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Schrammelmusik: Folk Musicand its Significance in 19th c.

ViennaJohn Anderson, MUS 345

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Music in Vienna

● Vienna treated music as less of an art form as the other cities we have observed thus far, seeing it more of asimple form of entertainment

● Instrumental music had a difficult time gaining any sort

of popularity from the masses● Higher class enjoyed private concerts by the likes of 

composers like Schubert, while dance musicovershadowed any chance of instrumental music

gaining a significant amount of popularity● Folk Music: what is it? What instruments fall into thecategory of 'Folk' instruments? Who is making theseinstruments?

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Where did Folk Music have a place in Vienna?

Questions I asked myself before research

● What sort of instruments were involved in Viennese folkmusic?

● What do these instrumentations tell us about the folkmusic community in 19th century Viennese

● Who was performing this music?● Almost more importantly, who was listening?● Where was folk music performed?

● What can we infer from this?

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Schrammelmusik

● Schrammel brothers Johann and (the less popular) Josef were both born inVienna and trained as violinists through the Vienna Conservatory

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What I have learned/gathered

● Viennese music is not all Strauss waltzes,Mozart arias, and Beethoven symphonies

● Viennese folk music has evolved over time

from a clash of music styles● Emerged as a result of the industrial age,

when tens of thousands of people from ruralareas flocked to the slums of the larger citiesin Vienna

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How does this relate toSchrammelmusik?

● My main focus of research now centers on how/whySchrammelmusik developed over the course of the 19thcentury and how it was important/meaningful to the peopleof Vienna

● People were not just flocking in from rural areas inVienna--other countries include Bohemia, Moravia, andSlovenia

● Immigrants from these countries brought tunes from theBalkans, Alpine yodels and other foreign musical

concepts. These mingled in with the popular Viennesewaltzes creating a unique and diverse mix of style

● Through listening, it is my idea that Schrammelmusikemerged as a style to facilitate the interests of all of theseimmigrants

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How does this relate toSchrammelmusik? (continued)

● The people listening to this music were people who wereliving in the slums. Schrammelmusik was often performed inwine suburbs and drinking taverns

● The Schrammel brothers gained so much popularity because

they combined the musical interests of different styles fromthe immigrants into a completely new style of their own

● The instrumentation-- G clarinet; Gypsy/Romani influence● Some traditional Viennese musical ideas present in

schrammel quartet through use of violins/fiddles and an

accordion (influence from Balkan music?) in the absence of a G clarinet

● Contraguitar/Schrammelguitar--completely unique toSchrammelmusik

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Next steps in my research

● Continue search for more written materials● More listening--Schrammelmusik and other 

potential influencing music styles (especially

recordings of Gypsy/Klezmer music)● There is even a Klezmer group in

Williamsburg that I plan on contacting tohopefully learn a bit of history

● Read that the Schrammel brothers were alsoable to attract high society--why?