Objekt 8420
Where Does Our Money Come From?
Description
Rappen – Batzen – Franc
Coin names can tell us quite a bit about the origins of a currency. The Swiss franc and rappen have different roots, the franc in France, the rappen in the so-called Freiburg «Rappenpfennig». It was only in the 19th century that the two were paired up.
Likewise, the old silver batzen, a Bernese invention, looks back on an eventful history. The name was probably used as a derisive term meaning a clod, maybe it also derived from the Bernese bear, «bätz» in the local dialect, the city’s heraldic animal.
Audios
Asko Ensemble, Dir. Reinbert de Leeuw The Ligeti Project 5, 2004, Teldec 8573-88262-2
Asko Ensemble, Dir. Reinbert de Leeuw The Ligeti Project 5, 2004, Teldec 8573-88262-2
Asko Ensemble, Dir. Reinbert de Leeuw The Ligeti Project 5, 2004, Teldec 8573-88262-2