Pankokenkapelle
Pankokenkapellen were up in the 1950s bands passing through Hamburg , to ask for money from passers-by and residents covered roads and made music. As a rule, they were quartets , sometimes also trios , which mainly played wind instruments . Mostly wore the uniform black musicians melons , more rarely cylinder . Their fixed routes through certain parts of the city had to be officially approved. It is said that they mainly had well-known Hamburg songs in their repertoire and that some days they made people dance on the streets. Pankok chapels were also rented for certain occasions such as anniversaries, topping-out ceremonies or store openings in order to bring a serenade or a few more pieces. Less often they were used to entertain an entire evening.
The name goes back to Leberecht Pankoken , son of a clarinet player from Krempe , who came to the city around 1850 to found a wind orchestra . Since this did not succeed, he teamed up with a violinist , a trombonist and a clarinetist to form the very first pankok band , and he played shawm himself . Since the group is said to have made very weird sounds in their performances, the term pankok band was often used synonymously for bad street musicians . Even today there are some music groups and rental bands who refer self-ironically to the Pankokenkapelle.
literature
- Gundula Niegot: Music scene through the centuries. In: Hamburg. Walks through history. Erfurt 2005, ISBN 3-89702-903-0 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Typically Hamburg: Die Pankokenkapelle , in Kreuz und Quer, Issue 23, 2011, p. 3 ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Pankoken Chapel. Music with big cheeks , Hamburger Abendblatt from February 9, 2002
