Set (Square dance) Tunes – Bill Fechner Two lively old ‘square dance’ (tunes for the Sets) from the master of triple-row button accordion playing Bill Fechner, of Nerang. Bill learnt these two classic tunes from old-time German pioneer players in the Back Plains area, near Clifton. The tunes are from the legendary […]
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Two old Schottese tunes – Bill Fechner
Two old Schottese tunes – Bill Fechner These 2 old schottese tunes are from the brilliant triple-row button accordion player Bill Fechner of Nerang. Bill has played for old-time dances for all of his 80 years and learnt these two old schottese tunes when he was growing up in the […]
Old Barn Dance – Alf Radunz
Old Barn Dance – Alf Radunz An old barn dance tune from the Burnett district. played by the master of the double-row button accordion, Alf Radunz, maryborough. Press Play for song preview.
Kartoffeln und Leberwurst – German Song
Kartoffeln und Leberwurst – German Song Percy Spann, farmer and musician from Roadvale, Fassifern Valley, sings and plays (on banjo mandolin) the old German folksong ‘Kartoffeln und Leberwurst (potatoes and liverwurst). Percy sang a number of German songs and played many old German and regional dance tunes on his Club […]
HiLi HiLo – Old German Folksong
HiLi HiLo – Old German Folksong Here is the old German folksong ‘HiLi HiLo’ sung by Norm Boughen of Minden, Lockyer Valley. An old German favourite. Press Play for song preview.
Lot ist Tod – Old German Song
Lot ist Tod – Old German Song ‘Lot ist Tod’ (Lot is Dead) is an old German folksong – popular as both a ditty style song and as an accordion dance tune amongst the pioneer German settlers. This version, collected from Marburg, is sung by Meta Neuendorff and played on […]
Rudolf Meincke – Fiddler on the Move
Rudolf Meincke – Fiddler on the Move For the majority of the population in the 1880s until the 1930s or later, particularly in the rural environs, getting away for either holidays or seaside weekends was unheard of. Most farmers were born, lived and died in their region, and more often […]
A Man of Many Fiddles
Mackay’s Man of Many Fiddles – Herb Zillfleisch ‘Scrapsovarious’ – the home made fiddle constructed by the late Norm Boughen of Minden. Norm always thought his fiddle, made of red cedar top and tin sides, could match the famed Stradovarious for tonal quality. Herb Zillfleisch of Mackay, retired canefarmer, […]
Hoch Munchen – Zither Duet
The stirring march tune ‘Hoch Munchen’ – a real zither classic, here played by the Bundaberg String band with zither player Robert Pukallus leading the melody line. Press Play for song preview.
German march – Bundaberg Apostolic Church of Qld String band
The Bundaberg String Band (Apostolic Church of Queensland) here plays a great old German instrumental piece. This tune is both complex in terms of instrumental arrangements and melody. The zither features as the centrepiece in this rendition. Press Play for song preview.
