Slavko Avsenik and Original Oberkrainer

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Original Oberkrainer band from Slovenia

Ansambel bratov Avsenik (Band of brothers Avsenik) is most successful and most well-known Slovenian musical group in the European and global scale. The group has worked since 1953 (as a trio) through to 1990. In between are called the Gorenjski quintet and Quintet brothers Avsenik. Together, they issued about 120 plates and cassettes, the total circulation amounts to over 30 million.

It has been well known in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe. Performed under the title Oberkrainer Quintett or Original Oberkrainer.

The main members of the group were brothers, Slavko Avsenik and Vilko Ovsenik. Slavko wrote the music, brother Vilko arranged. In addition, Slavko also always played the accordion Ensemble, Vilko played clarinet in the first few years.

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Avsenik impact of the Cleveland-Style music was launched in 1958, when Johnny Pecon's English lyrics transformed Slavko's "Tam, kjer murke cveto" the Greatest All-Time Cleveland-Style Hit, "Little Fella".

A lot of Slovenian oberkrainer style bands in Europe including Ansambel bratov Avsenik and Gasperji (The young Oberkrainer).

In sheer volume, Avsenik's compositions rank him Slovenian folk music, Matt Hoyer, and Dr. William J. "Doc" Lausche as the major tributaries feeding the Cleveland-Style repertoire.

The most beautiful song from Slavko Avsenik are his waltzes: Pastircek, Slovenija, odkod lepote tvoje, The Wind song, I shall wait, The European Waltz, So long, On The Bridge, Argentina, ...

But the most popular song is Avsenik's polka entitled "Na Golici" in Slovenian or "Trompetenecho" in German, "Trumpet Echoes" in English. It is the most played instrumental song in all Europe.

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Slavko Avsenik - Otocek sredi jezera

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Ansambel bratov Avsenik - Tam kjer murke cveto

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Franc Košir - Shujševalna kura

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Ansambel bratov Avsenik - Na Golici

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Avsenik - Samo enkrat imaš 50 let

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Slavko Avsenik - Prav Fletno se Imamo (1985)

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In the meantime they are a real music legend, Slavko Avsenik and his Original Oberkrainer who strongly influence the folk music scene for 40 years now and whose sound, created by the brothers Slavko and Vilko Avsenik, is leading for a whole music style ? in the truest sense of the word.

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Slavko Avsenik is son of famous Oberkrainer Slavko Avsenik

Slavko Avsenik jr, was born in ljubljana on April 19 in 1958. He is a Slovenian composer and pianist. He is also author of many songs for children.

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