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Folk Music in Swabia
« on: Tuesday 13 June 17 05:47 BST (UK) »
I am curious if anyone knows what the most popular folk music and instruments were in 18th and 19th century Swabia/Wuerttemberg.

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Re: Folk Music in Swabia
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 13 June 17 09:07 BST (UK) »
The group Firlefanz play Swabian folk music. The tune below is performed on  mandoline, flute, guitar, hammered dulcimer, double bass - the drone is provided by a shruti box. A hurdy gurdy would have been used back in the old days to provide the drone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXZYp7g-rtM
Bulman, DUR
Butterfield DUR & N. YKS,
Earnshaw DUR
Hopps DUR & N. YKS
Howe, Richardson,Thompson all DUR

William Thompson violin maker Bishop Auckland
William Thompson jun. Violin maker Leeds

Richardson in Bermondsey/East Ham, descendants of William Richardson b. 1820 Bishop Auckland

Berger, Fritsch, Ritschel, Pechanz, Funke, Endesfelder & others from Czechia

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Re: Folk Music in Swabia
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 14 June 17 20:45 BST (UK) »
Hi fiddlerslass,

Thanks - I listened to that You Tube link. Very interesting. It's really not what I imagined the music of Swabia to sound like but the guitar and violin certainly seem like reasonable folk instruments. My dad told me that his father and uncle used to play guitar and mandolin together. I told my dad that I wish they'd made You Tubes.

Corsica
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