Birth name Hans-Peter Matter Website www.manimatter.ch Instruments Vocals, Guitar Name Mani Matter | Years active 1965-1972 Role Singer-songwriter Labels Zytglogge | |
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Born August 4, 1936
Herzogenbuchsee, Switzerland ( 1936-08-04 ) Died November 24, 1972, Kilchberg, Zurich, Switzerland Albums Kriminalgschicht, Dr Kolumbus, Ir Ysebahn Education University of Bern (1965), University of Bern Music group Berner Troubadours (1965 – 1972) Similar People Fritz Widmer, Jacob Stickelberger, Bernhard Stirnemann, Georges Brassens, Ruedi Krebs | ||
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Mani Matter (4 August 1936 – 24 November 1972, officially Hans-Peter Matter) was a popular Swiss singer-songwriter.
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Biography
Mani Matter grew up in Bern, and performed his own chansons in contemporary Bernese German at local venues and on the radio; he accompanied himself on the guitar. Mani Matter was an active Boy Scout in the Pfadicorps Patria in Bern and he performed his first own songs during Boy Scout evenings. Mani Matter 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. Mani Matter's literary estate is archived in the Swiss Literary Archives in Bern.
Legacy
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. 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.