Karl Flemisch

Karl Flemisch (* 1878 ; † 1937 ) was a German folk singer and comedian .

life and work

Flemisch was a painter by profession and began his career as a folk singer around the turn of the century with one of the so-called ambulatory Sunday societies. These were associations that only appeared on weekends, since their members were involved in civil professional life throughout the week. They also had no fixed venues, and as a fee they often had to be content with just a warm dinner - to what they could collect for themselves by “wiggling” from the audience.

Flemisch never stayed with one company for long, he often changed. After he had already achieved some fame himself, from 1915 he was a partner in the performances of Karl Valentin and Liesl Karlstadt in the vaudeville hall "Vienna-Munich" in the Hotel Wagner in Munich's Sonnenstrasse, z. B. in the famous alpine singer trio and in the "orchestra rehearsal". Later he could be seen in the Hotel Peterhof and at the side of August Junker and Hans Blädel .

Flemisch is captured in a film fragment from 1913 that was shot in Karl Valentin's studio on Platzl in Munich.

In 1929 Flemisch played in the Franz Seitz film "Links der Isar - right der Spree" as 'Xaver Speckmaier' alongside Albert Paulig and Weiss Ferdl .

Flemisch died in 1937. His grave is in the Perlacher Forst cemetery .

Honors

In 1964, a path in the Blumenau district of Munich was named after Flemisch.

literature

Susanne von Goessel: Munich folk singer, entertainment for everyone. In: Till, Karl Valentin - folk singer? Dadaist ?, pages 26-49.
Erwin Münz / Joseph stepsloher: The Munich Folk Singers Association. In: Till, Karl Valentin - folk singer? Dadaist ?, pp. 50-53.
Claudia Preis, folk singing in Munich 1870–1930. On the production of entertainment culture in the city - Diss. Munich 2010, online (PDF; 869 kB)
Till, Wolfgang (Ed.): Karl Valentin - Volkssänger? Dadaist? [Catalog for the] exhibition for Karl Valentin's 100th birthday. Munich, Schirmer / Mosel 1982.

Web links

Karl Flemisch in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Karl Flemisch at ofdb
Karl Flemisch at the "Blumenau companions"

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b so Susanne von Goessel: Munich folk singer, entertainment for all, p. 41.
↑ technical term of folk singers for cashing a hat or cup after the show, see. List from Erwin Münz / Joseph stepsloher: Der Münchener Volkssänger-Verband, p. 53.
↑ cf. a program by the 'modern antics and humorist ensemble A. Herrmann' with Flemisch, reproduced in Von Goessel p. 39, or Preis p. 138
↑ a representation of the restaurant around 1915 by Till, Karl Valentin - Volkssänger? Dadaist ?, page 101
↑ cf. the memories of Karl Valentin “How I became a folk singer”: In 1914 I met my partner Liesl Karlstadt in the Frankfurter Hof. With her it was possible to bring out the well-known Tirolerterzett "Alpenveilchen" with Valentin, Flemisch, Karlstadt ... zit. after: Till, Karl Valentin - folk singer? Dadaist ?, page 100.
↑ cf. Giglfritz : Incidentally , at the appearances in the Vienna-Munich variety hall in the Hotel Wagner in Munich's Sonnenstrasse, the Kapellmeister did not play, as did Liesl Karlstadt from the 1920s, but the comedian Karl Flemisch . The "orchestra rehearsal" was recorded in a film in 1933, directed by Karel Lamač , cf. Film portal and Till, Karl Valentin - folk singer? Dadaist ?, pp. 216-217 u. 263

^ At Marienplatz in Munich, a picture postcard from 1910 , an interior view from a postcard ( Memento from January 31, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )

↑ cf. Claudia Preis, folk singing in Munich 1870-1930. On the production of entertainment culture in the city, p. 67

↑ cf. Karl Valentin privately and in the studio : Valentin can be seen having a casual conversation with his mother and the actor Karl Flemisch.

↑ Werner Schmidt-Boelcke wrote the music for the still silent film , cf. Film portal
↑ cf. Blumenau (Munich) : The streets and paths in the western part of the Blumenau are named after artists like Hans Terofal, Wastl Witt or Karl Flemisch, all of whom came from Munich or were mainly active there .

personal data
SURNAME	Flemisch, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German folk singer and comedian
DATE OF BIRTH	1878
DATE OF DEATH	1937

[Goessel-1] A ^b so Susanne von Goessel: Munich folk singer, entertainment for all, p. 41.

[2] technical term of folk singers for cashing a hat or cup after the show, see. List from Erwin Münz / Joseph stepsloher: Der Münchener Volkssänger-Verband, p. 53.

[3] . a program by the 'modern antics and humorist ensemble A. Herrmann' with Flemisch, reproduced in Von Goessel p. 39, or Preis p. 138

[4] representation of the restaurant around 1915 by Till, Karl Valentin - Volkssänger? Dadaist ?, page 101

[5] . the memories of Karl Valentin “How I became a folk singer”: In 1914 I met my partner Liesl Karlstadt in the Frankfurter Hof. With her it was possible to bring out the well-known Tirolerterzett "Alpenveilchen" with Valentin, Flemisch, Karlstadt ... zit. after: Till, Karl Valentin - folk singer? Dadaist ?, page 100.

[6] . Giglfritz : Incidentally , at the appearances in the Vienna-Munich variety hall in the Hotel Wagner in Munich's Sonnenstrasse, the Kapellmeister did not play, as did Liesl Karlstadt from the 1920s, but the comedian Karl Flemisch . The "orchestra rehearsal" was recorded in a film in 1933, directed by Karel Lamač , cf. Film portal and Till, Karl Valentin - folk singer? Dadaist ?, pp. 216-217 u. 263

[7] At Marienplatz in Munich, a picture postcard from 1910 , an interior view from a postcard ( Memento from January 31, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )

[8] . Claudia Preis, folk singing in Munich 1870-1930. On the production of entertainment culture in the city, p. 67

[9] . Karl Valentin privately and in the studio : Valentin can be seen having a casual conversation with his mother and the actor Karl Flemisch.

[10] Werner Schmidt-Boelcke wrote the music for the still silent film , cf. Film portal

[11] . Blumenau (Munich) : The streets and paths in the western part of the Blumenau are named after artists like Hans Terofal, Wastl Witt or Karl Flemisch, all of whom came from Munich or were mainly active there .