Razposajene Harmonike – Harmonikas, Los! (I. Brüggemann) [Sheet music] [Accompaniment track]

“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. Ingrid was often credited as the ‘Jodlarska Kraljica’ (Yodelling Queen) in Slovenia, and is one of the earliest and best integrations of yodeling within Oberkrainer music, an Alpine folk music style originating from Slovenia. Ingrid also composed and wrote lyrics for many other ensembles throughout the Alpine folk music genre and was often credited by her pseudonyms, including Janez Rakoveč for compositions and Martin Eichwalder for lyrics.

Ingrid is also an excellent accordionist, who performed and recorded in an Austrian accordion duet in the 1960s, and later worked with Slovenian ensemble ‘Slovenski instrumentalni kvintet’ (later ‘Slovenski Muzikantje’) or ‘Oberkrainer Sextett Janez Kalšek’ through the 1970s to 1980s as composer, lyricist, vocalist, yodeler, arranger, and accordion duets with Vili Kralj.

Ingrid and Vili’s duets are a fantastic demonstration of Ingrid’s high quality of composing and accordion playing, and Ingrid’s and Vili’s ability to duet in a way that perfectly compliments each other. Similar to Avsenik’s accordion duets, Ingrid and Vili’s duets often feature accordion #2 ‘responding’ to accordion #1 which is a delight to listen to. I hope that my sheet music and backing track might inspire other accordionists to learn this fantastically fast Oberkrainer style waltz.