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The hardingfele is used mainly in the southwest part of Norway, whereas the ordinary violin (called flatfele, 'flat fiddle', or vanlig fele, 'common fiddle') is found elsewhere. The hardingfele is used for dancing, accompanied by rhythmic loud foot stomping. It was also traditional for the fiddler to lead the bridal procession to the church.
Åsmund Nyhammer: Hardingfele i fire slektledd. Newspaper article, interview in Bergens Arbeiderblad 5. oktober 1963. Asbjørn Storesund: Bøherad, hardingfelas Cremona in Leik og Dans (periodical) 1988 p. 57-71, Halvard Kaasa, editor. Morgenbladet, Christiania, Thursday July 15. 1852.
Knut Knutsson Steintjønndalen (22 November 1887 – 11 June 1969) was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark, Norway. [1] Before he died, Knut Eilevsson Steintjønndalen told his 15-year-old son Knut Knutsson to keep the tradition alive. Knut made his first Hardanger fiddle at age 15 and was paid approximately $1.50. 61 years ...
The Hardanger fiddle books were published between 1958 and 1981. The editors were all traditional fiddlers who were well acquainted with the music in question. The three of them, Arne Bjørndal , Truls Ørpen and Eivind Groven , had all collected fiddle tunes in their areas, and were now asked to put their collections into print.
David Perry Lindley was born in San Marino, California, to Margaret (née Wells) and John Royal Young Lindley (brother of actress Loretta Young) on March 21, 1944. [8] [3] When Lindley was growing up in Los Angeles, his father had an extensive collection of 78 rpm records that included Korean folk and Indian sitar music, as well as Spanish classical guitarists Andrés Segovia and Carlos Montoya.
Hauk Buen (11 May 1933 – 1 March 2021) was a Norwegian hardingfele fiddler and fiddle maker. Buen was born in Kongsberg and was a brother of Knut Buen and Agnes Buen Garnås . Among his albums are Fykerud ' n from 1992 (in cooperation with his brother Knut), which was awarded Spellemannprisen , and Feledåm from 2000.
Norway shares some Nordic dance music tradition with its neighbouring countries of Sweden and Denmark, where the most typical instrument is the fiddle. In Norway, the Hardanger fiddle (hardingfele), the most distinctive instrument in Norwegian folk music, looks and plays like a standard violin. It is only to be found primarily in the western ...
Erik Jonsson Helland (1816–1868) was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker. Erik Jonsson Helland was the eldest son of the Hardanger fiddle maker Jon Eriksson Helland from Bø in Telemark, Norway. Around 1830, he began to specialize in making Hardanger fiddles and to experiment in his father's workshop with new models in order to obtain a more ...