Dancing bear (band)
| dancing bear | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Mannheim , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Folk , folk rock |
| founding | 1975 |
| resolution | 1979 |
| Website | hans-dieter-schotsch.de |
| Founding members | |
| Ernst Käshammer | |
| Marie-Rose Käshammer | |
Singing, glockenspiel, percussion |
Rosita Konradi |
Singing, crumhorn, marimba , metallophone , percussion |
Ursula Renner |
| Alfred Schwind | |
| Hans-Dieter Schotsch | |
| Last occupation | |
Hurdy-gurdy, vocals, acoustic guitar, Epinette des Vosges |
Ernst Käshammer |
Krummhorn, flutes, Epinette des Vosges, glockenspiel, percussion |
Marie-Rose Käshammer |
E-bass, acoustic guitar, piano, e-piano, harpsichord, bouzouki, mandolin |
Alfred Schwind |
Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, western guitar, mandolin, organ |
Hans-Dieter Schotsch |
| Martina-Maria Müller | |
Tanzbär was a folk band from Mannheim that existed from 1975 to 1979.
history
The band was founded in Mannheim in 1975. The founding members were the musician and instrument maker Ernst Käshammer, his wife Marie-Rose and four students from the PH Heidelberg , Rosita Konradi, Ursula Renner, Hans-Dieter Schotsch and Alfred Schwind. As early as 1974, the Käshammer couple and Schotsch and Renner had seen possible lyrics in old publications. The band made their first appearances in Mannheim's pedestrian zone. Dancing bear was then next Ougenweide the only folk band in the Federal Republic of Germany , the Middle High German set to music texts. However, the spectrum also included newer songs and instrumental titles, including folk songs like Mariechen sat crying in the garden . All pieces were original compositions; church modes were often used. All members sang the solo or the polyphonic vocal harmonies . The extensive instrumentation ranged from traditional musical instruments that Ernst Käshammer had built himself to typical instruments of rock music.
In 1977 the debut album Tanzbär was released on the Nature label of the Hamburg record company Metronome. The album was produced particularly lavishly, as the record company hoped for a successful entry into the folk music business. Since then, some of the titles have been used as reference titles for hi-fi systems because of the complex production technology . Rosita Konradi and Ursula Renner left the band in 1978, Martina-Maria Müller joined as a permanent member. Tanzbär performed at numerous folk festivals as well as on television and gave many concerts. In the spring of 1979 the second album, Misethaten, was released. The record company had created a cover photo that showed the band, almost completely masked due to the cold, in a baroque frame held by a bear's paw. Outside the frame, modern high-rise buildings were shown in black and white. The band rejected the draft and created their own cover photo, which was chosen, but the record company ended its collaboration with the band “because of unprofessionalism”. In July 1979 Tanzbär played at the summer festival of Chancellor Helmut Schmidt in Bonn, alternating with Mike Krüger and an African drumming group.
At the end of the same year the band broke up due to musical differences. From then on, Ernst Käshammer trained as a violin maker and later opened his own workshop. Hans-Dieter Schotsch became a teacher at a music school and continues to perform as a musician; Martina-Maria Müller and Alfred Schwind are also active as music educators.
In 2008 the album Tanzbär was re-released as a 180 gram record by the Erlangen company Clearaudio .
Discography
- 1977: Tanzbär (Metronome), re-released 2008 (Clearaudio)
- 1979: misdeeds (metronomes)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Portrait of a dancing bear by Hans-Dieter Schotsch , accessed on January 7, 2012
- ↑ Information on the insert sheet of the album Missethaten.
- ↑ a b Press release on the edition of the LP ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )