Yodeling in Dairyland: A History of Swiss Music in Wisconsin

By James P. Leary

A historical overview of Swiss music in America's most European state, and a short autobiography of Rudy Burkhalter, an influential performer whose varied career, in the Old World and the New, epitomizes the Swiss American experience. This nicely illustrated book covers yodeling, men's choirs, festivals celebrating Swiss heritage or cheesemaking, house parties, zithers and accordions, touring ensembles, recordings and radio shows, relations with German and Slovenian music, and many other aspects of music in Swiss American culture.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0962436925
• ISBN13: 9780962436925
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 64 Pages