Walter Hojsa

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Walter Hojsa (born May 13, 1924 in Brigittenau ; † December 22, 2019 ) is a Viennese folk music singer , multi-instrumentalist and songwriter .

Life

Hojsa grew up as the eighth child of a working class family in Brigittenau. At the age of 14 he learned to play the accordion . He trained as a machine fitter and began performing as a Hojsa-Buam in his spare time with his brother Franz Hojsa in the 1950s . The high point of the duo's career was an appearance at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck , including for the Shah of Persia . From 1966 to 1970 the Hojsa-Buam appeared in Grinzinger Phylloxera in Munich-Schwabing for Thomas Hörbiger . In 1970 Walter Hojsa returned to Vienna and initially performed as a solo entertainer . He then replaced Helmut Reinberger as bassist for the Drei Spitzbuben . The trio broke up shortly afterwards. Hojsa founded Toni Strobl and Ferdi Reithofer then the Altspatzen .

This trio also split up in the early 1980s. In Kurt Schaffer, Hojsa found a partner with whom he formed the Hojsa-Schaffer duo for years. Even in old age he occasionally performs with his son Thomas Hojsa . Shortly after his 90th birthday, he was awarded the Golden City Hall Man for his services to the City of Vienna .

As a songwriter

Hojsa has been composing and writing lyrics in the field of folk music since the mid-1960s . Among his best-known hits are Meine Freunderln und Known (1968), I love to hear the songs from Vienna , Maybe there is a Viennese café in heaven , Müsst i 'mei' Leb'n no amol leb'n (1980), A fescher pensioner (1984), It's nice to grow old with an friend (1993) and Die oide Hütt'n .

Discography

  • 1984: Walter Hojsa sings and plays what use is a Weanerliad?
  • 1994: A Weana musician
  • 2010: Hojsa, you can do it! ( Compilation together with Kurt Schaffer)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hosja, Walter. Austrian Music Lexicon, accessed on October 19, 2014 .
  2. ↑ a b c We congratulate Walter Hojsa on his 85th birthday! (No longer available online.) In: Das Wienerlied - current. daswienerlied.at, 2009, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; Retrieved October 19, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.daswienerlied.at
  3. ^ Gabriele Jahn: Wienerlied-Urgestein was awarded. (No longer available online.) Wiener Bezirksblatt , formerly in the original ; Retrieved October 19, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.wienerbezirksblatt.at  
personal data
SURNAME Hojsa, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian folk music singer (Vienna), multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Brigittenau