You re. welcome from berlin and welcome to arts and culture the hills are alive with the sound of yodeling which i m not very good at but we ll look into how this form of communication has evolved and flourished also coming up. in our series 100 german must reads we revisit the berlin wall through the eyes of a west german author and see how german division affected both sides and west records. and speaking of walls the berlin based artist collective inner fields uses them as their canvas for some of the most sought after street art around. well anyone who s a fan of the sound of music will remember julie andrews yodeling her heart out in the song the lonely goat herd and indeed long before the advent of smartphones cow
Brakeman to wreck and start his style was allegedly inspired by howling coyotes and steam locomotives. in the usa yodel mania lost its luster in the 1950 s. . but 2 decades ago yodeling was liberated from being solely the preserve of german folk music t.v. shows indeed folk music bands and evidence god vocalists have breathed new life into. and why not what could be more beautiful than transforming those cries of distress into a positive heartfelt yell that echoes around the world. well august 13th marks the 50th anniversary of the day the berlin wall went up practically overnight here in the city itself it proceeded to divide into communist
By the uncanny silence someone who felt they must release this feeling of lost most in a primal yell and this became an entertaining form of music. it s rather hard to imagine now but there was a time when yodeling was considered revolutionary. you could even say there was a kind of republican yodel for example in switzerland one of the 1st democratic countries or roll of the was to free it from the podium at the beginning of the 19th century. these countries were associated with freedom in the eyes of the rest of europe. for the euro zone s that came down from the out to europe were transformed into songs of freedom. an interesting theory where the battles are
Just great p.r. measures for alpine folk music well christoph doctors research does suggest that there was a yodel at that time one which gripped the whole of europe and soon produced its 1st superstar. family from silla tar. they were adored and got rich and that energized the same mate this opined song into a kind of 1st pop music so instead. in addition to the rhinos hundreds of alpine singers and even opera divas took yodeling to the living and to overseas pastures near 0 balance yards at the new york metropolitan opera their views were not great but that didn t stop yodel mania gripping the us. the whole world met in the usa in the 19th century and a mix of languages were spoken my idea is that yodelling was the lowest common denominator. to give my. music market was soon such as i did with
Order to understand this new culture. another very little another year you want to become a citizen. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. your. welcome from berlin and welcome to arts and culture the hills are alive with . the sound of yodeling which i m not very good at but we ll look into how this form of communication has evolved and flourished also coming up. in our series 100 german must reads we revisit the berlin wall through the eyes of a west german author and see how german division affected both sides and west.