Wolfgang Roeder
Wolfgang Roeder (born October 26, 1926 in Dresden , † December 24, 1993 in Stahnsdorf ) was a German singer and humorist; especially known for the band Die vier Brummers and his collaboration with Leni Statz as an entertainer on GDR television .
Life
Roeder began his actual career as a stage worker. As such he came to what was then the State Operetta Theater in Dresden in 1949 and also appeared on stage as a character comedian. Artistic director Otto Bochmann gave the suggestion to develop more humorous contributions and he, Erich Weber (since 1945 choir singer and soloist at this house), Eberhard Keyn (here solo dancer and accordion player) and Johannes Frenzel (here) started with the lethal injection , a cabaret-style final season event. also a choir singer at this theater) a vocal quartet. The naming and official founding of The Four Brummers took place at a private event at the turn of the year 1950/51. From 1952 they were regularly independent on the radio, from May 1953 on television. In 1955 the four ensemble members they had been until then finally left the State Operetta Theater at the time . Roeder wrote the lyrics from 1951 until they were dissolved in 1977.
In 1962 he had a small supporting role in the DEFA Christmas film Oh, you happy ... and in other films ( New Year's Eve Punch , Cloves in Aspic , Beloved White Mouse ) he appeared together with the Brummers . In 1977 he wrote the soccer anthem Dynamo, Dynamo will never go under , which remained the club anthem of Dynamo Dresden until the 1980s .
In the broadcast Cities Duels on Telewelle on April 9, 1966, Roeder was co-moderator alongside Margot Ebert and in 1968/69 he moderated in the quiz quartet through our world .
Between 1983 and 1991 he was out laughing with Leni Statz . On December 21, 1985 they moderated the Kessel Buntes together .
literature
Volker Klimpel: Famous Dresdeners: historical-biographical handbook of important personalities, born in Dresden. Hellerau-Verlag, Dresden 2002.
Web links
- Wolfgang Roeder in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Contribution to the program The Four Brummers - The Song of the Faithful Saxons of the MDR television on January 16, 2014 ( Memento from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (archive version)
Individual evidence
- ^ Rudolf Hösch: Cabaret from yesterday and today. Volume 2 1933-1970, Berlin 1972, pages 236 ff.
- ↑ Peter Gunold (ed.): 50 years of the Dresden State Operetta - 225 years of the musical folk theater in Dresden. Verlag und Galerie Buchkunst Läzer, Weimar, 1997. pp. 105, 106. Without ISBN.
- ↑ Genia Bleier: Long grumbled out, but not forgotten. The founder of the "Brummers" died 20 years ago. In: Dresdner Latest News , December 21, 2013, p. 17.
- ↑ Uwe Breitenborn: How did the bear laugh ?: Systematics, functionality and thematic segmentation of entertaining non-fictional program forms on German television until 1969. Volume 1 of Berlin Contributions to Media History, Berlin 2003, page 162 f and page 193 ff , accessed January 17, 2014
- ↑ City duels on Telewelle and Im Quizquartett through our world at www.wunschliste.de, accessed January 17, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roeder, Wolfgang |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Roeder, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German singer, humorist and entertainer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 24, 1993 |
| Place of death | Stahnsdorf |