New year bubbles

This article deals with a mythical usage, for a further form of musical presentation at the turn of the year see tower blowing

Group of musicians at the New Year's blow in the Allgäu

As New Year bubbles (also Neujahrsanblasen ) is called a New Year custom of the day, particularly in southern Germany , in the Alpine region and in the Erzgebirge of bands for the year is maintained. In smaller communities in particular , groups of musicians traditionally go from house to house to convey New Year's greetings to the residents with a musical performance and to receive benefits in the form of a donation.

history

Historically, it is an old tradition of the town pipers , who were allowed to go to the houses of the residents at the turn of the year in order to improve their salaries. Not only did they meet with love, they were also accused of begging . The Altenburger Stadtmusikus reported in 1737 that the door was often locked to him when the New Year's music was blown and he was “mockingly and roughly turned away”. In Weimar , for example , due to a ducal decree on December 20, 1812, all New Year's courses and thus also the New Year's blowing as begging were forbidden.

In Lower Austria in particular , the use of Heisch became a prerogative of local music bands in the 20th century. While the focus was initially on singing, vocal instrumental performances and - from the middle of the 20th century - an increasingly secular character prevailed.

In the Ore Mountains, the winds of the choir clubs met from December 27th and went from place to place within the respective church district and played a chorale and a secular tune in front of each house . In the Ore Mountains, the custom goes back to the 18th century in the Schwarzenberg area. Initially, the custom of blowing the New Year ended with the outbreak of World War I , as almost all men had gone to war. It was not until 1926 that the tradition was revived, modified.

procedure

New Years violinist in Styria

In this annual custom , musicians from the local music association deliver New Year's greetings to all residents. The New Year's blow traditionally takes place in the days between Christmas and New Year . In addition to the social gathering and the delivery of congratulations , this custom is also used as an appeal for donations. For the often small, mostly non-profit music associations, this is an important opportunity to collect donations and to draw attention to the activities of the association. The musicians often also receive schnapps or liqueurs . Within one to four days, various sub-groups of the music association pay a visit to the families, residents and local businesses. This tradition has been cultivated for more than 100 years, depending on the region, and is an integral part of the annual course of the often village communities.

In the Ore Mountains the wind groups first performed a chorale - in the Beierfeld area traditionally Praise God, you Christians - and then performed a secular tune. The residents of the houses usually rewarded the wind group with 10 to 50 pfennigs . In front of the dignitaries' houses , on the other hand, From Heaven, I come from . In return, a higher gift, usually one to two thalers , was given. Blowing the tower after the New Year's Eve service ended the New Year's blowing in the parish.

Web links

• Sebastian Poliwoda: Blowing warm in the cold . Article about New Year blowing in Hohengebraching, Bavaria.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Josef Dirschl: Blowing New Years . In: needumsseiten.de . Retrieved June 21, 2017.
2. ^ Song and popular culture: Yearbook of the German Folk Song Archive Freiburg, Volume 48, p. 307, limited preview in the Google book search.
3. ^ ^{A b} Manfred Blechschmidt: Christmas customs in the Ore Mountains . Altis-Verlag, Friedrichsthal 2010, ISBN 978-3-910195-60-8 , p. 233 f.
4. ↑ Arno Werner: Four centuries in the service of church music: history of the office and status of Protestant cantors, organists and town pipers since the Reformation. C. Merseburger 1933, p. 231 ff., Limited preview in the Google book search.
5. ↑ Wolfram Huschke: Music in classical and post-classical Weimar 1756-1861. H. Böhlaus successor 1982, p. 49.
6. ^ Walter Deutsch: Corpus musicae popularis Austriacae, vol. 1: Sankt Pölten and surroundings. Böhlau, Wien 1998, p. 311, limited preview in the Google book search.
7. ↑ Obertraun New Year's Bubbles from house to house! In: salzi.at , December 19, 2014. Accessed June 21, 2017.
8. ↑ Manfred Blechschmidt: Christmas customs in the Ore Mountains . Altis-Verlag, Friedrichsthal 2010, ISBN 978-3-910195-60-8 , p. 233 f.