Character songs from Vienna
Günther Mohaupt has published a second volume of Viennese songs for mixed choir a cappella or with piano accompaniment.
Who does not know Oh, dear Augustine! The term "Wienerlied" dates back to the urbanization of the city of Vienna after 1850, when people began to miss the original and popular. Like the Berlin Gassenhauer, the Wienerlied is a genre in its own right: humorous, melancholy, but also mocking and cheeky, it sings of easy living and transience. It flourished until the 1930s and after the Second World War until the 1980s. With the increasing cancellation of broadcasts of Viennese songs on Austrian radio ORF, it lost its broad appeal and is unfortunately almost unknown to younger media audiences today.
In order to prevent these character songs from being completely forgotten, Günther Mohaupt has published two volumes of the best-known of them for mixed four-part choir with piano accompaniment (ad lib.) with Doblinger-Musikverlag. His choral versions are very successful because they are simply set, but nevertheless always show a lot of tonal variety despite their uncomplicated execution. A fine addition to the repertoire for choirs.
Wienerlieder for four-part mixed choir, a cappella or with piano accompaniment, set by Günther Mohaupt, Volume 2, piano reduction, D 42 903, € 39.95, Doblinger, Vienna
