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