Jacob Stickelberger

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Jacob Stickelberger (born November 11, 1940 ) is a Bernese songwriter and lawyer .

Life

As a lawyer he represented the Trio Eugster in 1979 , which took legal action against the song Unterhaltigsbrunz (on the LP Mängisch fäges no ) by Tinu Heiniger . In 1989 he took over the defense of Reto B., who raped and killed 21-year-old Elisabeth Duie in Zurich Altstetten on August 17, 1989 . His most famous mandate, however, was connected with the affair of the first Swiss Federal Councilor , Elisabeth Kopp . He defended her husband, the business lawyer Hans W. Kopp - at the time serving as vice-president of the board of directors of a gold and currency trading company accused of money laundering - who was portrayed in media reports in 1988 as a tax fraudster and mafioso .

As a singer-songwriter, he joined the Bern Troubadours from 1966 to 1970 , who were performing at the Die Rampe gallery in Bern at the time. In 1970 and 1971, Stickelberger performed several times with Mani Matter (also a full-time lawyer). After Matter's death in 1972, Stickelberger and Fritz Widmer put on a program from 1973 to 1974 with a crime story written together with Mani Matter and their own chansons. In January 1976 Stickelberger was again on the road with the Bern Troubadours, in autumn 1977 again with Fritz Widmer and a program with the last, previously unpublished Mani Matter chansons. In the 1980s, Jacob Stickelberger occasionally performed solo. Between 1985 and 2000, as he himself says, the chansons and appearances were neglected due to his main job. “That has improved since then.” In 1995 he took part in the anniversary concert 30 Years of the Bern Troubadours and in 2005 40 Years of the Bern Troubadours at the Bern City Theater . Both concerts were recorded live and are available on CD . In 2018 he gave his last concert.

Stickelberger lives in Zollikon near Zurich.

Works

bibliography

  • Schwarzi Chatz . Chansons. Benziger, Zurich 1974, ISBN 3-545-36231-0 .
  • Gipfelkonferänz . Monthly songs (with Charles Lewinsky ). Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-312-00394-5 .
  • My chansons . 50 lyrics with notes and chords. Gold Records, Horgen 2010
  • The court fool. A very unscientific contribution. In: Hans Baumgartner, René Schumacher (Ed.): Law, Power and Society. Justice and Politics . Rio, Zurich 1995, ISBN 3-907768-12-4 , pp. 21–31.
  • My almost great grandfather . Novel. Zytglogge Verlag, Basel 2018, ISBN 978-3-7296-0995-2 .

Discography

Standalone publications

  • Musical animal book . MC. Trio Eugster AG, Dübendorf
  • I la mi gah . LP. Gold Records, Horgen
  • Pastor in the Münster . LP. Gold Records, Horgen
  • Portrait . LP. Gold Records, Horgen 1986 (CD: 1988)
  • Pippi and d'Seeräuber (Pippi Longstocking, Vol. 4). CD / MC, Chinderwält, 2002, ISBN 3-03718-008-0 .
  • The most beautiful song . CD. Gold Records, Horgen 2005
  • My chansons . 2 CDs. Gold Records, Horgen 2010

With the Bern troubadours

  • Bernese Troubadours - Live . LP with chansons from all six troubadours. Zytglogge, Gümligen 1971 (CD: zyt 4016)
  • The concert . 2 LPs (or CDs) with live recording of their anniversary program on November 27, 1985 in the Stadttheater Bern . Zytglogge, Gümligen 1986 (CD: zyt 4052)
  • 30 years - old, older, newer and new . 2 CDs with live recording from November 19, 1995 from the Stadttheater Bern. Zytglogge (zyt 4076), Gümligen 1996
  • 40 years of Bern troubadours . CD with live recordings from the Stadttheater Bern on February 13 and March 20, 2005. Zytglogge (zyt 4095), Oberhofen 2005

With Fritz Widmer

  • Detective shift . Recording from October 26th 1973. LP, Zytglogge, Gümligen 1973 (as CD: 1990)
  • Dr Columbus . Mani Matter sung by Jacob Stickelberger and Fritz Widmer. LP, Zytglogge (zyt 35), Gümligen 1977 (as CD: 1990)
  • Abraham & Co. LP, Zytglogge (zyt 23), Gümligen 1979

With Charles Lewinsky

  • Gipfelkonferänz . Monthly songs. Live recording from the Landhus Franke, Aarburg. Gold Records, Horgen 2010

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Own statement on his website ( Memento from April 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Interview about the farewell concert
personal data
SURNAME Stickelberger, Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss songwriter and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1940