Sung personals
Alois Bröder has set personals to music. Fun for a soprano with guitar and mandolin accompaniment.
The guitarist and composer Alois Bröder has written 13 personals for soprano, guitar and
Mandolin to music. He has succeeded in finding characterful and original texts that make you smile: The reader is amused by frugality (Er, NR + T, su Sie in Mü, BMB, AG) or the advertiser's lack of knowledge of German (!!!ich warte meine traume frau J, nur hübsche bitte) as well as profound self-knowledge (mann mit allen anzeigenüblichen nachteilen sucht frau mit allen branchenüblichen vorzügen).
One cannot escape the comedy, honesty and scurrility of these all too human texts, because the guitar and mandolin chirp, shake, pluck and sigh, caricature, insist and arpeggiate, imitate, do not let up, joke and yearn ... The songs seem quirky, funny, touching, wistful and also comical, are written for a soprano with a really light and good high register and are not very difficult in melody and tonality. A certain rhythmic aplomb, some experience in the interpretation of new music, enjoyment of expressivity and not just beautiful singing are advantageous and required. The composer describes the level of difficulty as "moderately difficult", but the guitar part is rather tricky and, above all, rhythmically complex and demanding.
The pieces are miniatures, only a few seconds in length, mostly cantabile, expressive and rewarding in their effect. The rehearsal will be worthwhile and promises an original and audience-pleasing performance.
Alois Bröder: 13 Kontaktanzeigen for soprano, mandolin and guitar, Grenzland Edition, score and parts, KM 2174, € 25.00, Pan, Kassel/Basel 2018
