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A Hardanger fiddle (Norwegian: hardingfele) is a traditional stringed instrument considered to be the national instrument of Norway. In modern designs, this type of fiddle is very similar to the violin, though with eight or nine strings (rather than four as on a standard violin) and thinner wood.
The Norwegian folk music series is a scientific collection of traditional Norwegian dance music, divided into two separate series, a hardanger fiddle series, and a regular fiddle series. The Hardanger fiddle series is already published (Hardingfeleverket), and the fiddle series is in production. Together, the two series are meant to represent ...
On this album the Norwegian traditional musician and Hardanger fiddle virtuoso Annbjørg Lien teams up with her husband, foot bellows organist Bjørn Ole Rasch, for a wonderful and eclectic album featuring Hardanger fiddle, harmonium and contemporary and fresh versions of traditional music.
The Hardanger violin is expected to fetch between £3,000 and £6,000 when it is sold in December (Gardiner Houlgate/PA) The Lord of the Rings soundtrack was recorded at EMI’s Abbey Road studio ...
Frontpage from brochure and price list. The Helland family from Bø in Telemark is a Norwegian dynasty of Hardanger fiddle-makers who made the most significant and important contribution to the development of the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle tradition.
Norway shares some Nordic dance music tradition with its neighbouring countries of Sweden and Denmark, where the most typical instrument is the fiddle. In Norway, the Hardanger fiddle (hardingfele), the most distinctive instrument in Norwegian folk music, looks and plays like a standard violin. It is only to be found primarily in the western ...
Along with the improvisational band Supersilent he appeared on BBC Radio 3's broadcast The Wire Sessions Live (2000), where the concert program described Økland as a "virtuoso of the traditional Hardanger fiddle with a solo set that lights up the grey area separating folk forms from free improvisation and modern composition." [1]
In 2006 she performed on Loreena McKennitt's album An Ancient Muse playing nyckelharpa, and in 2008 she played Hardanger fiddle on Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh's album Imeall. [ 1 ] Her 2008 project Waltz With Me brought together American fiddler, guitarist and singer Bruce Molsky , Swedish violist Mikael Marin and Canadian cellist Christine Hanson ...