Hans Well

Hans Well, 2018

Hans Well and the Wellbappn, 2018

Hans Well (born May 1, 1953 in Willprechtszell ) is a Bavarian musician . He is known as a member of the now defunct Biermösl Blosn and was responsible for the group's lyrics. The instruments he plays include guitar , Styrian harmonica , viola , saxophone , trumpet , soprano hunting horn and tenor alphorn .

Live and act

Hans Well is the ninth of fifteen children of the schoolmaster Hermann Well and his wife Gertraud Well from the village of Günzlhofen near Fürstenfeldbruck . Folk music was given a lot of space in the family . Even as a child and adolescent, he performed with his siblings in inns in the area on various occasions under the guidance of his father.

He studied pedagogy with German and history, among others with Helmut Zöpfl . According to his own statement, "he escaped the teaching life" and instead teamed up with his brothers Christoph and Michael in 1976 to form a music group called Biermösl Blosn . This group combined melodies of Bavarian folk music with profound and satirical texts in Bavarian dialect . The musicians built statements on the political conditions in Bavaria into their program and soon became well-known across the region. They first attracted nationwide attention in 1981 as a result of a political uproar when, after the mass arrests in Nuremberg , they asked the responsible ministers in a song at the traditional Maibock in the Hofbräuhaus : "[...] drink it up and take it to Huat!"

After the Biermösl Blosn broke up in January 2012 after 35 years, Hans Well joins his children Sarah (* November 22, 1991), Tabea (* February 23, 1993) and Jonas (* August 24, 1996) Well in a new formation as Hans Well & die Wellbappn . The first CD of Wellbappn entitled under bayern over bayern appeared in April 2013. In October 2015, the second CD came fast out .

In April 2013 Hans Well published the book 35 Years of Biermösl Blosn .

In 2017, Hans Well and Wellbappn were awarded the “Unterföhringer Mohr” audience award.

In 2019 he performed with the Wellbappn at Lieder auf Banz .

Publications

Works

Hans Well: Neither kitsch nor museum. A personal assessment of folk music matters , in: aviso. Journal for Science and Art in Bavaria, Issue 3/97 (reprinted in: Augsburger Volkskundliche Nachrichten, 3rd vol., 1997, H. 2, No. 6, ISSN 0948-4299 , pp. 7-14; full text )
Hans Well: Rundumadum: A musical journey around the world and back to the Ammersee, with pictures by Hans Traxler . Kein & Aber , Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-03-695509-4 (children's songs).
Hans Well: 35 years of Biermösl Blosn . Verlag Antje Kunstmann, 2013, ISBN 978-3888978234 .
Let's go to de Gotn! ( Asterix Mundart Volume 9), Ehapa Verlag , Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 978-3770404742 (translation into Bavarian)
with Carl-Ludwig Reichert : Graffd wead! (Asterix Mundart Volume 35), Ehapa Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 978-3770422715 (translation into Bavarian)

Audio books

Jürgen Roth , Gert Heidenreich : Der Untergang des Bayernlandes CD, Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-88897-565-3 .
Unterbayernüberbayern CD, Verlag Antje Kunstmann 2013, ISBN 978-3-88897-848-7 .
Fast CD, Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-95614-086-0 .

Web links

Commons : Hans Well and the Wellbappn - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Biermösl Blosn. Michael Well, accessed on August 20, 2012 (official website of the Biermösl Blosn): “Aus is, und gor is, und schod is that wohr is: The Biermösl Blosn has disbanded, this homepage will remain as an online archive for some time stand in the net. Guest book and forum are closed. "
Hans Well & Wellbappn. Hans Well, accessed on October 24, 2017 (Homepage of Hans Well).

Individual evidence

↑ Hans Well. Bavarian musical wonder. In: Cabaret artists in Bavaria 2. Bayerischer Rundfunk , April 20, 2015, archived from the original on August 2, 2015 ; accessed on October 24, 2017 .
↑ Roland Kirbach: A trio against the tumult. Singer greetings from Bavaria. Die Zeit , May 27, 1983, accessed October 24, 2017 .
↑ Joy that has pain to its mother. Retrieved October 23, 2017 .
↑ Unterföhringer Mohr to “Wellbappn”. In: Culture. Süddeutsche Zeitung , October 1, 2017, accessed on October 24, 2017 .

personal data
SURNAME	Well, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bavarian musician
DATE OF BIRTH	May 1, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Willprechtszell

[br_2015-1] Hans Well. Bavarian musical wonder. In: Cabaret artists in Bavaria 2. Bayerischer Rundfunk , April 20, 2015, archived from the original on August 2, 2015 ; accessed on October 24, 2017 .

[z_19830527-2] Roland Kirbach: A trio against the tumult. Singer greetings from Bavaria. Die Zeit , May 27, 1983, accessed October 24, 2017 .

[3] Joy that has pain to its mother. Retrieved October 23, 2017 .

[sz_20171001-4] Unterföhringer Mohr to “Wellbappn”. In: Culture. Süddeutsche Zeitung , October 1, 2017, accessed on October 24, 2017 .