Jakob Streit was born in the Berner Oberland in Switzerland, the son of a watchmaker, and lived there for most of his life.
He had four brothers and sisters and everyone helped to tend the family beehives, their cow and calf and their sheep.
When one has told stories to different age groups of children for 45 years on a daily basis, one learns a great deal from them, one is carried on the wings of Poetry, of the imagination.
(...) I began thoughtfully; soon there were gnomes and elves in the picture, finding magic ways to transform the stars of the night into the Edelweiss.
[3] Having studied piano and organ, his work as a choir conductor led him to produce a succession of operas, including The Magic Flute and Orpheus and Euridice.