Bernese March

The Berner Marsch ( also " The Old Berner Marsch "; " old Berner Marsch "; French La Marche de Berne ) is the anthem of the Canton of Bern. It has taken no official status, but is still played on official occasions.

The oldest documentation of the melody of the Bernese march comes from the music book of Samuel Joneli of Gstaad in the year 1791. In this manuscript the melody still as Marche de Solothurn ( " Solothurn March" ) is recorded. The Bernese march was played as a military march at the Bernese resistance against the French invasion of 1798, notably at the Battle of Neuenegg, and then became the symbol of resistance against the Napoleonic Helvetic Republic and the restoration of the Ancien Régime.

In the 1880s, the melody was a candidate for a new Swiss national anthem in conversation. The Berner Marsch finds mention in the novel O żołnierzu tułaczu ( " the wandering soldiers " ) by Stefan Żeromski ( 1896). Marcel Gero piece Bernese march was first performed at the Schauspielhaus in Zurich in 1948. Friedrich Dürrenmatt's Suspicion (1951 /2) has a scene in which the drunken Inspector Barlach sings the Bernese march. The Bernese march is played in the Games of the Ice Skating Club Bern ( SCB) before the match.

Text

The melody is considered "old national military march of the Berne mercenaries, the Bernese soldiers." The now traditional -coded text dates from the 19th century The first line is lined with non- verbal Träm, Träm, trämdiridi (variants: trärididi, träridiri, trädiridi, träderidi )

The traditional text reads as follows:

1

2

3

1

2

3

There are numerous playful, humorous or political text variants occupied about

Ulrich Dürrenmatt in 1880 quoted the text of the first verse in his Bernese People's Daily. After the elections of 1878, in which the ruling Radical Party had pocketed a crushing defeat, Dürrenmatt wrote also a "New Berne March"; response then circulated in radical circles of the Oberaargau a " Buchsimarsch ".

The Bernese cantonal parliament rejected on 3 February 2000 by 118 votes to 10 a motion by former United Councillor Elisabeth Gilgen (SP ), which called for a " change of the text ." Gilgen met at martial text. The government declared itself not competent because it does not handle is an official anthem at the Berner Marsch.

Swell

• Benno Ammann, The old Bernese march Träm Träm, träridi, alli man standet i! In 1967.
• Armin Schibler, Berner Marsch - Five old Swiss folk songs set for mixed choir or vocal ensemble a cappella (1957).
• Bonifaz Kühne, songs from home. For medium voice with piano accompaniment. Second volume containing 35 of the most famous older Swiss folk and national songs, Brothers Hug, 1908.