Albert Jütz

Albert Jütz (born June 27, 1900 in Göschenen ( UR ); † July 9, 1925 in Littau , LU ) was a Swiss folk musician . He composed one of the most popular and most played Swiss folk songs.

Life

Albert «Bärti» Jütz spent most of the summers with his parents in the Göscheneralp . There they ran the Hotel Dammastock . During the rest of the year he lived in Altdorf. In Altdorf he also went to high school. At the age of 19 he made the patent as a mountain guide . After graduating from high school, he studied dentistry at the Universities of Freiburg and Zurich . In 1925 he passed the state examination .

Jütz was a brilliant musician . He played the violin , accordion and lute . His teacher was Hanns in der Gand .

Jütz was close friends with the artist Heinrich Danioth . He also spent the summers of 1918 and 1919 in the Göscheneralp with him. Together with him, he founded the play group “The Blue Night”. With this club they often played late at night in the alleys under the windows of fellow citizens. The serenades often became a nightly festival. Jütz was also a member of the charity Altdorf .

The world premiere of his song “Zoogä-n-am-Bogä” took place in the Hotel Höfli in Altdorf. Jütz played the lute, Heinrich Danioth the accordion, Ady Regli the piano. The song was often performed by Jütz during his student days at the Hotel Du Nord in Zurich and quickly became known throughout Switzerland.

He died in an automobile accident.

plant

Albert Jütz wrote "only" three songs in his short life. All three songs are very cheerful.

• Zoogä-n-am-Boogä (also Zogä am Bogä)
• Wätterbrün wiä Kafesatz
• When some eppä zwänzgi isch

The songs became known throughout Switzerland. “Zoogä-n-am-Boogä de Landamme dances” is the Uri anthem to this day and is still sung today. The song became particularly well-known on the occasion of the vote on the Alpine Initiative , when the Mayor of Uri , Hansruedi Stadler , danced to this melody with his wife on February 20, 1994 in front of the people, television and the press to celebrate the victory of the Alpine Initiative.

literature

• Rolf Gisler-Jauch: Jütz, Berti. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .