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Zemp
Zemp is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Hugo Zemp Hugo Zemp (born 14 May 1937, Basle, Switzerland) is a Swiss-French ethnomusicologist. A prolific recorder of ethnic music and a writer on the subject, he has also shot a number of films about music of various regions, including 1988 film ''Voix d ... (born 1937), Swiss-French musicologist * Josef Zemp (1834–1908), Swiss politician * Werner Zemp (1906–1959), German-Swiss poet and translator See also * Zepp (surname) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Zemp
Hugo Zemp (born 14 May 1937, Basle, Switzerland) is a Swiss-French ethnomusicologist. A prolific recorder of ethnic music and a writer on the subject, he has also shot a number of films about music of various regions, including 1988 film ''Voix de tête, voix de poitrine'' and 2002 film ''An African Brass Band'' filmed by him in Ivory Coast in 2002. His wide musical expertise includes music notably in Africa, Oceania and Switzerland. He also had particular interest in yodeling and lullabies. His recordings of lullabies from Solomon Islands were later released by UNESCO as part of their '' Musical Sources'' collection. One famous lullaby he recorded, a traditional Baegu lullaby from the Solomon Islands called "Rorogwela" was sung by Afunakwa, a Northern Malaita old woman. The recording was later used, apparently without permission, in Deep Forest's song "Sweet Lullaby". Prof. Zemp studied musicology and anthropology at the University of Basle graduating in 1961. He also finished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Zemp
Josef Zemp (2 September 1834, in Entlebuch – 8 December 1908) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1891–1908). On 17 December 1891, he was the first member of a conservative party to be elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland. He was affiliated to the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland. He left office on 17 June 1908, only a few months prior to his death. During his time in office he held the following departments: * Department of Posts and Railways (1892–1901) * Political Department as President of the Confederation (1902) * Department of Posts and Railways (1903–1908) He was President of the Confederation The president of the Swiss Confederation, also known as the president of the Confederation or colloquially as the president of Switzerland, is the head of Switzerland's seven-member Federal Council, the country's executive branch. Elected by t ... twice in 1895 and 1902. External links * 1834 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Zemp
Werner Zemp (1906-1959) was a German-Swiss poet and translator, "regarded in Switzerland as the most distinguished German-Swiss pastoral poet of his generation". Zemp was also an expert on the 19th-century poet Eduard Mörike. Works * ''Gedichte'' oetry 1937. * ''Mörike : Elemente und Anfänge'' örike: elements and beginnings 1938 * (tr.) ''Tanz, Zeichnung und Degas'' ance, drawing and Degasby Paul Valéry. Zurich, 1940. Translated from the French ''Degas, danse, dessin''. * (ed.) ''Briefe'' ettersby Eduard Mörike Eduard Friedrich Mörike (8 September 18044 June 1875) was a German Lutheran pastor who was also a Romantic poet and writer of novellas and novels. Many of his poems were set to music and became established folk songs, while others were used by c .... * ''Das lyrische Werk, Aufsätze, Briefe'' he lyrical work, essays, letters 1967. References 1906 births 1959 deaths Swiss poets in German 20th-century Swiss poets French–German translators 20th-centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |