Rees Gwerder
Jakob Andreas "Rees" Gwerder (born July 30, 1911 in Bisisthal , municipality of Muotathal , † January 4, 1998 in Arth ) was a Swiss folk musician and master of impromptu playing on the Schwyzerörgeli .
Rees was the son of a mountain farmer in the Muotathal . He made his first musical attempts at the age of five with his father's Schwyzerörgeli. At the age of 34 he married and moved to Arth, where he ran a small farm on the Rossberg .
He formed his Ländlermusik main formation with the Schwyzerörgeler Ludi Hürlimann and the bass violinist Dominik Marty , known as “Sity Domini”, with whom he made several recordings. Most recently he had around 300 pieces (“Tänzli”) in his repertoire . Marty said of him that he had saved the old dances.
Rees Gwerder was one of the protagonists in Cyrill Schläpfer's film Ur-Musig (1993) .
Web links
- Portrait of Rees Gwerder at CSR Records . (Music publications, press articles)
- Discography on mikiwiki.org
- Kurt-Emil Merki: The Swiss world-class Örgeler from the Muotatal . Aargauer Zeitung, July 17, 2011 ( online )
- Hans Steinegger: Gwerder, Rees. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rees Gwerder. Schwyzerörgeliquartett Rigigruess , accessed on July 19, 2011 .
- ↑ UR-Musig Trailer No. 2 with Rees Gwerder. CSR Records on Youtube, accessed July 19, 2011 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gwerder, Rees |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gwerder, Jakob Andreas (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss folk musician and master of impromptu playing on the Schwyzerörgeli |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bisisthal , municipality of Muotathal |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 4, 1998 |
| Place of death | Arth |