Rosas Heft - brasilianisierte deutsche Volkslieder CD Produktion

Dago speaks:
Here’s the story: when my daughter was born, I wanted to I sing songs to her that my parents and grandparents sang to me when I was a child. Although I lived all my life in Brazil, most of these songs are typical German folk music. Yes, I’ve got German roots. Anyway, I couldn’t remember some of the lyrics, neither could my mother. All hope was lost since even almighty Google himself could find anything. Luckily my aunt found a notebook dated 1931 in which my great-grandmother Rosa had written down these texts. So this project is about remembering and reforming. It’s about both the past and the future, about great-great-grandparents and their descendants, Brazil and Germany, it’s about something good and fun.

Oma Rosa saved songs in her notebook. We’ll do it by rearranging and recording the songs. The product? A CD. To whom? To all those who enjoy Brazilian music and/or German music and/or are adventurous enough to bet on this idea.

In Germany, many from the younger generation are forgetting their rich musical heritage, as are the great-grandkids of German emigrants. Others find folk songs old-fashioned and cheesy. We consider this project to be a relevant solution to these issues. Most important of all: German folksongs in samba-mood really work!

Most of the costs to make this CD are already being covered through voluntary work: musicians, designers and other artists are donating their skills and time. The money will be used to finance part of the production costs and to press the CDs.