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 Niederƶsterreich (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 Musikantenstadl) in 1991 (Krone der Volksmusik – before the same title was used by a German schlager playback show) on Austrian national television, featuring an incredible baritone solo by their baritone player, Willi Grafeneder. This was some of my earliest exposure to Oberkrainer music and is still one of my favourite televised live performances in this style.
This polka from the 2000s is one of the most popular songs performed by the Lechner Buam, and has quickly become a hit in Alpine folk music group repertoires, across different styles: brass ensembles, traditional Austrian folk music (Echte Volksmusik) and Oberkrainer style quintets and trios. Although this was originally performed by a 6 piece Oberkrainer ensemble, I hope my arrangement helps accordionists who want to perform it as a trio or solo.
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