Mani Matter
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Mani Matter | |
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 Mani Matter (1970) | |
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| Birth name | Hans-Peter Matter |
| Born | 4 August 1936 Herzogenbuchsee, Switzerland |
| Died | 24 November 1972 (aged 36) Kilchberg, Zurich, Switzerland |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1965–1972 |
| Labels | Zytglogge |
| Website | www |
Mani Matter (4 August 1936 in Herzogenbuchsee – 24 November 1972 in Kilchberg, Zurich, officially Hans-Peter Matter) was a popular Swiss singer-songwriter.
Biography
[edit]Mani Matter was born on 4 August 1936 in Herzogenbuchsee, Canton of Bern. His father, Erwin Matter, was a lawyer, his mother, the Dutch woman Wilhelmina Matter-de Haan, was a secretary. He had a two years older sister, Helen Matter.
Growing up in Bern, he started to perform his own chansons in contemporary Bernese German at local venues and on the radio; he accompanied himself on the guitar. He was an active Boy Scout in the Pfadicorps Patria in Bern[citation needed] and he performed his first own songs during Boy Scout evenings. He also performed together with the Berner Troubadours (Bernese troubadours). He was killed in a car accident on his way to a concert and is buried in the Bremgartenfriedhof in Bern.[1] Mani Matter's literary estate is archived in the Swiss Literary Archives in Bern.
Legacy
[edit]His Bernese German songs remain very popular in the Swiss German speaking part of Switzerland, and Matter is a great influence on the dialect music scene in Bern, and his songs are frequently covered. A collection of cover-versions was published in 1992 on the album Matter Rock.[2] Mani Matter's chansons are often taught at school (including classes for adults wanting to learn Bernese German) and are famous for their soft irony.
Discography
[edit]- 1966 I han en Uhr erfunde (EP, "I invented a watch")
- 1967 Alls wo mir id Finger chunnt (EP, "Anything I touch")
- 1970 Hemmige (EP, "Inhibitions")
- 1972 Betrachtige über nes Sändwitsch (EP, "Contemplations on a sandwich")
- 1973 Ir Ysebahn (LP, "On the railroad")
- 1973 I han es Zündhölzli azündt (double-LP, "I lit a match")
References
[edit]- ^ Huber, Martin (31 August 2016). "Wo Mani Matter ums Leben kam". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). ISSN 1422-9994. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ "What's the Matter?". Berner Zeitung (in German). ISSN 1424-1021. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
External links
[edit]- Mani Matter at IMDb
- Official website of his family
- Mani Matter (information about the film)
- Brigitte Marschall (2005). "Mani Matter". In Andreas Kotte (ed.). Theaterlexikon der Schweiz / Dictionnaire du théâtre en Suisse / Dizionario Teatrale Svizzero / Lexicon da teater svizzer [Theater Dictionary of Switzerland] (in German). Vol. 2. Zürich: Chronos. pp. 1023–1024. ISBN 978-3-0340-0715-3. LCCN 2007423414. OCLC 62309181.
