Michael Bredl
Michael Bredl (born December 24, 1915 ; † 1999 in Hindelang ) was a German folk musician .
Life
Bredl came from a musical family with many children from the Bavarian Forest . At a singing competition he met Paul Kiem at the age of 16 , with whom he had a lifelong friendship. Bredl mastered several string instruments, including the zither.
After the war Bredl was a teacher in Eggenthal near Kaufbeuren, and from 1957 in Hindelang . Singing and folk music schools were set up on his initiative in both Eggenthal and Hindelang. At the suggestion of Hermann Regner and the local curator of Swabia, Alfred Weitnauer , he dedicated himself to the old shepherd's instrument, the alphorn . He managed to revive the tradition of blowing the alphorn in the Allgäu and neighboring areas.
In 1965 he was therefore employed as the first full-time folk music nurse in Bavaria for the Swabian district . In several publications he presented old, rediscovered by him and his own songs and music. From this folk music archive, the folk music advice center in Krumbach (Swabia) emerged. In 1973 he received the Ehrentaler of the Heimatbund Allgäu and on February 1, 1977 the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon.
literature
- Kurt Schweinberger: In memory of Michael Bredl . In: "Alphorn". Bulletin of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Schwäbischer Volkstumsgruppen e. V., Vol. 34, No. 3, 1999.
- Ludwig Berthold: Michael Bredl, a “seventy” and 25 years in the working group . In: "Alphorn", vol. 21, no. 1, 1986.
- Georg Simnacher: Laudation by the President of the District Assembly for the award of the "Swabian Nightingale" gift on June 21, 1998 in Irsee .
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bredl, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German folk musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1915 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1999 |
| Place of death | Hindelang |