Markus Traber

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Markus Traber (born June 26, 1946 in Bern ; † May 23, 2010 in Worb ) was a Swiss songwriter and member of the Bern Troubadours .

Life

Markus Traber was a trained bookseller . From 1985 he ran his own “office for almost everything”, where he accepted (almost) all kinds of orders. He also worked as a photographer, journalist and visual artist.

He was married to the writer Barbara Traber ; their daughter Nina is a dancer.

He led the initiated by him and opened on 12 December 2007 Kleintheater Braui in Worb.

He died of heart failure on Pentecost 2010 in Worb.

Works

  • The house . A poetic photo book. Self published in 1987
  • Fam. Bear . A strong children's book about pictures by Jakob Fischer-Hinnen, Erpf, Bern 1989
  • Goscinny / Uderzo : Asterix, d Rose u ds Schwärt (Bern German version, together with Barbara Traber), Emmentaler Druck, Langnau 1991
  • Beautiful (un) known Bern. 100 search images between the train station and the Bärengraben , Traber Verlag, Bern 1994

Discography

Standalone publications

  • Bern Troubadour , 17cm EP, self-published, 1966
  • Ching is si gnue . Poems set to music by Heinz Stalder, 17cm single, Benteli Verlag, Bern 1971
  • Äne däne disse , LP, Traber Verlag, Bern 1975
  • Sews mr se wäg , own chansons and poems by Carl Albert Loosli , LP, Schnoutz Records / Phonogramm 1977
  • Masch di bsinne , LP, Phonag 1986
  • Mängisch grännisch anschtatt zlache , CD, self-published 1993
  • No consideration uf Verluschte , CD, self-published 2000
  • In Paradies ke Wy ... , poems set to music by Carl Albert Loosli, CD, self-published 2005
  • Schwarzi Holes , CD, self-published 2006

With the Bern troubadours

  • Berner Troubadours - Live , LP with chansons from all six Troubadours, Zytglogge (zyt 16), Gümligen 1971 (CD: zyt 4016)
  • Alti Hüet , LP with live recording of her “nostalgia program” (Krebs, Stirnemann, Stuber and Traber) from September 18, 1978 in Bern, Zytglogge (zyt 39), Gümligen 1978
  • The concert , 2 LPs (or CDs) with live recording of their anniversary program on November 27, 1985 in the Stadttheater Bern , Zytglogge, Gümligen 1986 (CD: zyt 4052)
  • The new program , CD with live recording (Krebs, Stirnemann & Traber) from May 16, 1991 in the Mahogany-Hall in Bern, Zytglogge (zyt 4067), Gümligen 1991
  • 30 years old, older, newer and new , 2CDs with live recording from November 19, 1995 from the Stadttheater Bern , Zytglogge (zyt 4076), Gümligen 1996
  • Gangs as usual - Program 2000 , 2 CDs, live from the Capella in Bern (La Cappella LIVE DCD), Bern 2000
  • 40 Years of the Bern Troubadours , CD with live recordings from the Stadttheater Bern on February 13 and March 20, 2005, Zytglogge (zyt 4095), Gümligen 2005

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berner Zeitung : Berner Troubadour Markus Traber died Article from May 29, 2010
  2. ↑ http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/kultur/medien/berner_troubadour_markus_traber_gestorben_1.5825626.html
personal data
SURNAME Trotter, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss songwriter and member of the Bern Troubadours
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 2010
Place of death Worb