String music from
Appenzell
Appenzell is a historic canton in the northeast of Switzerland, and entirely surrounded by the canton of St. Gallen.
Appenzell became independent of the Abbey of Saint Gall in 1403 and entered a league with the Old Swiss Confederacy in 1411, ...
plays an important role in the instrumental practice of the region. The first songs from Appenzell originated in the 13th century, composed by Heinrich von Sax, Lord of Castle Clanx, around 1270. In the 16th century, an Appenzeller Kuereien Lobelobe, a type of
yodel
Yodeling (also jodeling) is a form of singing which involves repeated and rapid changes of pitch between the low-pitch chest register (or "chest voice") and the high-pitch head register or falsetto. The English word ''yodel'' is derived from th ...
, was composed. Until the end of the 17th century, common instruments such as the drums, pipes, bagpipes, and shalms were also prevalent in this region.
Nineteenth-century ensembles from the region included
The Alder Streichmusik from
Urnäsch (founded in 1884), and the "original"
Streich-Quintett Appenzell (founded in 1892), a quintet featuring two
violins
The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...
, a
dulcimer, a
cello and a
double bass.The
Streichmusik Schmid of Walzenhausen emerged around 1900. In 1913
Streichmusik Edelweiss of
Trogen Trogen may refer to:
People
* Karl-Erling Trogen (born 1946)
Places
* Trogen, Switzerland
Trogen is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. The town is the seat of the canton's judicial authorities.
History
The ...
was established by Hans Rechsteiner.
Representatives of this music include or have included Streichmusik Alder, Streichmusik Schmid, Streichmusik Edelweiss Herisau, Streichmusik Hornsepp, Streichmusik Weissbad, Streichmusik Alperösli, Geschwister Küng, Frauestriichmusig, Streichmusik Bänziger, Toggenburger Original Striichmusig, Brandhölzer Striichmusig, Streichmusik Kalöi, Appenzeller Echo, and many more.The repertoire of Appenzell instrumental music and yodeling is documented and regularly updated by the Center for Folk Music from Appenzell in the Roothuus.
Gonten
Gonten District is a district of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland.
History
Gonten is first mentioned in 1200 as ''Gumbton''. This refers to a pool of water, which points at the nearby peat-bog.
Geography
Gonten has an area, , ...
.
References
External links
Center for Folk Music from Appenzell{{in lang, de
Appenzell Innerrhoden