Majski ples (Slovenian for “May Dance”) or Tanz im Mai (German for “Dance in May”) is an instrumental polka by Franc Mihelič, one of Slovenia’s most popular and influential accordionists and composers in the Slovenian Folk Music or Oberkrainer style of Alpine Folk Music. Mihelič is a virtuosic Styrian Diatonic Button Accordion player as well […]
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This is a very unique and beautiful polka by Brane Prešeren (legendary Slovenian trumpet player Ivan Prešeren’s brother) and released by Alpski Kvintet (Alpenoberkrainer) from Slovenia in 1986. The Slovenian title, ‘V prostem času’ means ‘In my spare time’, and the German title, ‘Freizeit’ pretty much means the same thing (‘Spare time’ or ‘Leisure time’).
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Slovenian Home Polka is a popular Slovenian-American or Cleveland-Style polka, originally released as “Moj Prijatelj” (Slovenian for “My friend”) and was written by Matija Arko (also known as Matt Hoyer), a Slovenian from Sodražica who migrated to the United States and settled in Cleveland in the 1910s. Matt Hoyer made a name for himself as
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Na smučišču (German: Auf der Schipiste) means “On the ski slope” and was written by Igor Podpečan, recorded by Igor in Zlati Zvoki (Igor und seine Oberkrainer) from Slovenia in the 1990s. This early line-up of Igor in Zlati Zvoki (Igor and the golden sounds) featured many notable names from Slovenian folk or Oberkrainer music,
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This is another of the most popular polkas by Alpski Kvintet (Alpenoberkrainer) from Slovenia, originally released around the 1970s with the legendary line up which featured Jože Burnik on accordion, Ivan Prešeren on trumpet, Vinko Sitar on clarinet, Jože Antonič on guitar, and Janez Per on baritone (who remains their baritone and bass player to
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Stainzer Polka (Stainz is a municipality in Styria, so based on Grazer Spatzen being from Styria, it’s probably named after that) is an instrumental from the 1990s by Erich Reinisch, the trumpet player from one of Austria’s most popular and influential (while specialising in Oberkrainer style) Alpine folk music bands from Austria, Grazer Spatzen (Sparrows
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