David Schill (DVD - 2008)
Web links
- Website on leiendecker-bloas.de ( Memento from May 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Portrait of Helmut Leiendecker (2007. PDF; 109 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leiendecker Bloas: Muuselindijanao . SWR, our biggest carnival hits
- ↑ Volksbühne Trier
- ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: Das Kapital von Trier ). Wiesbaden Courier, August 14, 2008
- ↑ Trier Language Course Part III. Retrieved February 22, 2020 .
- ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: Rathaus Zeitung Trier )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Leiendecker, Helmut |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leiendecker, Helm (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musician, actor and original from Trier |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1952 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | trier |