Swedish, Finnish Music
odd: label: General note
content: DPA number 74.402.15
label: Local Numbers
content: FP-1974-7RR-0176
label: General
content: 74.402.15
label: Date/Time and Place of an Event Note
content: Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 6, 1974.
name: label: Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Old Ways in the New World Program 1974 Washington, D.C.
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
label: Topic
content: World music -- Finland
creator: label: Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Old Ways in the New World Program 1974 Washington, D.C.
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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 6
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.SFF.1974, Item FP-1974-7RR-0176
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Contents
content: Traditional folk fiddling from Sweden - 1st song: "En vallat", reflective tune from the mountains. - 2nd song: "Polska", dance tune. - 3rd song: Ordinary march tune (100 years old). - 4th song: "Hambo-polska", played by fiddlers in the old Swedish style (Hambo is a popular Swedish dance that can take various forms). - 5th song: "Vallat fran Hälsingland", pastoral tune played on the Shepherd's Flute. - 6th song: Other "Polska", dance tune. - 7th song: "Springlek" (Running game). Ancient rhythmic tune played in i time in the western part of Dalarna, Sweden. In Norwey, the tune is called "Springar". - 8th song: "To the Mountain Farms & the Joy of Summer", walking tune (ganglat) from the last century. - Introduction to the traditional folk fiddling from Finland (but the recording ends before the songs start)