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Traditional Scandinavian Music &
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Viking History and Culture page HTML revision for non-English letters in process - Webmaster Tagelharpa, Lyre, Bukkehorn, and Lur - ancient musical instruments of the North (below) Nyckelharpa (below) Hardanger, Danish Fiddle, & Swedish Fiddle (below) Scandinavian Accordian (below) Danish Traditional Instruments (below) Music of the Sami People, Norway (below) Icelandic Traditional Instruments (below) Finnish Traditional Instruments (below) Introductory Articles: Traditional Nordic dance music - Wikipedia Music of Norway - Wikipedia Music of Sweden - Wikipedia Music of Denmark - Wikipedia
Tagelharpa, Lyre, Bukkehorn, and Lur - ancient musical instruments of the North. Tagelharpa – The Complete Guide: History, Construction, and Playing Techniques - a lengthy blog providing excellent information about this Very Early Scandinavian instrument. Article Norwegian Composer Einar Selvik, leader of the band Wardruna, explains the Nordic Instruments he used in composing music for the Vikings TV series. He discusses and and plays samples of the Bukkehorn, Tagelharpa, and Lyre - Youtube Norwegian Composer Einar Selvik of Wardruna, performing at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, using Tagelharpa, Lyre, and Bukkehorn - Youtube Einar Selvik and Wardruna in an early concert performing Algir - Tognatale in which they use various drums and a Hardanger fiddle, as well as very modified Sami Yoik chanting plus "throat singing." - Youtube Eilif Gunderson of Wardruna explains the various wind instruments he uses in their performances, including both Birch Lurs and Brass Lurs and various other instruments. - Youtube Short summary of the main categories of Lurs and a bit of their history. - Wikipedia article Inside Wardruna's Sound Einar Selvik continues his discussion of the lyre, lurs, wood-based percussion sounds, and other instruments used in their music. - Youtube Nyckelharpa: Ramund (Danish folk song) on Nyckelharpa - Myrkur - Youtube The Hedgehog by Griselda Sanderson on Nyckelharpa (new song) Youtube Tales of the Boatman: Nyckelharpa - Angels and Ravens Part 1 - Composed, performed, and produced by Chris Rippey Youtube Gammelkäring - Scandinavian folk music style (new) song on Nyckelharpa by Myrkur, Youtube Hardanger, Danish, and Swedish Fiddle: Basic differences between Hardanger Fiddle and violin - explanation by Rachel Nesvig Youtube Hardanger fiddle - Wikipedia article Gangarring på Håmåren, Rysstad - Traditional Norwegian dance music featuring the Hardanger fiddle Youtube Ragnhild Hemsing & Trondheim Soloists - Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King featuring Hardanger Fiddle. Youtube Hökpers Vals - Smörgåsklickarna (www.nyckelharpa.ch) play traditional Swedish folk music. This is a very popular waltz from Dalarna comp. by Lars Höökpers, Falun) - recorded in Munich (Germany) - Youtube Folkmusic Denmark - Kristian Bugge og Steen Jagd, Højbystævnet Bakkegaarden - "Lammet" - "Dansk folkemusik - Fanø - Traditional Danish folk music from the island Fanø (Fanoe) in the NorthSea. Youtube Med Syljer Og Stas performer names not provided - Youtube states this was "played at Liz Tayor's funeral." Gråteslaget played by Rachel Nesvig - Youtube Ragnhild Hemsing plays the Hardanger fiddle - "Valdresguten" - Halling dance Youtube Hökpers vals & Carica polska - Swedish Fiddle - Mia Marin playing "Hökpers vals" and her own composition "Carica polska" on her five string violin Youtube
The Accordian in Scandinavia Skvis Accordion Trio from Norway performs at Nisswa-ståmman 2017. (3 Dance-style songs) - Youtube Traditional Swedish accordion music - Emigrantwaltz and Wiggen polka - Youtube uploaded by Odd Arne Halaas Swedish Polka - Accordion Cover By Mike Shaine - Youtube Music of the Sami People of Norway, Sweden, & Finland: The Sámi people (Sami, Saami), are the indigenous Finno-Ugric... people who inhabit the Arctic area of Sápmi (parts of far northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Kola Peninsula of Russia, & the border area between central Sweden and Norway). Five Sami Joik Songs from Karasjok, Norway (1954) - Five Sami Joik (Yoik) songs from Karasjok, Norway. 1954 field recordings - Youtube 2017 Solveig Andersson Jojk "Bjiejjie" - - Youtube 2008
Mari Boine, Lindy Fay Hella of Wardruna, and Jon Henrik Fjällgren have blended the traditional vocal chants of the ancient Sami of Norway and Sweden (the "reindeer people") into the modern world of music,
much as Einar Selvik has done with pre-Viking instruments (see above and on our Viking Culture page). Mari Boine - Vuoi Vuoi Mu (Vuoi Vuoi Me) - Mari Boine (Mari Boine Persen, née Mari Boine Olsen b.1956) is a "Norwegian Sami musician known for having added jazz and rock to the yoiks (chants) of her native people...." She recorded "popular albums throughout the 1990s. In 2008, she was appointed Professor of musicology at Nesna University College." - Youtube Mari Boine - "Brother Eagle" - alba nelle Dolomiti - Youtube - on stage Mari Boine - "Brother Eagle" - alba nelle Dolomiti - Youtube - outdoors Lindy Fay Hella of the band Wardruna includes a modernized Sami-style chant in their song Bjarkan - Youtube - Youtube 2016 Jon Henrik Fjällgren - The Way You Make Me Feel (feat. Elin Oskal) - Youtube Jon Henrik Fjällgren - Daniel's Joik a song he wrote for his friend Daniel, who had passed away. - Youtube Jon Henrik Fjellgren´s Emotional Sami Joik Daniel's Joik with lyrics in English & Swedish "which was dedicated to his friend Daniel whom passed away. It won the hearts of Sweden's Got Talent 2014." - Youtube Mari Boine Gula Gula (Hear the voices of the foremothers) - Youtube 2016 Mari Boine: "Jearratt Biekkas" / Asking the Wind (Boine & Valkiapää). In this modern styled song, she has still retained the earth-related themes so important in the ancient Sami culture. - Youtube
Danish Traditional Instruments: Folk group Lang Linken - Denmark Small concert on Old instruments - "Danish Folk Music. "Lang Linken" playing New music in traditional style on old instruments at the Mime Theatre in Odense. Lang Linken has been playing together for more than 40 years. - Youtube Danish Traditional : Marken er mejet - Marken er mejet; Michala Petri, recorder; Lars Hannibal, guitar, lute; Yan Jiang, pipa; Chen Yue, xiao/dizi - Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival July 20th 2012 - Bordesholm Klosterirche - Youtube Icelandic Traditional Instruments: Stóðum Tvö í Túni" on Langspil - "Ryan Koons of the traditional Celtic and Nordic music ensemble Wherligig performs the traditional Icelandic song "Stóðum tvö í túni" on the langspil, a type of zither from Iceland. Langspil built by Ken Koons." - Youtube Two Icelandic lullabies on the langspil - Ian Summers "This langspil is (very loosely) based on an unusual instrument with a two-part body which I saw in the National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavik. This version has overall length 90 cm, with a hollow fingerboard and wire "staple" frets... I am sounding the strings by hitting them with a stick. The two lullabies are "Sofðu unga ástin mín" and "Bíum bíum bambaló". - Youtube
Langspil.& icelandic fidla - Langspil.& icelandic fidla played by Jón Sig & Rakel Br. Finnish Traditional Instruments:
Nuku Nuku - Ancient Finnish Lullaby - played by Merja Soria, Finnish Folk Musician, on a 5 string kantele (Finnish Folk Harp)
Per the Youtube: "This is the lullaby I sang to my daughter when she went to sleep and my grandmother used to sing it to me.
I recorded this video last Christmas as a gift to my daughter. I wanted her to have something that would connect her to the
generations of strong Finnish women that came before us." Ida Elina - Evolution of Kantele (Finnish Harp) - Youtube 5 strings kantele "Itkevä tyttö" - Youtube "Kalevala Melody," traditional Finnish folk song played on Psaltery (kantele), Finland, 19th century - Youtube uploaded by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 5 strings kantele "Säkkijärven Polkka" - Youtube Kantele song - "This is my handmade kantele." - Youtube uploaded by Einherjer
3 Finnish Folk Music Instruments (played with a modern slant) - Youtube |
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SCANDINAVIAN CULTURE Scandinavian Traditions - an hour-long video looking at various Scandinavian crafts, foods, and traditions, with contributions for cultural favorites from the various Scandinavian countries. Youtube made by Prairie Public in 2016. Scandinavia with Rick Steves - a lecture and slide-show by the famed traveler. Youtube 1936 - Bergen, Norway - Vintage movie footage Youtube 1922 - Helsinki - Old Street Scenes and Famous Landmarks - Youtube
Check out our links to Scandinavian Culture Topics: Scandinavian Folk Dancing & Folk Costumes Videos: (below) Traditional Scandinavian Music & Musical Instruments (left) Scandinavian Games and Contests (including Vikings') (below) Scandinavian Architecture and Buildings (below) The Art of Rosemaling (below) Nordic Needle Arts Coming Soon!
Scandinavian Folk Dancing & Folk Costumes Videos: Skansens folkdanslag -- Västgötapolska Swedish Folkdancing 2010 Norwegian Folk Dance - Youtube of students in Oslo, Norway, 2012 Norwegian Folk Dance - Youtube from Heritage Center, Norway, 2017 Icelandic Folk Dancing A short lesson in icelandic folk dancing, at Folk Festival in Siglufjörður 2011 - Youtube with Gorgeous mountain background! Skansens Folkdanslag -- Vingåkersdansen Swedish Folkdancing 2011 Valdresspringar and Hardanger Fiddle Valdres Samband - music featuring Hardanger Fiddle Norway Folk Dance - Norway has an unbroken folk music and dance tradition, since folk music has been passed along continuously from generation to generation. Youtube, 2008 Norwegian Wedding Dance - Youtube, Heritage Center, Norway, 2014 Finnish Folk Dances - Youtube 2008 Norwegian Folk Dance - Youtube 2017 with accompanist playing a Nyckelharpa from the Norwegian Folk Museum (Norsk Folkemuseum) in Oslo, Norway. The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History is an "open air museum" in Oslo. Icelandic Folk Dancing - Dancing the "Loom Weave" - 2013 Youtube Norwegian Folk Dancers -. Youtube 2017 from Stoughton WI Traditional Norwegian Dancing - Youtube from Norway. In this dance, the man has to impress the girl, dance-off style! Danish Folk Dance - Masquerade - Youtube from Junction City Scandinavian Festival (USA) 2008. Fun Dance! The Stoughton Norwegian Dancers - Youtube from Las Vegas, 2019 Kiiriminna, Suomalainen kansantanssi, Finnish folk dance - Youtube 2016 Slängpolska from Chicago - New Scandinavian folk dance Set dance choreographed by the members of Leikarringen "Heimhug" Norwegian Folk Dancers of Chicago. 17 de Mai program, Park Ridge, Illinois, May 19, 2013 Scandinavian Games and Contests (including Vikings')
Tablut - The Norse "Tafl" (Table) Game played by the Vikings! - Youtube
Two Viking era board games, Hnefatafl which literally translates as "Kings Table" and its descendant Fox and Geese - Article Hnefatafl - Board Game of the Vikings - Instructions provided by Bjorn Andreas Bull-Hansen. - Youtube Scandinavian Architecture and Buildings: Beautiful Norway Village Life and Landscapes - Youtube with of Wagon driver traveling around Folk Museum village Norwegian Folk Museum (Norsk Folkemuseum) in Oslo, Norway. The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History is an "open air museum" near Oslo. Norsk Folkemuseum is located at Bygdøy in Oslo and has an Open-Air Museum with 160 historic buildings. A main attraction is Gol Stave Church from around 1200. The museum focuses on the time period from 1500 until present time, and indoor exhibits feature Norwegian folk costumes, folk art, church art and Sami culture. Open Air Museum - The Countryside Images of farm buildings moved from various locations in Norway (original locations noted). Open Air Museium - Images of City, Town, and Suburb Buildings - buildings moved from town locations. The Stave Church from Gol in King Oscar II's Collection Setesdal Farmhouse & Farm Buildings Images Click on lower picture links for more pictures for other buildings on the farmstead. Traditional Wooden Houses in Trysil, Norway - Youtube by a couple who move and renovate 100+ year old Norwegian buildings on their property and share as Bed and Breakfast. 500 Year Old Wooden Buildings in Norway - A Detailed Look Lengthy (17 minute) tour of the group of buildings with closeups of construction, etc., including raising (on stilts).... Turf House and Farm Building Cluster (museum) in Iceland, including how it was built and the tools used. Youtube video includes a tour of the various buildings (inside!) for various uses, all connected! Tour guide states a farm such as this would have had 20 attached buildings! Grass/Sod Roofs - History and Explanation. Sweden - Heritage Of Sigtuna - including Viking age and Post-Viking age buildings. Castles & mansions around the Swedish lake Mälaren and other sights in the south of Sweden. The Art of Rosemaling Rosemaling Favorites - A Youtube slideshow of various Rosemaling creations found on the Internet. Rosemaling Examples - Youtube
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