Download or read book Yodeling in Dairyland written by James P. Leary and published by University of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical overview of Swiss music in America's most European state, and a short autobiography of Rudy Burkhalter, an influential performer whose varied career, in the Old World and the New, epitomizes the Swiss American experience. This nicely illustrated book covers yodeling, men's choirs, festivals celebrating Swiss heritage or cheesemaking, house parties, zithers and accordions, touring ensembles, recordings and radio shows, relations with German and Slovenian music, and many other aspects of music in Swiss American culture.