Low German songs (Hannes Wader album)

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Low German songs
Studio album by Hannes Wader

Publication
(s)

1974

Label (s) Philips

Genre (s)

Folk / songwriter

Title (number)

14th

running time

38 min 42 s

occupation
  • Guitar: Susie Everatt
  • Guitar, spoon : Bob Douglas

production

Jürgen Pohlmann

chronology
The Pied Piper (1974) Low German songs Hannes Wader: Folk singer (1975)

Low German Songs is an album by the songwriter Hannes Wader from 1974.

meaning

This album is the first in the series in which Hannes Wader interprets German songs. His reputation as a folk singer was established at the latest in 1975 with the album Hannes Wader: Volkssänger . Wader tried to deal with old folk songs, which got into the right corner due to abuse by the National Socialists . Further interpretations of traditional German songs can be found on the albums Hannes Wader singt Arbeitserlieder (1977), Hannes Wader sings Shanties (1978) and Hannes Wader sings Volkslieder (1990).

Track list

  1. De Groffschmitt - 4:28
  2. Min Jehann - 2:21
  3. Lütt Anna-Susanna - 1:53
  4. Weer en mal ne lüttge Buurdeern - 3:05
  5. Dat du min Leevsten büst | Dat du min leefste büst - 2:28
  6. Ol Man de wull riden - 2:27
  7. He sa mi so vel - 2:38
  8. De Moel - 4:05
  9. Keen Graff is so breet - 1:58
  10. Lütt Matten - 2:00
  11. De jung Wetfru - 1:33
  12. Hartleed - 4:33
  13. Trina, come voer de Doer - 2:52
  14. Dar buten inne Masch - 2:21

particularities

The traditional Low German songs were "Min Jehann", "He sä mi so vel", "De Moel", "Keen Graff is so breet", " Lütt Matten ", "De Junge Wetfru" and "Hartleed" seven by Hannes Wader Poems by Klaus Groth that have been set to music or sung to traditional melodies have been added. The title “De Junge Wetfru” will be performed a cappella by Wader .

Six musicians supported Wader with the recordings for this album.

In the same year, his album Der Rattenfänger , which had been produced in 1973, was also released.

For several years Hannes Wader presented himself as a folk singer who dealt intensively with German songs.