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Well, yeah. They play it at traditional events. Or at least something that's relatively similar to what one would call "oompah"-music. The instrument that's creating that classic "oompah" sound, the tuba, isn't really used that much, though.
Let's put it like that. If you really want to experience something like that (as in: not a performance for tourists):
You'll really have to go off the beaten path. I'd even say that the vast majority of Bavarians, Austrians, South Tyroleans and Swiss haven't seen anything like that in their life.
Oh my gosh, I've heard that exact song at fests and volksmarches!
The note on this video said it was filmed in a village pub in Bavaria in 2007.
Don't get me wrong - I know it's all in good fun and I'm all for traditions being kept alive. I just personally find it a very unappealing sort of music (same with Tejano music for that matter).
Actually the two styles sound so much alike because Tejano music was greatly influenced by Czech and German settlers.
Well, yeah. They play it at traditional events. Or at least something that's relatively similar to what one would call "oompah"-music. The instrument that's creating that classic "oompah" sound, the tuba, isn't really used that much, though.
Let's put it like that. If you really want to experience something like that (as in: not a performance for tourists):
You'll really have to go off the beaten path. I'd even say that the vast majority of Bavarians, Austrians, South Tyroleans and Swiss haven't seen anything like that in their life.
Cool! It's good to see younger people carrying on the tradition. I found an event like that when passing through a town in Bavaria, by following notices posted on telephone poles, or some sort of public notice board.
That kind of music isn't really German, it's alpine.
I doubt any of it is "traditional" in any real way. Most of it was written in the 1960s. Sort of like folk music in the USA. Germany has a long history of sophisticated music. Folksy music is more of a laugh for the tourists on Oktoberfest.
However, there are even more embarassing musical trends in Germany, like Schlager. I'll never forget being in a night club in Munich with 10,000 Germans singing "Summer Lovin'" in unison.
That kind of music isn't really German, it's alpine.
I doubt any of it is "traditional" in any real way. Most of it was written in the 1960s. Sort of like folk music in the USA. Germany has a long history of sophisticated music. Folksy music is more of a laugh for the tourists on Oktoberfest.
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Nope. Sorry.
It's very traditional. The roots of Tejano music are from this Germanic/Czech style of music, brought to central Texas in the mid 1800s by German and Czech settlers. That's why the two styles sound so similar. http://spanish.about.com/cs/culture/f/germanmusicqa.htm
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The story of the Mexican style of music you're talking about had its origins in central Texas around 1830 when a few immigrants established the first German settlement. The word about Texas spread back home, and within a few years formal efforts were under way to help Germans establish themselves in what would become known as the German Belt.
When I lived in Germany I didn't live in a touristy area, and we lived "on the economy" rather than on base. We often went Volksmarching, and most of the fellow marchers were German. At the end of the hikes, there was always traditional music and food at the local Sporthalle. Now - that was twenty years ago but that's not ancient history. And it was the Germans sitting around eating their bratwursts and soaking up that music - not a bunch of tourists.
It's not traditional to most of germany at all. It's from the alpine areas only. My grandpa from western germany would have never heard that music. It was just popularized in the 1960s as a sort of generic festival music.
In Germany? What does it mean?
Is "oompah" music played in Düsseldorf? Can you hear it in Dresden? Or in Hamburg?
Yes, I would bet that you can hear oompa music in all of the above cities.
My comment about oompa music was tongue in cheek. That being said, here you go! Maybe this will make you feel better (though it certainly doesn't have that effect on me). This was filmed recently in Dusseldorf by the way - glad it wasn't filmed by me!
It's not traditional to most of germany at all. It's from the alpine areas only. My grandpa from western germany would have never heard that music. It was just popularized in the 1960s as a sort of generic festival music.
Sigh.
Why don't you ask your grandfather about that?
Germans from various regions of Germany settled in Texas in the 1800s, and brought this traditional form of music with them. Not just from the Alps.
It's not traditional to most of germany at all. It's from the alpine areas only. My grandpa from western germany would have never heard that music. It was just popularized in the 1960s as a sort of generic festival music.
The style I posted ("Pascher/Paschen"), which is indeed Alpine (from the Salzkammergut region to be specific), is certainly not from the 1960s
However, there are even more embarassing musical trends in Germany, like Schlager.
Come on! Who doesn't like listening to Schlagers every once in a while? It's almost as good as Eurovision.
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It's almost as good as Eurovision.
