Razposajene Harmonike – Harmonikas, Los! (I. Brüggemann)

“Razposajene Harmonike” (Slovenian for “Cheerful accordions”) or “Harmonikas, Los!” (German for “Accordions, let’s go!”) is a fast instrumental waltz for the accordion written by Ingrid (Inge) Huberti (née Campestrini, Brüggemann), an extraordinary vocalist, accordionist, lyricist, composer, and yodeler from Austria who has contributed immensely to the Oberkrainer style of Alpine folk music. Ingrid has written many popular songs in the Alpine folk music repertoire across both Slovenian and German languages, including “Ko muzikant od doma roma” (Ein musikant kennt kein zuhause), “Veseli Muzikant” (Mit Musik), Mladost je kot veter (Vergangene Zeiten), and many other polkas and waltzes which are currently performed throughout Slovenia, Austria, Bavaria, North Italy, and North Croatia. […]

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A Krainer is meiner (S. Binder) [Sheet music] [Tutorial video]

A Krainer is meiner (German rhyming which implies “Oberkrainer music is my passion”) is a popular instrumental polka by Siegi Binder, accordionist from the Lechner Buam, a legendary Oberkrainer style folk music group from the Niederösterreich (Lower Austria) state of Austria. Siegi Binder is a fantastic and successful music teacher, composer, and stage musician who has written many songs for the Lechner Buam. The Lechner Buam performed for 35 years (counting around 2,500 live performances) until 2018, and they are among the highest calibre Oberkrainer style groups from Austria. I first heard them on a video tape of a televised folk music contest hosted by Karl Moik (better known for

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Dauerwellen Walzer (F. Pfister) [Sheet music]

‘Dauerwellen Walzer’ is an instrumental waltz (dauerwellen literally means hair perms!) written by Freddy Pfister from Austria, released in 1987 by the hugely successful Austrian folk music group ‘Zillertaler Schürzenjäger‘ (Skirt chasers from Ziller Valley). It appeared on the same album which featured the Zillertaler Hochzeitsmarsch, an old folk melody which the group modernised into a hit and has become a staple in most Alpine folk music repertoires across German speaking countries. Freddy Pfister was the piano accordion player and vocalist for ‘Zillertaler Schürzenjäger’ from 1986 to 1998 and wrote many other hits for them including ‘Tiroler Buam Polka’. Today he continues his Alpine folk music work in the ‘Freddy

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Stainzer Polka (E. Reinisch) [Sheet music]

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 from Graz) from Styria. They are known for highly energetic, virtuosic playing, and extremely fast polkas. For example ‘Stainzer Polka’ was performed at around 160bpm by Grazer Spatzen, which is particularly impressive with 16th note accompaniment on accordion and the Gypsy Swing inspired Oberkrainer style guitar rhythm. Although the original was performed in a quintet

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Harmonika Hans’l (Austrian folk song) [Sheet music]

“Harmonika Hans’l” is a traditional Austrian waltz (from the context of existing recordings I’m assuming it’s from Austria) of unknown origin and has been recorded several times by different Austrian folk music groups, primarily traditional folk music rather than the Oberkrainer style, and on the Steirische Harmonika (Styrian or Alpine button accordion), however it was also recorded by a little known Oberkrainer style group presumably from Austria or Germany called “Marburger Quintett” (named after Slovenian city, Maribor) in the 1980s in the style of a Slovenian/Oberkrainer trio, on piano accordion, possibly by Oberkrainer accordion icon, Sandi Jug. I couldn’t find much else on this song, but I thought it’s a

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Eisschützen Polka – Ice Stock Sport Polka (Austrian folk song) [Sheet music]

This is a folk song from the Pinzgau region of the Austrian state of Salzburg, which translates to “Ice Stock Sport Polka”, and is also known by the name “Pinzgauer Eisschützen Polka” which means “Ice Stock Sport Polka from Pinzgau”. “Eisschützen” refers to Ice Stock Sport, also referred to as “Bavarian Curling” or “Eisstockschießen”, and is a winter sport practiced in Austria, Germany, and the northern Italian region of Südtirol or Trentino-Alto Adige. It is an older folk song with no named composer and is commonly played in Austria, Bavaria and South Tyrol, particularly on the Styrian Diatonic Button Accordion (Steirische Harmonika) as well as Alpine Folk Dance Music ensembles

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