Swedish Music
Object Details
- General note
- DPA number 74.402.11
- Local Numbers
- FP-1974-7RR-0172
- General
- 74.402.11
- Date/Time and Place of an Event Note
- Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 5, 1974.
- Creator
- Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Old Ways in the New World Program 1974 Washington, D.C.
- Artist
- Larsson, Johan, b. 1902
- Sundström, Anna Viveca, 1949-
- Stabi, Björn
- Ramsby, Walter, 1921-
- Collection Creator
- Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
- Place
- United States
- Washington (D.C.)
- Scandinavia
- Sweden
- Topic
- Folk music -- Sweden
- World music -- Sweden
- Creator
- Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Old Ways in the New World Program 1974 Washington, D.C.
- Artist
- Larsson, Johan, b. 1902
- Sundström, Anna Viveca, 1949-
- Stabi, Björn
- Ramsby, Walter, 1921-
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1974 Festival of American Folklife
- Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1974 Festival of American Folklife / Series 7: Old Ways in the New World / 7.3: Audio
- Extent
- 1 Sound recording
- sound-tape reel (analog, 7 in.)
- Date
- 1974 July 5
- Archival Repository
- Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
- Identifier
- CFCH.SFF.1974, Item FP-1974-7RR-0172
- Type
- Archival materials
- Sound recordings
- Collection Citation
- Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1974 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
- Contents
- - 1ST song: A different form of "Polska" played with the Nyckelharpa instrument, distinctive to the swedish region of Uppland. - 2nd song: Old Waltz from the county of Orsa, in the province of Dalarna. The dances, performed by Johan Larsson and Anna Viveka SundströmStabi, illustrate a dialect in the swedish folk music because in each province the fiddlers have their own characteristic style of playing. - 3rd song: "Barkbrödslat" (Bark Bread Song). Tune played by fiddlers when visiting wealthy farms to get money or food for the less fortunate. - 4th song: A "Vallat" by Walter Ramsby (artist from Hälsingland) playing with a pastoral instrument from Sweden, the Ram's Horn (made out of an animal horn). - 5th song: "Slängpolska"(Semiquaver), a 16th-note polska - 6th song: "bttondelspolska" (Quaver), an 8th-note polska from the county of Orsa, in the province of Dalarna. The dance is characterized by "tapping the foot" on the first and third beats of each measure. - 7th song: "Vallat", reflective tune on the pastoral life, by Walter Ramsby (a versatile musician) using a pastoral instrument called spelpipa or spilapipa (Shepherd's flute) meaning a playing pipe. - 8th song: A dance "Polska" by Walter Ramsby using the Shepherd's flute. - 9th song: Schottische Tune from Dalarna with and old time dance (Gammaldans) performed by Johan Larsson and Anna Viveka SundströmStabi.
- Restrictions
- Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510202147-1503510202220-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0