Emil Würmli

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Emil Würmli (born March 3, 1920 in Gommiswald ; † November 6, 2007 in Basel ) was a Swiss military trumpeter , conductor , music publisher and composer .

His most important own composition is the march “A happy reunion”. According to his own account, he composed this melody during his working hours as a border guard .

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Having grown up in the Gommiswald, Emil Würmli first learned to play the accordion - and then to play the trumpet . Thanks to his father, who was the conductor of the “Alpenrösli” music association, he was allowed to play there as a teenager. After completing compulsory schooling, he learned the profession of hairdresser . He graduated from recruit school as a trumpeter. In 1939 he composed the march for the Mountain Rifle Battalion 8 . On a second educational path, he trained as a border guard in Liestal from 1944 . Since 1946 he has been in the service of the police, most recently as a detective corporal at the youth prosecutor's office in Basel-Stadt. His musical career took him to various music associations and brass bands, some of which he also conducted. In total, Würmli wrote more than 140 compositions.

As a trumpeter he played in the Stadtmusik Basel , in the customs and police music and he was a co-founder of the Rhybuebe band .

Würmli was awarded the Golden Part in 1982 by the TellRecord record company and Swiss television awarded him the Prix ​​Part in 1990 .

Würmli had been married to Lisa Fürer († February 7, 2007) since 1945 and he had lived in Riehen since 1952 .

Works (selection)

  • March for the Mountain Rifle Battalion 8 , 1939
  • Lineli waltz
  • Homesick Waltz
  • Goodbye , March, 1956
  • Im Hugenwald , op. 62, 1960
  • Federal Councilor Christoph Blocher Marsch ( Through thick and thin ), op.63, premier July 31, 2005
  • Basel Bebbi Marsch , op.64, 1961
  • Riehen march
  • Waltz in the Riechemer Moostäli
  • Smell expert Chrisi Lander Waltz
  • In the Adler z'Gommiswald
  • Uf dr Basler Pfalz
  • Basel police riflemen march
  • Schafisheim Jubilee March , op.124

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d Judith Fischer: For the love of music: Emil Würmli composes marches. In: Jahrbuch z'Rieche 1995 ( Memento from December 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Franz Osswald: March for a Magistrate, entry in the yearbook z'Rieche on the occasion of the premiere in the presence of the honored Christoph Blocher on July 31, 2005 ( memento of February 7, 2015 on the Internet Archives )
  3. ↑ A happy reunion , Alpina Blasorchester, headed by Otto Aebi, on youtube.com, viewed July 2, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Würmli, Emil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moliveri, Emilio (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss military trumpeter, conductor, music publisher and composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Gommiswald
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 2007
Place of death Basel