Zupfgeigenhansel

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Zupfgeigenhansel
General information
Genre (s) Folk , songwriter
founding 1974
resolution 1986
Founding members
Vocals, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, krummhorn, accordion, xylophone
 Erich taste cup
Singing, guitar, flute
 Thomas Friz

Zupfgeigenhansel was a German folk duo founded by Erich Schmeckenbecher and Thomas Friz in the 1970s and 1980s.

Surname

The group named itself after the famous Wandervogel song book Der Zupfgeigenhansl , which was published in 1909. The group's repertoire only partially overlaps with the content of the songbook.

history

The 1970s

Zupfgeigenhansel initially followed the idea of ​​rediscovering German folk songs with a liberal character, providing some with their own melodies and making them popular again. The folk songs dealt with the life of the "simple" people of the past centuries. In terms of content, they are about love, hardship and risk, enterprising spirit, the pride of libertarian spirits, the contempt for authorities and priests as well as the resistance against militarism. The music of Zupfgeigenhansel was supposed to lay the foundation - alongside Ougenweide , Hannes Wader and Liederjan - for alternative German folk music, beyond the traditional folk music that was conservative at the time. A critic once wrote: " May Heino hear these songs so that he can stop singing his." In the early 1970s, the great time of the folk movement began in West Germany , which Zupfgeigenhansel had a decisive influence on.

Schmeckenbecher and Friz met in 1972 and initially played music together as street musicians. From 1974 they appeared under the name "Zupfgeigenhansel" in various folk clubs, mainly in southern Germany. This was followed by some radio appearances in the song shop of the Südwestfunk and in the FS show Nachklapp of the Saarländischer Rundfunk. In 1976 her first LP Volkslieder I was published by Plans Verlag and the following year LP Volkslieder II . For this they were nominated for the German Record Prize in 1977 . In 1978 they received the award for Artist of the Year 1978 - Ensemble Pop national from the German Phono Academy and published their first songbook with 222 folk songs under the title: A farmer wants to get up early (total circulation over 250,000). In addition to their sound carriers, this ensured a true folk song revival in West and East and is now considered legendary and served as a template for other songbook publications by others. With the LP 'ch hob gehert sogn , a highly acclaimed record with Yiddish songs was released in 1979 , which today still counts as the basis for the later emerging klezmer movement in Germany.

The 1980s

In the early 1980s, with the advent of the Neue Deutsche Welle, interest in folklore music and the music of the songwriting scene gradually ebbed . Zupfgeigenhansel expanded their repertoire and tried increasingly to win over their audiences with self-written songs and poetry settings. Sun also wrote Dieter Süverkrüp some songs for the group. Musically outstanding is also her last work with texts by the almost forgotten Austrian poet Theodor Kramer . Before the subsequent tour in 1986, there were internal disputes, which ultimately led to the breakup of the group. Zupfgeigenhansel had the last official live appearance as a surprise guest at the Pete Seegers concert in 1986 in the Bochum colliery .

Discography

Albums

These original albums are all released on CD, with the exception of the live album, free admission . However, all components of this album (ten songs in total) have been released as bonus material - on Folk Songs I, II and III, Yiddish Songs and No Beautiful Land .

  • 1976: Folksongs I
  • 1977: Folksongs II
  • 1978: Folksongs III
  • 1979: 'ch hob gehert sogn [New release under Yiddish songs with additional pieces recorded live.]
  • 1980: Free entry (Live)
  • 1982: Together (with Stephan Schmolck , bass, and Mic Oechsner , violin)
  • 1983: No beautiful country (with Sigi Busch , bass, and Mic Oechsner, violin)
  • 1984: Liebeslieder (with Sigi Busch , bass, and Mic Oechsner, violin)
  • 1985: Andre who didn't love the country so much (songs based on texts by Theodor Kramer )

More compilations

The compilations and presentations by JUMBO Neue Medien und Verlag GmbH were not authorized by Schmeckenbecher.

  • 1982: A farmer wants to get up early - The most beautiful folk songs
  • 1991: The cheekiest songs
  • 1993: When it's snowing red roses (A folk song album)
  • 1995: Oj! Oj! Oj! (A Yiddish-German concert)
  • 1998: Wild Swans (Songs of Love and Longing)
  • 2002: Everyone who sang this song (published on May 8, 1995 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the end of the World War on May 8, 1945)
  • 2005: We see the most beautiful spring again - 30 years of Zupfgeigenhansel - anniversary album (recordings from 1976 to 1980)
  • 2009: Everyone who sang this song (Goyalit at Jumbo - 1976 to 1980, four live recordings)

literature

  • Thomas Friz, Erich Schmeckenbecher (Ed.): A farmer wants to get up early. 222 folk songs. Verlag Plans, Dortmund 1978, ISBN 3-88569-001-2 .
  • Thomas Friz, Erich Schmeckenbecher (Ed.): No beautiful country at this time . Verlag Plans, Dortmund 1984, ISBN 3-88569-010-1 .
  • Zupfgeigenhansel: When all the fountains flow . JUMBO Neue Medien und Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-89592-842-9 ( not authorized by Schmeckenbecher )

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