Summer trees by Donatella Friebe

Summer trees is a collection of dance tunes and songs, written or arranged in the last few years.

Recorded, mixed and mastered between august 2021 and october 2022 at Tonstudio Andreas Schulte Poztupimi MV, Potsdam (tracks 2, 3, 6 and 7) and at Tonstudio Ronald Gottschling, Potsdam (tracks 1, 4 and 5).

All music by Donatella Friebe, except track 4 and 5 which are dance tunes from the manuscripts "Wittenberger Apothekenhandschrift" and "Notenhandschrift des Heinrich Nicol Philipp", Seibis.

Donatella Friebe: fiddle, guitar and vocals

Guest musicians:
Marieluise Herrmann on track 6: vocals and dulcimer
Ronald Gottschling: irish bouzouki on track 1, fretless acoustic bass on track 4 and electric bass on track 5

All lyrics by Donatella Friebe

Arrangements: Track 2, 3, 7 by Donatella Friebe, track 1, 4 and 5 by Donatella Friebe and Ronald Gottschling, track 6 by Donatella Friebe and Marieluise Herrmann


This album was kindly made possible by the governmental department of science, research and culture of Brandenburg, Germany, who in 2021
distributed grants to artists as a reaction on the covid pandemic.

Musician and composer from Potsdam, Germany who loves traditional dance music, singing while fiddling, swedish tralleren and other mouth music, yodelling and discovering her favorite dance tunes from old musician's manuscripts and giving them new life.