Roll, Roman Domanig 05/09/1882 - 03/16/1938

Roman Cornelius Domanig-Roll, * May 9, 1882, on Antonigasse 34, Währing, (18th District of Vienna), Austria, † March 16, 1938, Vienna (his last address was 16, Kirchstetterngasse 59; He is buried at the ''Zentralfriedhof'' (Vienna Central Cemetery, Grab 48A/1/32). He was a librettist of Viennese songs. His main occupation was as an official in the ''Dorotheum'' (one of the world's oldest auction houses). Domanig-Roll purseud poetry and verse and among other things wrote for the following composers: Kronegger, Föderl, and Gruber; songs which especially became well-known were ''Der Wiener Troubadour", ''Am Bankerl beim Nußbaum", ''Wann mi der Herrgott fragert", ''Secht's Leutln, so war's anno dreißig in Wien", ''Im Ohr noch die rauschenden Walzer, die Walzer von Lanner und Strauß" and '' G'schichterl vom Wienerlied".