Coloraphon Records Kapelle Huser-Buebe, Zurich Swiss Folklore 2 lp, SIGNED,NM

Description: Franz Huser: Clarinetist and accordionist. He is the brother of Tony Huser and grew up as the eldest child of the nine-member travelling Huser family of musicians in Lucerne and elsewhere. At just nine years old he played the clarinet at public events in his parents' band, which consisted mainly of his mother on the bass violin and his father of the same name on the accordion. He acquired his musical skills from his parents, who had taught him improvisation when he was seven. Thanks to his innate talent, he also reached a high level of playing on other instruments without knowing how to read music, such as the saxophone and the accordion, both of which he learned to play after leaving school. In the Huser band, which performed professionally from 1934 to 1939 with up to nine family members, including five daughters, under the names "Wandervögel" and "d'Husermeitschi", Franz played the leading role as a wind player. Despite his close ties with those closest to him, who formed the focus of his musical work, he occasionally tried his luck as a bandmaster on his own. From 1937 to 1938, he surrounded himself with first-class musicians such as Kasi Geisser, Godi Burlet and Ueli Martinelli, who ensured his success, under the name “Kapelle Franz Huser”. After the family orchestra had disbanded as a closed formation, he and his brother founded the “Huserbuebe” band in 1939, which was to become one of the outstanding folk music groups under his leadership for over 45 years.In 1951 he took up the profession of a merchant and settled in Trüllikon, in the northern tip of the canton of Zurich, as a carpet dealer. His career in the field of amateur music, which began at that time, followed the same path as that of his brother. Even though he may be more than half behind Tony Huser's production with around 150 of his own dances, he still achieved lasting success with the simple, widely popular "Schwyzerörgeli Polka", published by Walter Wild. Anton (Tony) Huser: Accordionist and clarinetist/saxophonist. As a member of a family of nine who lived in a caravan from 1928 to 1932 as so-called “travelers” and often traveled with horse and carriage to fairs and other festivals, he played music from an early age with his parents, his older brother Franz and his sisters. His father, Franz Huser senior (1895-1953), who composed the popular Ländler waltz “Mamma”, played the Schwyzer organ, and his mother, Frieda Huser (1896-1980), played the double bass until she was 83 years old. After Tony Huser made his first public appearance at the age of twelve in the “Mostrose” in Lucerne with an 82-note diatonic Schwyzer organ, he learned to play the accordion the following year and finally, at the age of sixteen, took clarinet and music-reading lessons from Walter Blättler, Hergiswil, and Georg Bauer, Zurich. In 1934, Huser's father founded his nine-person formation, which could be considered a closed family band and which was aptly named “Wandervögel”. This group, in which Tony Huser and his father played as accordionists, while the five daughters played the string, plucked and wind instruments, played at the opening of the concert season in the “Gotthardloch” restaurant in Lucerne that same year, where they subsequently enjoyed guest rights for two years. In addition, the band toured the whole of Switzerland from Lucerne as a professional band until it was disbanded in 1939. At times, concerts were given without the parents, under the name “d'Husermeitschi”. In 1939, this group became the “Huserbuebe” band, which played for the first time at the “Rose” hotel in Zurich on the occasion of the national exhibition. In this formation, which performed monthly in all major Swiss cities until 1943, Tony Huser often played folk tunes on the mandolin with his brother Franz and sisters Rosy and Gritli. From 1943 to 1944, he played wind instruments and accordion in his own dance band named after him, which was joined by Heiri Müller, accordionist, Ernst Faccetti, piano, and Reudy Huser, bass violin. After Rosy and Gritli Huser left, their two brothers joined the ranks of professional musicians again from 1945 to 1951, forming a band together and, accompanied by a guitarist, a accordion duet. After this last phase of their professional music-making, they settled down and turned to the carpet trade, but continued to be active as amateur musicians. After the departure of the previous accordion player Walter Grob in 1951, the “Huserbuebe” were joined by the later accordion teacher Alois Brühlwiler from Neuhausen am Rheinfall, which developed into a partnership that lasted around thirty years. Hans Frey from Wädenswil acted as piano accompanist from the same year until his death in 1973. He was succeeded by Föns Lustenberger. From 1970 to 1978, Tony Huser was also active in the band “Sigi Oswald-Tony Huser”. Around 400 of his dances have been published by Wild, Feldmann and, above all, his own publishing house. Concert tours have taken him to Asia, the USA and many European countries. He has recorded more than a hundred records. He lived in Mühlau in Aargau until April 1985. Then he moved to Spain. ~ Please see the * seven pictures * for all the pertinent information, Thank You! ~ Cover: Strong VG+ (Many would grade this Excellent, I grade conservatively. If you hold this up to a light just right, the upper right corner has a crease. However there’s no seam splits, saw cuts, clipped corners, notches, holes, etc, of any kind) Vinyl: Near Mint (As mentioned above, there are absolutely no “spindle hole” marks on the labels to indicate any play time) > I'll be happy to ship this lp International, please just email me before bidding for your country's shipping rate, Thank You! < *** I ship the record albums I sell in "real" Vinyl record boxes, never just "flimsy paper" or "cut-out cardboard," from me! Please email me with any questions and I'll get back to you right away! Thanks for looking at my auction! ***

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