Hundreds of song lyrics online
The Giigäbank association from the Muota Valley has made a large reservoir of song lyrics publicly accessible on a website. The aim is to revive the joy of singing.
The website https://lieder.giigaebank.ch brings around 350 song lyrics from "Ä altä Älpler" to "Zwüscha Bärgä" into the trouser bag - thanks to smartphones. According to the website, these are songs that are often sung at social gatherings in the Muota Valley and Illgau, but whose lyrics are not always remembered correctly. The aim is to preserve the tradition of open singing in the Muota Valley.
This online collection is based on two songbooks, one published in Muotathal in 1979 and the other in Illgau in 1988. The association points out that many of the authors of these songs are unknown and are therefore "in a gray area of copyright law". Individual entries could therefore be deleted on request.
A search function leads to specific song texts, but you can also use the alphabetical index for inspiration.
At the moment texts are available, perhaps audio files will be added at a later date.
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- © Giigäbank Association
- Screenshot of the website lieder.giigaebank.ch
