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Due to a lack of detailed records, little is known about Swiss folk music prior to the 19th century. Some 16th-century lute tablatures have been reconstructed into authentic instrumental arrangements; however, the first major source of information comes from 19th-century collections of folk songs, and work done by musicologist Hanny Christen.
Alpine folk music (German: Alpenländische Volksmusik; German's Volksmusik means "people's music" or as a Germanic connotative translation, "folk's music" [1]) is the common umbrella designation of a number of related styles of traditional folk music in the Alpine regions of Slovenia, Northern Croatia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and South Tyrol ().
In 2018 it received, for example, the sound archive of the Tonhalle Zurich, the collection of George Mathys on jazz in French-speaking Switzerland and the collection of all previous recordings of the festival Stubete am See in Zurich, which is dedicated to Swiss folk music. [12]
Yodeling is a major feature of folk music from Switzerland, Austria, and southern Germany and can be heard in many contemporary folk songs, which are also featured on regular TV broadcasts. Stefanie Hertel is a German yodeler and popular performer of Alpine folk music.
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The Schwyzerörgeli is a type of diatonic button accordion used in Swiss folk music. The name derives from the town/canton of Schwyz where it was developed. Örgeli is the diminutive form of the word Orgel (organ). Outside of Switzerland the instrument is not well known and is hard to find.
A Ranz des Vaches or Kuhreihen is a simple melody traditionally played on the horn by the Swiss Alpine herdsmen as they drove their cattle to or from the pasture. The Kuhreihen was linked to the Swiss nostalgia and Homesickness (also known as mal du Suisse "Swiss illness" or Schweizerheimweh "Swiss homesickness").
Zäuerli is a type of traditional Swiss folk music, common in the Appenzell region of Switzerland. [1] It can be described as 'voiceless yodeling', and is characterised by slower tempo and lower vocal range than in other types of yodeling, [2] making it sound somewhat 'sad'. [3]