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| Epoch | Artist | Lifetime | Major Songs |
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| Pre-War | Hanns Indergand | Gilberte de Courgenay | |
| 1960-1990 singers / song-writers | Mani Matter the legendary father of swiss singers/songwriters |
Bern 1936-08-04 1972-11-24 (car accident) |
Dr Eskimo; Bim Coiffeur; Dr Ferdinand isch gstorbe; I han en Uhr erfunde; Es git e Bueb mit Name Fritz; Si hei dr Wilhälm Täll ufgfüert; De Handjakobli und ds Babettli; Ds Lied vo de Bahnhöf; Ds Heidi; I han es Zündhölzli azündt; Die Strass, won i drann wone; Alls wo mir i d Finger chunnt; Bärnhard Matter; Ds Portemonnaie; Ds Nünitram; Us emene lääre Gygeschaschte; Hemmige; Boxmätsch; Dr Parkingmeter; Är isch vom Amt ufbotte gsy; D' Nase; Mir hei e Verein; Dr Noah; Dr eint het Angscht; Ballade vom Nationalrat Hugo Sanders; Hie ir Schwyz; Dialog im Strandbad; Betrachtige über nes Sandwitsch; Farbfoto; E Löl, e blöde Siech, e Glünggi un e Sürmel, oder: Schimpf&wouml;rter sy Glückssach; Chue am Waldesrand; Dr Wecker; Ballade (title song for the movie "Dauml;llebach Kari"); Ir Ysebahn; Mir het de Dings verzellt; Dr Alpeflug; Missverständnis; Dene wo's guet geit; Ds' Lied vom Kritisiere; arabisch (Dr Sidi Abdel Assar); Dynamit am Bundeshuus; Nei säget sölle mir vo nüt meh andrem tröume; Ballade vom Herr Zehnder; Warum syt ihr so truurig? |
| Fritz Widmer | E Liich; Ballade vom fromme Ross; Weltreis; Hauptüebig vo de Füürwehr; Vati chum hei | ||
| Jakob Stickelberger | De Turmbau vo Volketswil; Mi Elefant; Amsle; D'Affe | ||
| Franz Hohler | Biel, 1.3.1943 | Herr Oberstdivisionär (Swiss German version of Le déserteur by Boris Villaud); S' Bärndütsche Gschichtli | |
| Toni Vescoli | Susanne vom Land (this song was made a charts hit in Germany in a standard German version by German singer/songwriter Reinhard Mey); Uf das chunnt's a; Es Pfäffli; S'Denkmol; Scho root; Es Regewürmli; N1; Wie guet isch hüt en andri Zyt; Simmer dänn es Lumpepack? | ||
| Ruedi Chrebs | Undergang vo de Stadt Bern | ||
| Gusti Pollak | Kaiserangst | ||
| Ernst Born | Victor Jarraz | ||
| Jürg Jegge | Weltreis vomene Zwanzgerli | ||
| Werner Junt | De Konformand; E Floigä Lindwurm | ||
| Rolf Probala | Dame Helvetia; Summertag a de Rüss | ||
| Dieter Wiesmann | De Tuusigfüessler Balthasar | ||
| Polo Hofer | Kiosk; Teddybär | ||
| Peter Reber | Reisefieber; Hippie Gspänstli; Jede bruucht sy Insel | ||
| Dodo Hug | Dr Ätti; Eine Reise ans Mittelmeer | ||
| Contemporary | Stephan Eicher | Dejeuner en paix; Hemmige (cover version) | |
| Michael von der Heide | Jeudi amour |
Mani Matter is regarded as the "father" of all contemporary Swiss singer / songwriters. His adaptation of French style chansons (Georges Brassens) to Swiss German (Bernese) dialect found many followers. Matter had a full time job as a lawyer for the city of Bern and teacher at the faculty of law at the University of Bern, and he was considered to be a real expert in this field. His chansons and poetry were an unrivaled blend of simplicity, nonsense and poetry that makes you start to think about things you would otherwise never have been thinking of. In 1992 all famous contemporary Swiss pop musicians united to reinterpret Mani Matter's songs on a tribute CD called Matter Rock. More than 30 years after his early death in a car accident almost every child in the German speaking part of Switzerland still knows his songs.
| Epoch | Writer | Lifetime | Major Works |
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| Pre-War | Men Rauch | singer / songwriter | |
| Contemporary | Linard Bardil | singer / songwriter | |
| Corin Curschellas | singer / songwriter |
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