{"id":2847,"date":"2025-03-05T17:14:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T16:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clefni.unibe.ch\/?p=2847"},"modified":"2026-02-18T13:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:45:15","slug":"comic-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clefni.unibe.ch\/index.php\/2025\/03\/05\/comic-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic book offers new insights into 19th-century choral life in Bern and Fribourg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-23441af8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clefni.unibe.ch\/index.php\/fr\/2025\/03\/05\/bande-dessinee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"797\" src=\"https:\/\/clefni.unibe.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CLEFNI_BD_cover_copyright_JCachemaille-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2862\" style=\"width:250px;height:199px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clefni.unibe.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CLEFNI_BD_cover_copyright_JCachemaille-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/clefni.unibe.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CLEFNI_BD_cover_copyright_JCachemaille-1-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clefni.unibe.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CLEFNI_BD_cover_copyright_JCachemaille-1-768x612.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">French version<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clefni.unibe.ch\/index.php\/de\/2025\/03\/05\/comic-buch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"797\" src=\"https:\/\/clefni.unibe.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CLEFNI_Comic_cover_copyright_JCachemaille-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2863\" style=\"width:250px;height:199px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clefni.unibe.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CLEFNI_Comic_cover_copyright_JCachemaille-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/clefni.unibe.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CLEFNI_Comic_cover_copyright_JCachemaille-1-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clefni.unibe.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CLEFNI_Comic_cover_copyright_JCachemaille-1-768x612.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">German version<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uniaktuell.unibe.ch\/2025\/wie_maennerchoere_die_schweiz_vereinten\/index_ger.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Wie M\u00e4nnerch\u00f6re die Schweiz vereinten&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 read the article about the comic on uniAKTUELL, the online magazine of the University of Bern!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The comic book <strong>\u201cThree Swiss choristers in the 19th century\u201d<\/strong>, the result of a collaboration between the cartoonist <a href=\"https:\/\/juliencachemaille.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Julien Cachemaille<\/a> and the musicologist <a href=\"https:\/\/clefni.unibe.ch\/index.php\/researcher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Caiti Hauck<\/a>, is now available!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/clefni.unibe.ch\/index.php\/clefni-en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLEFNI<\/a> research project, this comic book plunges you into the world of men&#8217;s choirs of the time, with patriotic songs, singing festivals and excursions to discover the beauty of Switzerland. Beyond the clich\u00e9s, these three stories reveal not only the role played by these choirs in the political, social and cultural life of our country, but also how they contributed to the construction of modern Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The comic book is available in French and German. You can download it free of charge in PDF format or order a printed version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boris-portal.unibe.ch\/bitstreams\/d9d0e007-f1d9-4024-bbd2-f34eaea82139\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the French version<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boris-portal.unibe.ch\/bitstreams\/5752a3e2-0192-4f35-b874-af9920fe7fb4\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the German version<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chaussette.company.site\/Trois-choristes-suisses-au-19e-si%C3%A8cle-p728768937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Order a printed copy in French<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chaussette.company.site\/Drei-Schweizer-Chors%C3%A4nger-im-19-Jahrhundert-p729814037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Order a printed copy in German<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The comic in the media:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Radio RTS, L\u2019\u00c9cho des pavanes<\/strong> (February 2026): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rts.ch\/audio-podcast\/2026\/audio\/chanter-en-ch-ur-un-miroir-de-la-societe-29151647.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chanter en ch\u0153ur : un miroir de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Swiss Review<\/strong> (December 2025): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swisscommunity.org\/en\/news-media\/swiss-revue\/article\/how-choir-music-shaped-modern-switzerland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How choir music shaped modern Switzerland<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Der Bund<\/strong> (June 2025): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.derbund.ch\/bern-caiti-hauck-erzaehlt-in-comic-von-patriotismus-in-choeren-541612853620\" target=\"_blank\">Wie M\u00e4nnerch\u00f6re die junge Schweiz pr\u00e4gten<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Berner Zeitung<\/strong> (June 2025): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bernerzeitung.ch\/bern-caiti-hauck-erzaehlt-in-comic-von-patriotismus-in-choeren-541612853620\" target=\"_blank\">Wie M\u00e4nnerch\u00f6re die junge Schweiz pr\u00e4gten<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Radio SRF, Musikmagazin<\/strong> (June 2025): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.srf.ch\/audio\/musikmagazin\/sopranistin-amber-opheim-faszination-opernchor?id=AUDI20250614_RS_0001\" target=\"_blank\">Neuerscheinungen<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>La R\u00e9gion<\/strong> (June 2025): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.laregion.ch\/lhistoire-chorale-en-bande-dessinee\/\" target=\"_blank\">L\u2019histoire chorale en bande dessin\u00e9e<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Le Tapa-Sabllia, Bulletin d\u2019information de la Commune d\u2019Yvonand<\/strong> (April 2025): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/yvonand.ch\/wp-content\/sabai\/File\/files\/de3f85a314d1ede1498b4b59f7db965e.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Bande dessin\u00e9e : Trois choristes suisses au 19e si\u00e8cle<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Radio SRF, Fiirabigmusig<\/strong> (April 2025): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.srf.ch\/audio\/fiirabigmusig\/schweizer-choere-singen?id=AUDI20250403_RS_0101\" target=\"_blank\">Schweizer Ch\u00f6re singen<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Swiss Musical Journal<\/strong> (March 2025): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/en\/news\/2025\/03\/publikationen-zum-schweizer-chorleben\" target=\"_blank\">Publications on Swiss choral life<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>myScience<\/strong> (March 2025): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myscience.ch\/de\/news\/wire\/wegweisende_publikationen_zum_schweizer_chorleben-2025-unibe\" target=\"_blank\">Wegweisende Publikationen zum Schweizer Chorleben<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>uniAKTUELL \u2014 The online magazine of the University of Bern<\/strong> (March 2025): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uniaktuell.unibe.ch\/2025\/wie_maennerchoere_die_schweiz_vereinten\/index_ger.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wie M\u00e4nnerch\u00f6re die Schweiz vereinten<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Media release Universit\u00e4t Bern<\/strong> (March 2025): <a href=\"https:\/\/mediarelations.unibe.ch\/medienmitteilungen\/2025\/medienmitteilungen_2025\/wegweisende_publikationen_zum_schweizer_chorleben\/index_ger.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wegweisende Publikationen zum Schweizer Chorleben<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Wie M\u00e4nnerch\u00f6re die Schweiz vereinten&#8221; \u2014 read the article about the comic on uniAKTUELL, the online magazine of the University of Bern! The comic book \u201cThree Swiss choristers in the 19th century\u201d, the result of a collaboration between the cartoonist Julien Cachemaille and the musicologist Caiti Hauck, is now available! Based on the CLEFNI research project, this comic book plunges you into the world of men&#8217;s choirs of the time, with patriotic songs, singing festivals and excursions to discover the beauty of Switzerland. Beyond the clich\u00e9s, these three stories reveal not only the role played by these choirs in the political, social and cultural life of our country, but also how they contributed to the construction of modern Switzerland. The comic book is available in French and German. You can download it free of charge in PDF format or order a printed version. Download the French version Download the German version Order a printed copy in French Order a printed copy in German The comic in the media:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-publications-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clefni.unibe.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clefni.unibe.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clefni.unibe.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clefni.unibe.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clefni.unibe.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2847"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/clefni.unibe.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3067,"href":"https:\/\/clefni.unibe.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2847\/revisions\/3067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clefni.unibe.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clefni.unibe.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clefni.unibe.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}