Zupfgeigenhansel was a German folk duo, one of the most successful groups to emerge on the German folk scene in the 1970s. It consisted of and . The group was named after the collection of folk songs of the same name, which was published in 1909.Kaarel Siniveer: Folk Lexikon, Rowohlt, Hamburg, 1981. p. 288
The group started playing in folk-clubs, mainly in southern Germany, in 1974. They then started appearing on the radio programme Liederladen of the Südwestfunk broadcasting station. They released their first album, Volkslieder I for in 1976, and later in the year their second album, Volkslieder II. In 1978 they received the award of "Artists of the Year" in one of the categories of the German Phonoakademie. They disbanded in 1985. Zupfgeigenhansel re-united from 2021 until 2023, when Thomas Friz died.
Discography 1976 – Volkslieder I 1977 – Volkslieder II 1978 – Volkslieder III 1979 – ’ch hob gehert sogn (Yiddish songs) 1980 – Eintritt frei (Live) 1982 – Miteinander 1983 – Kein schöner Land including "Kein schöner Land" 1984 – Liebeslieder 1985 – Andre, die das Land so sehr nicht liebten
See also Zupfgeigenhansel: Wenn alle Brünnlein fließen. JUMBO Neue Medien und Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 2003, (in German)
References
External links Homepage of Erich Schmeckenbecher