Finnish Music; Swedish Music
odd: label: General note
content: DPA number 74.402.10
label: Local Numbers
content: FP-1974-7RR-0171
label: General
content: 74.402.10
label: Date/Time and Place of an Event Note
content: Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 5, 1974.
name: label: Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Old Ways in the New World Program 1974 Washington, D.C.
label: Artist
content: Syrja.lahti, Hannu, 1950-
label: Artist
content: Niskanen, Tuuri, b. 1899
label: Artist
content: Moraeus, Lars Olov, 1955-
label: Artist
content: Borgmastars, Jonas
label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Washington (D.C.)
label: Place
content: Scandinavia
label: Place
content: Sweden
label: Place
content: Finland
topic: label: Topic
content: Folk music -- Sweden
label: Topic
content: Folk music -- Finland
label: Topic
content: World music -- Sweden
creator: label: Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Old Ways in the New World Program 1974 Washington, D.C.
label: Artist
content: Syrja.lahti, Hannu, 1950-
label: Artist
content: Niskanen, Tuuri, b. 1899
label: Artist
content: Moraeus, Lars Olov, 1955-
label: Artist
content: Borgmastars, Jonas
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1974 Festival of American Folklife
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1974 Festival of American Folklife / Series 7: Old Ways in the New World / 7.3: Audio
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound recording
label: Extent
content: sound-tape reel (analog, 7 in.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1974 July 5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.SFF.1974, Item FP-1974-7RR-0171
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Contents
content: Finnish Music with Presenter Paula Hirsto, Field researcher Gordon Tracie - 1st song: Tune from Ostrobothnia (City in Finland), performed by three musicians. - 2nd song: A finnish "Polska". - 3rd song: Introduction of the Kântele, in English the Table Harp (the national instrument of Finland), one of the oldest string instruments. Then, a modern Karelian (from the Republic of Karelia, which influenced Finnish folk music) song is played by Hannu Syrjälahti. - 4th song: "Karelian Ballad" played in a Finnish folk style by Hannu Syrjälahti. The song tells the story of a woman who just got married but is weeping because her husband is not tender with her. - 5th song: "Finnish Polka" played by Finnish fiddler Tuuri Niskanen and Swedish fiddlers Lars Olov Moraeus and Jonas Borgmastars. Opening of the second program : Sweden - 6th song: "Ganglat fran Dalarna" (Walking Tune from Dalarna), with fiddlers playing the traditional folk instrument of sweden : The Fiddle Last Song