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duo, one of the most successful groups to emerge on the German folk scene in the 1970s. It consisted of Erich Schmeckenbecher and Thomas Friz. The group was named after the collection of folk songs of the same name, which was published in 1909.
[Kaarel Siniveer: Folk Lexikon, Rowohlt, Hamburg, 1981. p. 288]
The group started playing in folk-clubs, mainly in southern Germany, in 1974. They then started appearing on the radio programme ''Liederladen'' of the
Südwestfunk broadcasting station. They released their first album, ''Volkslieder I'' for the
pläne record company in 1976, and later in the year their second album, ''Volkslieder II''. In 1978 they received the award of "Artists of the Year" in one of the categories of the German Phonoakademie. They disbanded in 1985.
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Discography
*1976 – ''Volkslieder I''
*1977 – ''Volkslieder II''
*1978 – ''Volkslieder III''
*1979 – ''’ch hob gehert sogn'' (Yiddish
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songs)
*1980 – ''Eintritt frei'' (Live)
*1982 – ''Miteinander''
*1983 – ''Kein schöner Land'' including "Kein schöner Land
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*1984 – ''Liebeslieder''
*1985 – ''Andre, die das Land so sehr nicht liebten''
See also
* Zupfgeigenhansel: ''Wenn alle Brünnlein fließen''. JUMBO Neue Medien und Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 2003, (in German)
References
External links
Homepage of Erich Schmeckenbecher
German folk music groups
Musical groups established in 1974
Musical groups disestablished in 1985
German musical duos
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