Jakob Geis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jakob Geis

Bavarian folk singer

Date of Birth: 27-Dec-1840

Place of Birth: Athens, Attica Region, Greece

Date of Death: 03-Mar-1908

Profession: singer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Jakob Geis, stage name Papa Geis (27 December 1840, in Munich – 3 March 1908, in Munich) was a Munich performer, folksinger, and musical director.
He was considered a master of Bavarian cuplés.
The dramatist and director Jacob Geis was his grandchild. Originally he wanted to become a Catholic priest.
But at the age of 26, he broke off his theological studies and started a stage career as a comedian in Vienna.
He wore only black clothes, a bit like a Catholic priest.
Often he was greeted therefore as a Father.
His stage name Papa Geis means Daddy Geis. In 1878 he started his own musical and comedian group, named Gesellschaft Geis.
His cuplés reflect a piece of cultural history of Munich.