Triple song

Christmas carol in traditional three-song chants

Dreigesang is the name for a polyphonic instrumentation in vocal music . "Dreigesang" refers to both the three-part piece of music and the vocal group consisting of three people.

Implementation practice

Originally used synonymously with the term Terzett , today the term is mainly used in alpine folk music . The line-up is usually with three equal solo voices , i.e. as a male or female triple sing, and more recently also as a mixed triple sing. The singing can be performed a cappella , but it is common to be accompanied by music in the lounge or other small instrumentation.

In traditional alpine folk music, two-part voice leading in thirds predominates, whereby there is often no clear separation of main or melodic voice and accompanying voice, but examples of real three -part voices are also recorded. There is, however, a fundamental difference to the three-part voice in the so-called younger folk song: while in the function- bound folk song the two-part movement is usually extended by a simple main stage bass part in the direction of a complete three-part harmony , the third part in the Alpine folk movement is an independent melodic voice that is mostly moved in close intervals to the other voices. It is also characteristic of the traditional three-part movement that the voices rarely start together, but rather a gradual development and enhancement of the sound is achieved through successive inserts.

Well-known works for three-song

• German Farmer's Fair by Annette Thoma

Well-known three-part ensembles

v. l. to the right: Christian Maier ("da Huawa"), Matthias Meier ("da Meier") and Sepp Haslinger ("and i")

In traditional folk music:

• Ramsau singer
• Rainbacher Dreigsang
• Dumfart Trio
• Sternstein Trio

In the new folk music :

• Biermösl Blosn
• Corrugations
• Da Huawa, da Meier and I

literature

• Walter Kolneder : The vocal polyphony in the folk music of the Austrian Alpine countries. Amadeus, Winterthur 1981, OCLC 9202080 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Three chants . www.duden.de, accessed on December 18, 2018
2. ↑ Simple polyphony , volksmusikschule.at, accessed on December 14, 2018
3. ↑ Diether de la Motte : Harmony. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1992, ISBN 3-7618-4183-3 , p. 287.
4. ^ ^{A b} Walter Kolneder : The vocal polyphony in the folk music of the Austrian Alpine countries. Amadeus, Winterthur 1981, p. 64 ff.
5. ↑ Rainbacher Dreigsang
6. ↑ Dumfart Trio
7. ↑ Sternstein Trio : There are cold water