WALLISER VOLKSLIEDER LEERU
Volksliädär leeru und schi deheimu in er Famili singu is
about learning and practising Valais folk songs at
home. It is a project launched by UMS ´n JIP in 2020 to
enhance social practice and to motivate to sing local folk
songs within families and schools. Singing folk songs at
home and in schools used to be a widespread practice in
Valais (UMS ´n JIP is based in Valais/Switzerland) until the
1980s but has been neglected since. Actually old prints are
either out of stock and/or antiquated, and new printed folk
song compilations do not exist, although these songs shaped
the lives of several generations in Valais over the
past century. The project consists on a) a webpage with a
list of recent and older local folk songs available online,
especially arranged for home use (functional format, full
and easy legible texts, comfortable ranges, recordings easy
to sing along to), b) 3 different handy and functional
booklets with local folk songs, especially arranged for
school and home use, further c) an exclusive folk song
postcard series and d) a bibliophile collector's edition.
The folk song list is based on the research made by JIP
serving the Valais board of the UNESCO Commission
for the Safeguarding and Reappraisal of the Intangible
Cultural Heritage 2008-2018. These songs are available and
downloadable online for free private use. Enjoy!
Website:
http://umsnjip.ch/volkslieder.htm
