Remigi Blättler (musician)

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Remigi Blättler called Sonnmatt Migi (born March 10, 1911 in Hergiswil ; † January 1, 2003 ibid) was a Swiss clarinetist and folk musician .

He practiced playing the clarinet at an early age, which he could buy from the neighbor's wife for 80 Swiss francs .

Blättler worked in a grocery store and played folk music part-time in many different formations. He played only traditional Swiss folk music in formations with clarinet, bass , Swiss orchestra , accordion , possibly piano .

He had his greatest success in the 1990s with the formation "Ländlerkapelle Remigi Blättler" together with Oskar Della Torre (bass) and Hans Della Torre ( accordion , Swiss orchestra ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Sonnmatt-Migi" was born 100 years ago. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012 ; Retrieved October 28, 2011 .
  2. ^ “Sonnmatt-Migi lives” In: Hergiswiler 28 (2011) No. 1, p. 9 ( online ; PDF; 1.7 MB).