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KREBBEL
Welcome to the website of the Dutch Folkgroup Krebbel.
Mediaeval Folk- and re-enactmentgroup.
Krebbel is a folkgroup from the Netherlands and plays and sings jolly music from the
middleages on a variety of authentic historical instruments like hurdy-gurdy and Dutch bagpipes.
Mediaeval entertainment from the Low Countries!
Dutch Folkgroup.
Krebbel plays also traditional Dutch folkmusic spiced with
a bit of Flamish and a touch of French and they have a
large Dutch song repertoire!
Worldmusic from the Netherlands!
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Mediaeval music.

Krebbel plays and sings jolly mediaeval music on a variety of authentic historical instruments like
hurdy-gurdies, Dutch doedelzak, hammered dulcimer, chalumeau, string-drum, flutes and percussion.
The diversity of instruments, a very varied repertoire and a original
presentation akes every concert of Krebbel a
special performance. With a handcart full of
instruments they play their music like the old troubadours and Dutch "speelmannen" between it always enthousiastically reacting public.
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Dutch traditional (folk)music.
 Krebbel
plays and sings swinging traditional Dutch folkmusic. Spiced with Flamish and a touch of French.
Krebbel has a large
song repertoire.
The diversity of instruments,
varied repertoire and an original
presentation make that
their concerts are a special event.
The repertoire:
- Dutch, Flamish and French traditional
(dance) music
from
17 th - 20th century.
- jolly, sad, atrocious
and ambiguous songs and ballads;
- traditional songs
from the Southern Netherlands and a.o.t. West Friesland ,
Terschelling and Groningen,
where until the
19 th century
people preserved their old dances, songs, music and traditions.
 
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Special Midwinter Program.

A special programm for bringing light into the darkest months of
the year.
The midwinter program is ment for the period Advent up to Epiphany.
It
contains very old traditional songs and music from the
Netherlands and
Flanders. Songs and music that long time ago was played
at Saint Martinus,
Advent, New Year,
Midwinter, Christmas and Epiphany.
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Balfolk music


Krebbel plays Balfolk: an in the Netherlands very popular way to
dance on folkmusic.
Krebbel
plays a great number of balfolkdances : Polka,
Bourree,
Andro, Hanterdro, Jan Smed, Waltz, Polka
piquee, Mazurka and
of course
the Jig en Cercle, the most
popular of the groupdances.
Also typical Dutch dances as: Almelose Kermis, De Streep, Mazurka
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What is Balfolk?
Balfolk
is folkmusic on which you can dance. Many years very popular in
France and Belgium and braugth in the Netherlands by
enthousiastic
visitors of festivals in Flanders and
France.
Folk
musicians and groups play their acoustic music by tour for the dancing
crowd.
After
they have played the musicians too dance on de melodies of the next folkgroup. During the balls the musicians play on typical
folkinstruments like hurdy-gurdies, guitars, violins, continental
bagpipes but you can also hear there clarinet, flutes and all kind of percussion.
 
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KREBBEL Information
Information:
Stichting Schalmei Arnhem
Secr.: Mevr. B. Verhaaf
p/a Reuvensweg 33
6861 XH Oosterbeek
tel. nr.
: (0031)
(0)26
3334240
Electronic Mail :
Stichtingschalmei@ hetnet. nl
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