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Easr and Eye

CD Rare Shellac Series CD
Throughout the world, the rise of mass culture in the 19th century brought the music of the common man to the forefront of the popular agenda. Expressions of "high culture" no longer dominated in the big cities. The taste of recently-urbanised country migrants was increasingly catered for.
Since the turn of the 20th century popular melodies, folk songs, humorous commentaries and dance music with a hard edge gained widespread acceptance. In the suburbs of Vienna, Berlin, Munich, Leipzig and Dresden new types of urban folk singers and entertainers emerged at the cutting edge of recreation. Their songs reflected the dissonant and raucous reality of urban life in harsh and critical lyrics, but always modified by a pinch of irony and a considerable amount of humour.
The commercial recording industry recognised the mass appeal of these emergent syncretic forms and a representative sample from that early period is featured on this series.
Wien - Volksmusik -
Rare Shellacs 1906 - 1937
Various
0198-E/U

Already by the 19th century Vienna, the capital of the Austrian-Hungarian empire, was a multiethnic melting pot. Bohemian polkas, gypsy melodies, Alpine and Balkan dances blended into a specific sound, which was performed in taverns on the outskirts of the metropolis. This music reflects all the melancholy and tragedy which defines the Vienna soul.

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Bayern - Volksmusik -
Rare Shellacs 1906 - 1941
Various
0196-E/U

Bavaria has always been the heartland of traditional music in Germany. On this record you will find the best Bavarian bands from the 78rpm-era playing their homegrown dances in a powerful style. Listen to the brass bands, string ensembles or zither soloists and discover a musical world which is far removed from the oompah cliché

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Oberösterreich / Salzburg - Volksmusik -
Rare Shellacs 1910 - 1949
Various
0197-E/U

This is the old earthy sound of rural Austria untouched by modern culture. Brass bands, small ensembles with violin and accordion, and the most striking yodelling contribute to a colourful picture of diversity

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München - Volkssänger
Rare Schellckas 1902-1948
Various
0199-E/U

In the last century Munich became home of a new type of "folkmusic" which mingled many different types of traditional music into a fresh and vibrant urban sound. In hundreds of taverns, beer halls and restaurants folksingers would entertain a crowd with sometimes obscene songs, jokes and traditional melodies played on zither, guitar, harp and melodeon

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More Rare Shellacs

Wien Zoten & Pikanterien
CD-0261-E/U

München
Lieder & Couplets
CD-0262-E/U

Sachsen
Volkssänger
CD-0264-E/U

München
Szenen & Vorträge
CD-0263-E/U

Berlin
Großstadtklänge
CD-0265-E/U