Zupfgeigenhansel was a German folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 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.

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.

Discography

• 1976 - Volkslieder I
• 1977 - Volkslieder II
• 1978 - Volkslieder III
• 1979 - ’ch hob gehert sogn (Yiddish songs)
• 1980 - Eintritt frei (Live)
• 1982 - Miteinander
• 1983 - Kein schöner Land
• 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, ISBN 3-89592-842-9 (in German)