Music of the Comedian Harmonists

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Label: Channel Classics

Cat No: CCSSA26807

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 12th November 2007

Artists

Frommermann

Artists

Frommermann

About

Dutch vocal group Frommermann is named after Harry Frommermann, who in 1927 founded the Comedian Harmonists. This German ensemble, comprised of five singers and a pianist, was a huge sensation in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The Comedian Harmonists were renowned for their broad variety of vocal styles and the fine sense of humour with which they performed close harmony music. Within a short period of time they became international celebrities, performing throughout Europe and the United States.

In 1935 the Nazis forced the Comedian Harmonists to disband, thus silencing them forever. In December 2004, at the request of the Grachtenfestival Amsterdam, tenor Marcel Reijans brought together a group of fellow singers and a pianist who shared his love for the music of the Comedian Harmonists. With this group, each of its members busy with (inter)national singing careers, ‘Broken Silence’ was created, a theatre programme paying tribute to the Comedian Harmonists. Under the direction of renowned Dutch actor Peter Blok, Frommermann broke the silence that had been imposed on the Comedian Harmonists and gave their music a new voice in the Netherlands.

Along with the American soldiers joining the armed forces on the European battlefields in 1916 came a style of music that was new to Europe: jazz. After the fighting ended (November 1918) the population was desperate for entertainment. They found it in the lively dixieland, the charleston and other forms of the New Orleans jazz, and in latin-American variations such as the rumba.

Songs sung in close harmony became popular as well, both spirituals and songs with worldly lyrics. The records and performances of the five-member a cappella singing group The Revelers, with songs like ‘Ol’ Man river’ and ‘When Yuba plays the rumba on the tuba’ were widely appreciated in Europe. After listening to a record in 1927 and hearing the perfect part-song and the catchy music, the 21 year-old stage actor Harry Frommermann became so enthused that he decided to form a similar group, with German repertoire.

Contents:
•Veronika, der Lenz ist da
•Eine kleine Frühlingsweise
•Ouverture der Barbier von Sevilla
•Mein kleiner grüner Kaktus
•Stormy Weather
•Ali Baba
•In einem kühlen Grunde
•Als ik weer zin heb om te zingen
•Wir sind von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe eingestellt
•Schöne Isabella von Kastilien
•Morgen muß ich fort von hier
•Wochenend und Sonnenschein
•Nuit et Jour
•Der Onkel Bumba aus Kalumba
•Kannst du pfeifen Johanna?
•Guter Mond
•Holzhackerlied
•Gitarren spielt auf
•Lebe wohl, gute Reise

Frommermann:
Jan-Willem Schaafsma - tenor
Jeroen de Vaal - tenor
Marcel Reijans - tenor
Mattijs van de Woerd - baritone
Jan Willem Baljet - baritone
Martijn de Graaf Bierbrauwer - bass
David Bollen - piano

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