Swedish Music
odd: label: General note
content: DPA number 74.402.11
label: Local Numbers
content: FP-1974-7RR-0172
label: General
content: 74.402.11
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: Larsson, Johan, b. 1902
label: Artist
content: Sundström, Anna Viveca, 1949-
label: Artist
content: Stabi, Björn
label: Artist
content: Ramsby, Walter, 1921-
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
topic: label: Topic
content: Folk music -- Sweden
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: Larsson, Johan, b. 1902
label: Artist
content: Sundström, Anna Viveca, 1949-
label: Artist
content: Stabi, Björn
label: Artist
content: Ramsby, Walter, 1921-
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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-0172
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Contents
content: - 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.