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The Hardanger fiddle books were published between 1958 and 1981. The editors were all traditional fiddlers who were well acquainted with the music in question. The three of them, Arne Bjørndal, Truls Ørpen and Eivind Groven, had all collected fiddle tunes in their areas, and were now asked to put their collections into print. As work ...
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 .
Robert "Bud" Larsen with a Hardanger fiddle he has made in the Gunnar Gunnarsson Helland style. Robert "Bud" Larsen (born 1942) is an American craftsman and maker of Hardanger fiddles. His making of Hardanger fiddles is a side activity. Larsen's father played violin and Hardanger fiddle.
Gunnar Gunnarsson Helland was a member of the Helland fiddle maker family of Bø, Norway. Helland worked in the traditional region of Telemark in the workshop of his father, Gunnar Olavsson Helland, until he emigrated to United States in 1901 and settled in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. He had three children: Alton, Edith, and Gilman, with his ...
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.
Loretta A. Kelley with her Norwegian Hardanger fiddle made by Hauk Buen, Norway Loretta A. Kelley, winner of class D, National Hardanger Fiddle Contest 2011 in Seljord, Telemark county, Norway. Loretta A. Kelley is an American Hardanger fiddle player. She is President of The Hardanger Fiddle Association of America, and is described by her ...
Knut Knutsson Steintjønndalen (22 November 1887 – 11 June 1969) was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark, Norway. [1] Before he died, Knut Eilevsson Steintjønndalen told his 15-year-old son Knut Knutsson to keep the tradition alive. Knut made his first Hardanger fiddle at age 15 and was paid approximately $1.50. 61 years ...
Knut Gunnarsson Helland (November 6, 1880–June 27, 1919) was a Norwegian American Hardanger fiddle maker. Biography. Knut Gunnarson Helland was from B ...