Alois Betschart

Alois Betschart (born November 10, 1926 in Unterägeri ; † June 4, 1978 in Oberägeri ) was a Swiss folk musician .

Life

Alois Betschart had two brothers and a sister. His father inspired him to play the organ at an early age . As a five-year-old, he played country music for the first time publicly in front of Federal Councilor Philipp Etter , who was in Unterägeri on vacation. After finishing school, Alois Betschart completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter. He practiced this profession until his death. Alois Betschart died on June 4, 1978 at the age of 52 after a brief, serious illness.

Act

Alois Betschart played in the Schwyzerländli Chapel in Aegeri from 1946 to 1954 . From 1954 to 1956 he was a member of the Zugerländli Chapel and from 1956 to 1962 he played with Edy Meier (clarinet / sax), Heiri Kuhn (trumpet), Josef Schuler (piano) and Harry Hasler (bass violin) in the Meier-Betschart chapel . From 1962 on, Alois Betschart played together with Dölf Rogenmoser (accordion, Schwyzer and Miniörgeli) and Franz Mettler (piano) as well as Sepp Bürkli (bass violin) in the hand organ duo Betschart-Rogenmoser.

Betschart has written almost 200 country music compositions. Typical for him were snappy compositions like the “Morgarten-Schützen-Marsch” , the “Zimmerli- Scottish ” and the Länder 's waltz “Uf em Hüttebänkli” . He also appeared on radio and television shows. Betschart achieved a qualitative improvement for amplifier systems with a self-constructed dynamic pickup stick for accordion and piano . Its construction is used today by many country music formations.

Sound carrier (selection)

• Folk music and yodelling songs from the Lucerne region and the Zugerland; Urchig und Lüpfig , Zurich: Ex-Libris-Verlag, 1978

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.kapelle-toggeburgerbuebe.ch/Togg_Geschichte.htm
2. ↑ http://www.swissfolklore.ch/shop/product_info.php?products_id=887