"Zogä am Bogä" for music corps and choirs
Until now, only the melody of this popular piece by the Uri composer Bärti Jütz has been notated in songbooks. Now the arranger Roman Blum has made the polka available as a score with all the parts - also suitable for music schools.
"Zogä am Bogä, de Landammä tanzäd, wieä dr Tiifel dur Dieli dure g'schwanzet ..." - With these cheeky lines and the lively rhythm, the Uri composer and musician Bärti Jütz (1900-1925) poked fun at the widespread ban on dancing at the beginning of the 20th century. It was only a good ten years ago that the original writing by Zogä am Bogä in the canton of Uri. Written by hand on squared paper and signed by Bärti Jütz.
Michel Truniger, the director of Theater Uri, recognized the play's potential for larger ensembles. Together with the Haus der Volksmusik Altdorf, the clarinettist, conductor and arranger Roman Blum, who was born in Aargau and lives in Root (LU), was entrusted with the preparation of the sheet music for individual registers and voices. Arrangements for brass band, choir and for the marching booklet are now available.
The sheet music is also suitable for ensembles at music schools. "The publication is in line with the House of Folk Music's fundamental aim of promoting local folk music and making it accessible to as many people as possible," says Markus Brülisauer, Managing Director of the House of Folk Music Altdorf.
Free download of the arrangements: hausdervolksmusik.ch/baertisjuetz
Musical homage to the composer
To mark the 125th anniversary of Bärti Jütz's birth and 100th anniversary of his death, the House of Folk Music Altdorf is focusing on the life and work of the Uri composer and musician throughout the year. Together with Theater Uri, a concert tribute will be performed on 17 May 2025. To the event
