Schrammeln.

/ˈʃraməl/

Forms: Also with lower-case initial.

Etymology: < the name of Johann (1850–97) and Josef (1852–94) Schrammel, Austrian musicians.

a. Schrammel quartet n. [German Schrammelquartett] a Viennese light-music ensemble comprising two violins, guitar, and accordion (originally clarinet) popularized by the Schrammels.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > company of instrumentalists > [noun] > band > type of

waits1298

consort1587

wait player1610

wind music1650

the fiddles1676

military band1775

German band1819

street band1826

brass band1834

promenade band1836

horn-band1849

pipe band1867

wind-band1876

Hungarian band1882

jazz band1916

jazz orchestra1916

big band1919

road band1922

Schrammel quartet1924

showband1926

spasm band1926

dance-band1927

marching band1930

name band1932

ork1933

silver band1933

sweet band1935

Schrammel orchestra1938

pop band1942

jug band1946

steel band1949

rehearsal band1957

skiffle band1957

ghost band1962

support band1969

support group1969

scratch band1982

1924 E. Wellesz in A. Eaglefield-Hull Dict. Mod. Music & Musicians 445/2 Nearly all the comp[ositions] of popular Viennese comp[osers], especially operetta-comp[osers] are arr[anged] for this combination which is called Schrammel quartet.

1974 P. Gore-Booth With Great Truth & Respect 72 We sought a ‘Heuriger’, a traditional garden restaurant in Grinzing, where people drink new wine to the sound of the Schrammel-Quartett, a small ensemble with violin and harmonica.

b. Schrammel band n.

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1963 E.-L. Wuorio Woman with Portuguese Basket xix. 167 We can go to a ‘nobelheurige’ which is a big place with schrammel band and singers.

c. Schrammel-musik n. [German Schrammelmusik] music played by or arranged for a Schrammel quartet or orchestra.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [noun] > other general types

country music1585

water musicc1660

concert music1776

eye music1812

ballet music1813

night music1832

absolute music1856

Tafelmusik1880

Ars Antiqua1886

Ars Nova1886

early music1886

tone poetry1890

mood music1922

Gebrauchsmusik1930

shake music1935

modernistic1938

industrial1942

spasm music1943

musica reservata1944

protest music1949

night music1950

palm court music1958

title music1960

bottleneck guitar1961

rinky-tink1962

Schrammel-musik1967

sweet music1967

chutney1968

roots music1969

electronica1980

multiphonics1983

chutney soca1987

chiptune1992

1967 R. M. Stern Kessler Legacy ii. 24 In one corner..a stringed orchestra played Schrammel-musik.

1969 A. Arent Laying on of Hands xii. 138 The new wine and Schrammelmusik were available in Grinzing.

d. Schrammel orchestra n.

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