The fiddle traditions The violin comes to Norway It is believed that ...
The fiddle traditions The violin comes to Norway It is believed that ...
The fiddle traditions The violin comes to Norway It is believed that ...
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<strong>The</strong> girls take overWhilst <strong>fiddle</strong> players earlier, as a rule, were men (as the names show), at the endof the 1900s th<strong>is</strong> picture underwent a change. Today, there are more and morefemale <strong>fiddle</strong> players asserting themselves.But female <strong>fiddle</strong>rs had also earlier brought attention <strong>to</strong> themselves, one of thembeing Kr<strong>is</strong>tiane Lund from Telemark. Born in 1889, she was already a “recordedart<strong>is</strong>t” by 1919. <strong>The</strong> Hardanger <strong>fiddle</strong> <strong>that</strong> <strong>fiddle</strong> player Annbjørg Lien uses mostfrequently <strong>to</strong>day <strong>is</strong> the <strong>fiddle</strong> Kr<strong>is</strong>tiane Lund used in her childhood.Girls and young women dominate the picture, not only where kveding, langeleikand fløytespill are concerned, but also <strong>fiddle</strong> and Hardanger <strong>fiddle</strong>.Kr<strong>is</strong>tiane Lund from Bø in Telemark was one of the great female <strong>fiddle</strong> players inthe 1900s.Kr<strong>is</strong>tiane Lund, TelemarkÅse Teigland, Utne in HardangerCD 2 – 4 Åse Teigland, Hardanger <strong>fiddle</strong>: Spelar-Guro, gangar etter OlaHåstabø / Knut Hamre (Hardanger)