Folkmusik
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Inbunden, Svenska, 2026
276 kr
Vaggvisan är en uråldrig visgenre, troligen en av våra äldsta. I boken ger författaren, som är en av vårt lands främsta visforskare, en bred introduktion till ämnet. Orden »Sov mitt lilla hjärta« är lånade ur en vaggvisa som sjöngs för över 250 år sedan.
Häftad, Svenska, 2019
259 kr
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Utgiven av Svenskt visarkiv. Åren kring sekelskiftet 1900 reste studenten Einar Övergaard genom Sverige för att dokumentera folkmusik. Under sina resor i bland annat Dalsland, Värmland, Dalarna, Hälsingland, Medelpad och Norge samlade han in 840 låtar och visor. Denna digra samling gavs ut 1982 av Dialekt- och folkminnesarkivet i Uppsala och med Svenskt visarkiv, kommenterad av Märta Ramsten.
Del 171 - Acta academiae regiae Gustavi Adolphi
Sången i skogen : studier i den svenska fäbodmusiken
Kartonnage, Svenska, 2026
368 kr
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Fäboddrift är en form av boskapsskötsel som är speciell för Skandinavien. I fjällregionerna har människan i flera hundra år utnyttjat skog och mark utanför gårdens ägor som betesmark för djuren. En speciell herdekultur har utvecklats, i vilken kvinnorna under sommarhalvåret flyttade till fäboden/sätern med uppgift att sköta djuren, valla dem och även ta hand om mjölken och framställa smör och ost för gårdens vinterbehov. Arbetet krävde också att djuren hölls samman vid vallningen medelst lockrop och att rovdjur (björn och varg) hölls på avstånd med signaler på horn och lur. Speciella musikaliska traditioner har utformats i samband med dessa rop och signaler. Det är denna ”fäbodmusik” som behandlas i föreliggande skrift, i första hand de vokala lockropen som i modern klädsel fått beteckningen ”kulning”. Musikforskaren och sedermera professorn i musikvetenskap, Anna Ivarsdotter (1938–2024), ägnade en stor del av sin forskning åt just fäboddriftens musiktraditioner, dels i sin magisteruppsats från 1972, Svenska locklåtar i nutidstradition (utgående från fältinspelningar), dels i doktorsavhandlingen Sången i skogen 1986. Avhandlingen kom dock inte att publiceras, då hennes avsikt var att komplettera studien med fler kapitel, bland annat om lockropens omvandling i samtiden. Långvarig ohälsa medförde att hennes planer måste skrinläggas. Den forskning som Anna Ivarsdotter hann bedriva står sig likväl som ett grundläggande och uppslagsrikt arbete, en given utgångspunkt för såväl vidare forskning som nya former av utövande. Det är mot denna bakgrund som Svenskt visarkiv och Kungl. Gustav Adolfs Akademien för svensk folkkultur publicerar hennes avhandling och magisteruppsats i denna samlingsutgåva med kommentar av musiketnologen Märta Ramsten.
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
298 kr
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In 2016 it was announced that Bob Dylan had sold his personal archive to the George Kaiser Foundation in Tulsa, Oklahoma, reportedly for $22 million. As the boxes started to arrive, the Foundation asked Clinton Heylin - author of the acclaimed Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades and 'perhaps the world's authority on all things Dylan' (Rolling Stone) - to assess the material they had been given. What he found in Tulsa - as well as what he gleaned from other papers he had recently been given access to by Sony and the Dylan office - so changed his understanding of the artist, especially of his creative process, that he became convinced that a whole new biography was needed. It turns out that much of what previous biographers - Dylan himself included - have said is wrong; often as not, a case of, Print the Legend.This is the second instalment of the definitive biography (following A Restless Hungry Feeling) of one contemporary culture's most iconic and mysterious figures - musical revolutionary, Nobel Prize-winner, chart-topping recording artist.Clinton Heylin's meticulously researched, all-encompassing and consistently revelatory account of these fascinating early years is the closest we will ever get to a definitive life of an artist who has been the lodestar of popular culture for six decades.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
311 kr
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The authorized biography of singer-songwriter Justin Townes EarleWhen Justin Townes Earle died in 2020 at the age of 38 of an overdose, alone in a sparsely furnished apartment in Nashville, his death sent waves of grief through the country-Americana music community. The son of alt-country hellraiser Steve Earle, partially named after the Texas troubadour and patron saint of substance-fueled despair Townes Van Zandt, he had long struggled with mental illness and various addictions. Some weren't shocked at his passing, but everyone had hoped Justin could beat his demons. There had been encouraging periods of long-term sobriety and active recovery in his adult life, including the years that led up to his career peak when he released the 2010 masterpiece Harlem River Blues, a career-making album of rambling folk blues set to Southern Gospel. He sang of cramped Brooklyn apartments and crippling hangovers, about emotional displacement, economic anxiety, and the wandering that characterized his feral, formative years as a rootless kid rambling around Nashville, developing his own unique guitar style and absorbing the musical influences that surrounded him. He appeared on Letterman, was named one of the 25 "most stylish men in the world" by GQ, and was anointed by critics as the next coming of the authentic troubadour. By the time of his death, he'd recorded and released eight albums, creating a striking and original body of work.Rolling Stone journalist Jonathan Bernstein, with the full cooperation of the Justin Townes Earle estate, unravels in these pages a short but incredibly creative life, and reveals the backstories behind Justin's greatest songs ("Mama's Eyes," "White Gardenias") and what happened when it all fell apart while also capturing a shadow world of the neglected children of Nashville legends who wrestle with the legacies of their hard-living, road-weary, often absent parents. Justin's journey to near-stardom is a harrowing story shot through with moments of clarity and promise, including his marriage to his wife Jenn Marie Earle and the birth of their daughter. But what Earle called "the myth"- the idea that one must suffer for one's art - proved to be too powerful. This heartbreaking, deeply researched tale is an exemplary music biography.
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
261 kr
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Time Must-Read Books of 2024Independent Best Non-Fiction Books 2024Mojo Books of the Year 2024"A vibrant, multifaceted portrait of a music enigma" Guardian"A powerful portrait" Irish Independent"Displays a bracing rigour and an exhilarating curiosity about its subject, coming closer than most to catching up with Mitchell on her lonely road" Times Celebrated music critic Ann Powers explores the life and career of the legendary Joni Mitchell. What you are about to read is not a standard account of the life and work of Joni Mitchell. Instead, it’s a tale of long journeying through a life that changed popular music: of a homesick wanderer forging ahead on routes of her invention, and of me on her trail, heading toward the ringing of her voice. One of the most celebrated artists of her generation, Joni Mitchell has inspired countless musicians and writers, while never stopping still herself.In Travelling, celebrated music critic Ann Powers seeks to understand the paradox of Mitchell – at once both elusive and inviting – through her myriad journeys. Drawing on extensive interviews with Mitchell’s peers and deep archival research, Powers takes readers to rural Canada, charts the course of Mitchell’s musical evolution, follows the winding road of Mitchell’s collaborations with other greats and explores the loves that fed her songwriting.Kaleidoscopic in scope and intimate in detail, Travelling is a fresh and fascinating addition to the Joni Mitchell corpus – and one that questions whether an artist can ever truly be known to their fans.
Häftad, Engelska, 2021
249 kr
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Häftad, Svenska, 2019
158 kr
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Utgiven av Svenskt visarkiv. Svenska låtar är en samlingsutgåva av svensk folkmusik i 24 band. Verket är resultatet av ett insamlingsarbete 1908-1940 initierat av Nils Andersson med målsättningen att skapa ett standardverk för svensk folkmusik. Utgåvan är uppdelad efter landskap och utgår ifrån de enskilda spelmännens repertoarer.
I den här boken finns låtar från Jämtland och Härjedalen.
Häftad, Svenska, 2019
158 kr
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Utgiven av Svenskt visarkiv. Svenska låtar är en samlingsutgåva av svensk folkmusik i 24 band. Verket är resultatet av ett insamlingsarbete 1908-1940 initierat av Nils Andersson med målsättningen att skapa ett standardverk för svensk folkmusik. Utgåvan är uppdelad efter landskap och utgår ifrån de enskilda spelmännens repertoarer.
I den här boken finns låtar från Jämtland och Härjedalen.
Del 6 - ERIS gems
On the Fragility of Life
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
102 kr
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Häftad, Svenska, 2019
158 kr
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Utgiven av Svenskt visarkiv. Svenska låtar är en samlingsutgåva av svensk folkmusik i 24 band. Verket är resultatet av ett insamlingsarbete 1908-1940 initierat av Nils Andersson med målsättningen att skapa ett standardverk för svensk folkmusik. Utgåvan är uppdelad efter landskap och utgår ifrån de enskilda spelmännens repertoarer.
I den här boken finns låtar från Dalarna.
Häftad, Svenska, 2019
162 kr
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Utgiven av Svenskt visarkiv. Svenska låtar är en samlingsutgåva av svensk folkmusik i 24 band. Verket är resultatet av ett insamlingsarbete 1908-1940 initierat av Nils Andersson med målsättningen att skapa ett standardverk för svensk folkmusik. Utgåvan är uppdelad efter landskap och utgår ifrån de enskilda spelmännens repertoarer.
I den här boken finns låtar från Dalarna.
Häftad, Svenska, 2019
158 kr
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Utgiven av Svenskt visarkiv. Svenska låtar är en samlingsutgåva av svensk folkmusik i 24 band. Verket är resultatet av ett insamlingsarbete 1908-1940 initierat av Nils Andersson med målsättningen att skapa ett standardverk för svensk folkmusik. Utgåvan är uppdelad efter landskap och utgår ifrån de enskilda spelmännens repertoarer.
I den här boken finns låtar från Dalarna.
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
208 kr
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Erin Osmon presents a detailed, human account of the Rust Belt–born musician Jason Molina—a visionary, prolific, and at times cantankerous singer-songwriter with an autodidactic style that captivated his devoted fans. The songwriting giant behind the bands Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. had a knack for spinning tales, from the many personal myths he cultivated throughout his life to the poems and ballads he penned and performed. As with too many great musicians, Molina’s complicated relationship with the truth, combined with a secretive relationship with the bottle, ultimately claimed his life.With a new foreword from singer-songwriter Will Johnson, Jason Molina: Riding with the Ghost details Molina’s personal trials and triumphs and reveals for the first time the true story of Molina’s last months and works, including an unpublished album unknown to many of his fans. Offering unfettered access to the mind and artistry of Molina through exclusive interviews with family, friends, and collaborators, the book also explores the Midwest music underground and the development of Bloomington, Indiana–based label Secretly Canadian.As the first authorized and detailed account of this prolific songwriter and self-mythologizer, Jason Molina provides readers with unparalleled insight into Molina’s tormented life and the fascinating Midwest musical underground that birthed him. It’s a story for the ages that speaks volumes to the triumphs and trials of the artistic spirit while exploring the meaningful music that Molina’s creative genius left behind.
Del 3 - Nyckelharpans historia
När nyckelharpan får förtälja
Inbunden, Svenska, 2023
388 kr
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Här redovisas hur den svenska, läs uppländska, nyckelharpan har förekommit och spelats alltifrån tillkomsten på 1630-talet fram till ca 1800-talets mitt. Del I i denna serie om nyckelharpans historia avhandlar när och hur den kom att skapas.
Tyska, 2015
220 kr
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- Nyhet
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
239 kr
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Buzz Busby's move to Washington, D.C., in 1951 helped launch bluegrass in the nation's capital while the intensity of his mandolin playing drew raves for its unrelenting pace and innovative style. His high lonesome singing rivaled that of Bill Monroe. Kip Lornell and Tom Mindte draw on interviews and some fifty hours of Busby speaking about his life to tell the story of a largely forgotten bluegrass virtuoso.Busby and his band the Bayou Boys stood front and center on a mid-1950s D.C.-area TV show that, though short-lived, catalyzed the formation of the city's bluegrass community. Time with the Louisiana Hayride and classic if little-heard bluegrass sides like "Lonesome Wind" seemed to promise a bright future. But a devastating car wreck and a host of legal and personal troubles triggered a long decline into drug and alcohol abuse that undermined Busby's career and led him to sum up, "I started at the top and diligently worked my way to the bottom."Entertaining and vivid, Buzz Busby tells the story of a musician's musician and his hardscrabble life in bluegrass.
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
344 kr
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For almost five decades, the band known as Riders in the Sky (“America’s Favorite Cowboys”) has entertained and delighted audiences in Nashville and throughout the United States with their mixture of quirky sendups of the silver-screen Western and their “faultless, evocative instrumentation, perfect harmony, fantasy, and humor.” Remarkably, the original Riders—Ranger Doug Green (“The Idol of American Youth”), “Too Slim” (or alternately, “Side Meat”), Fred Labour, and Woody Paul Chrisman (“The King of Cowboy Fiddlers”)—have continued to perform together since their first gig on a cold, rainy night in November 1978. Occasionally described as “the most educated band in country music” because of Woody Paul’s PhD in plasma physics from MIT, Doug’s MA in literature from Vanderbilt, and Too Slim’s degree in environmental studies from the University of Michigan, the group has been a popular fixture at the Grand Ole Opry since 1982. Master accordionist Joey Miskulin, a “road scholar” since age 13, joined the band during its second decade and was with them when they won Grammy awards for their work with Disney-Pixar for the albums that accompanied Toy Story 2 and Monsters, Inc. Their appeal to multigenerational audiences continues unabated. Riders in the Sky: Romancing the West with Music and Humor will entertain and inform both the group’s legions of dedicated fans and aficionados of country and western music.
- Nyhet
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
388 kr
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This is the story of a folk rock band called Scafell Pike, The Stockholmbased group, which formed in 1972, originally consisted of three young Englishmen and one Swede. The story begins with the arrival of keyboard player David Hynes at Stockholm Central in the bitter cold of a February evening in 1964, armed with nothing but a suitcase and an oboe. He relates the band’s trajectory from rehearsals in a pub cellar, to cramped stages in bars and clubs, through recording studios to bigger venues and concert tours and to Poland to play and win at the Eastern Bloc’s equivalent of the Eurovision Song Contest. But this was not always a smooth ride. From dizzy heights the band also experienced dismal depths, not least a catastrophic appearance at the Cambridge Folk Festival in 1976. Four young men with music, ambition and no clear plan. What follows is not the familiar story of instant success, but something slower, stranger and more real. From the pubs of Stockholm’s Old Town to the folk parks and festival stages, Scafell Pike built their reputation the hard way: one venue and audience at a time. Their sound, an unlikely blend of English folkmusic and Swedish classics, found an audience where none previously existed. For a few years in the 1970s, they were one of the most distinctive live acts in Sweden. But bands are fragile things. Behind the success lies a world of late-night drives, cash-in-hand deals, shifting management, conflicting ambitions and the slow erosion of certainty. As the music industry changes and new opportunities appear, the band begins to lose its sense of direction. What once held them together, chemistry, instinct and a shared purpose, gradually gives way to doubt, compromise and drift. Told through the voices of those who were there with previously unpublished photographs, this is not a conventional rock biography. It is a portrait of the life of a band as it was actually lived: messy, episodic, often funny, sometimes tragic, and always human. Blending sharp British humour with Scandinavian melancholy, this is more than a rock biography. It is an evocative portrait of a vanished world, of the Scandinavian light, and the enduring power of songs that, for whatever reason, made perfect sense at the time.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2017
2 479 kr
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Popular music has come to play a significant role in the political and cultural history of the Nordic countries. Research on the region's culture has largely followed national narratives created by political and economic institutions, even as cultural life in the region--which spans a large area of northern Europe and the North Atlantic--displays more complex geographies and evolving global dynamics. As the first of its kind, The Oxford Handbook of Popular Music in the Nordic Countries offers a series of exemplary studies of music in these transnational dynamics in the specific context of the region's cultures and natural environments, written by the foremost experts in the field. Chapters highlight and challenge music's place in exotic images of the North and in transnational environmentalism, tourism, racism, and media industries. The Handbook illustrates how transnational dynamics evolve and shape musical life and the institutional spheres of policy, education, and research.
Häftad, Engelska, 2021
281 kr
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From cradle to great, the comprehensive real story of Bill Monroe The Father of Bluegrass Music, Bill Monroe was a major star of the Grand Ole Opry for over fifty years; a member of the Country Music, Songwriters, and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame; and a legendary figure in American music. This authoritative biography sets out to examine his life in careful detail--to move beyond hearsay and sensationalism to explain how and why he accomplished so much. Former Blue Grass Boy and longtime music journalist Tom Ewing draws on hundreds of interviews, his personal relationship with Monroe, and an immense personal archive of materials to separate the truth from longstanding myth. Ewing tells the story of the Monroe family's musical household and Bill's early career in the Monroe Brothers duo. He brings to life Monroe's 1940s heyday with the Classic Bluegrass Band, the renewed fervor for his music sparked by the folk revival of the 1960s, and his declining fortunes in the years that followed. Throughout, Ewing deftly captures Monroe's relationships and the personalities of an ever-shifting roster of band members while shedding light on his business dealings and his pioneering work with Bean Blossom and other music festivals. Filled with a wealth of previously unknown details, Bill Monroe offers even the most devoted fan a deeper understanding of Monroe's towering achievements and timeless music.
Gift dig aldrig med en spelman : röster om folkmusik i Dalarna, från Isakes Kisti till Päkkos Gustaf
Inbunden, Svenska, 2023
219 kr
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Häftad, Svenska, 2019
138 kr
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Utgiven av Svenskt visarkiv. Denna notbok innehåller 20 låtar som nedtecknats efter flöjtspelmannen Olof Jönsson från Härjedalen. Repertoaren spänner över flera genrer såsom skillingtrycksvisor, danslåtar och andliga sånger. Låtboken är utgiven av spelmannen Emma Grut och Svenskt visarkiv och förutom låtar kan man ta del av historik kring spelpipan i text och bild.
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
189 kr
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The Nashville we know today is a glitzy big business characterized by entertainment lawyers, social media strategies, and buff, shiny entertainers writing about pick-up trucks, tractors, and dirt roads in air-conditioned, corporate offices. But, back before the coats of glamour and media spotlights, Nashville was a very different place. “The Storyteller’s Nashville” is about a fabled town that once was, but no longer exists. The Nashville that Tom T. Hall wrote about -- the “hairy-legged town” where hungry, broke musicians searched for their next meal, pill-popping pickers scammed their next hit, and writers found art in moments of quiet, solitary desperation - is the true foundation upon which today’s modern Music City rests. “The Storyteller’s Nashville” is also about a man whose songs irrevocably altered the history of that same town as well as the music for which it remains best known. And, while “The Storyteller’s Nashville” is no longer an up-to-date picture of Music City, it is a valuable window into the nature of the art and creation during its formative days. In the early 1980s, someone asked Johnny Cash what Nashville was really like. Cash said, “Just read The Storyteller’s Nashville by Tom T. Hall. Everything you need to know is in there.”Tom T. Hall is a Country Music Hall of Famer for many reasons, including the hit songs he wrote, his three decades as a popular entertainer, and the fact that he and a wild-eyed pack of youngsters that included Kris Kristofferson, Roger Miller, Mickey Newbury and John Hartford elevated the language of country music from simple tales into something akin to literature. The wondrous George Jones called Hall “By far the all-time greatest songwriter/storyteller that country music has ever had.” Initially published in 1979, this revised and expanded edition of The Storyteller’s Nashville includes Tom T. Hall’s thoughts on the years after 1979: he shares his deep friendship with Jimmy Carter; brings us Johnny Cash’s thoughts on humility; and reflects on the challenging confluences of celebrity, art and the most dangerous addiction known to musicians: applause.“The Storyteller’s Nashville” is illuminating and hilarious, ribald and touching and, above all, entertaining. It’s Tom T.’s greatest song and it’s now longer. And even better.
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
353 kr
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Häftad, Svenska, 2017
248 kr
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Jörgen Dicanders samling Folkliga koraler från Dalarna har sedan utgivningen i två delar på 1970-talet varit en inspirerande källa för sångare, tonsättare, arrangörer och musikforskare. Nu har de två delarna slagits samman till en, försetts med nya förord av Gunnar Ternhag och Ingrid Åkesson och tillgängliggörs därmed för en ny generation intresserade.
Ur Gunnar Ternhags förord till nyutgåvan av Folkliga koraler från Dalarna:
Folkliga koraler från Dalarna 12 utgavs 1975 respektive 1979. Det skedde under ett 1970-tal som såg en stark ökning av intresset för folkmusik i ett klimat där folkmusiken uppfattades på ett nytt sätt och dessutom framfördes i tidigare aldrig hörda former ()
Med ett växande intresse för folkliga koraler och med några som aktivt letade efter sådana melodier publicerades samlingarna Folkliga koraler från Dalarna 12. Tanken var att i samlad form servera ett intressant och direkt användbart melodimaterial för sångare, tonsättare och forskare. Formellt stod Dalarnas fornminnes och hembygdsförbund som utgivare, i praktiken låg Dalarnas museum i Falun, min dåvarande arbetsplats, bakom utgåvorna. Det hela började för min del med en frank förfrågan från Jörgen Dicander, då komminister i Stora Tuna församling. Med sitt stora musikintresse och utgående från sin verksamhet i kyrkan hade han på egen hand inventerat tryck och arkiv efter uppteckningar av folkliga koraler från Dalarna. () Den samling som kom ut 1975 skulle enligt sammanställaren vara heltäckande, det vill säga innehålla alla kända folkliga koraler från landskapet. Det var bland annat den omständigheten som gjorde intryck på den blivande musikforskaren. Men det visade sig finnas fler melodier. Jörgen Dicander fortsatte sitt letande, utgåvan skapade dessutom en uppmärksamhet som fick andra att visa upp sina ägandes uppteckningar. Fyra år senare kunde vi tillsammans föra del två till trycket. Därmed fanns 197 folkliga koraler från Dalarna enkelt tillgängliga. Det är dessa båda utgåvor som här återutges i en sammanslagen volym.
Häftad, Svenska, 2026
398 kr
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From Olle, Lif Ante, Hultkläppen, Snickar Erik, Rimsen… ja listan över beryktade spelmän i äldre tider i Hälsingland är lång och det kan vara svårt att placera in alla dessa namn i tid och rum, inte minst som många av profilerna är kända under flera epitet. Anders Henriksson, hälsingespelman med rötterna i Järvsö, ger här en bred överblick över spelmän verksamma i Hälsingland från mitten av 1700-talet till slutet av 1800-talet. Ikonerna sätts in i ett bredare sammanhang och vi möter också många mindre kända spelmän som bidragit till att förvalta och utveckla landskapets spelmanstraditioner. Boken är uppbyggd som ett spelmanslexikon och omfattar 398 personer födda under åren 1730–1860 och verksamma i olika delar av Hälsingland.Boken inleds med översikter i tabellform, där spelmännen inordnats sockenvis och kronologiskt. Översikterna följs av en förteckning. För varje person ges kortfattad biografisk information, kompletterad med kortfattade uppgifter om släktband till andra spelmän och personens verksamhet som spelman, ifall sådana föreligger.Sammanställningen bygger på en genomgång av ett stort antal skriftliga källor samt redovisningar av muntliga uppgifter, däribland anteckningar från intervjuer med spelmän och bygdeforskare från 1950-talet och framåt och folkminnesuppteckningar insända till Nordiska muséet och Uppsala landsmålsarkiv. Biografisk information har främst hämtats ur relevanta kyrkoarkiv.Boken gavs ut i en första utgåva 2021. Denna nya utgåva har utvidgats till att omfatta ytterligare 15 spelmän från följande socknar: Alfta, Bergsjö, Bollnäs, Delsbo, Enånger, Forsa, Färila, Hanebo, Norrbo, Rengsjö och Skog.
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
134 kr
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'Leonard Cohen taught us that even in the midst of darkness there is light, in the midst of hatred there is love, with our dying breath we can still sing Hallelujah.' - The late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks'Among the finest volumes on Cohen’s life and lyrics ... An exploration which would have intrigued and engaged Leonard himself.' - John McKenna, writer and friend of Leonard CohenHarry Freedman uncovers the spiritual traditions that lie behind Leonard Cohen's profound and unmistakable lyrics.The singer and poet Leonard Cohen was deeply learned in Judaism and Christianity, the spiritual traditions that underpinned his self-identity and the way he made sense of the world. In this book Harry Freedman, a leading author of cultural and religious history, explores the mystical and spiritual sources Cohen drew upon, discusses their original context and the stories and ideas behind them.Cohen’s music is studded with allusions to Jewish and Christian tradition, to stories and ideas drawn from the Bible, Talmud and Kabbalah. From his 1967 classic ‘Suzanne’, through masterpieces like ‘Hallelujah’ and ‘Who by Fire’, to his final challenge to the divinity, ‘You Want It Darker’ he drew on spirituality for inspiration and as a tool to create understanding, clarity and beauty.Born into a prominent and scholarly Jewish family in Montreal, Canada, Cohen originally aspired to become a poet, before turning to song writing and eventually recording his own compositions. Later, he became immersed in Zen Buddhism, moving in 1990 to a Zen monastery on Mount Baldy, California where he remained for some years. He died, with immaculate timing, on the day before Donald Trump was elected in 2016, leaving behind him a legacy that will be felt for generations to come.Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius looks deeply into the imagination of one of the greatest singers and lyricists of our time, providing a window on the landscape of his soul. Departing from traditional biographical approaches, Freedman explores song by song how Cohen reworked myths and prayers, legends and allegories with an index of songs at the end of the book for readers to search by their favourites.By the end the reader will be left with a powerful understanding of Cohen’s story, together with a far broader insight into the mystical origins of his inimitable work.
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
259 kr
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Häftad, Svenska, 2019
158 kr
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Utgiven av Svenskt visarkiv. Svenska låtar är en samlingsutgåva av svensk folkmusik i 24 band. Verket är resultatet av ett insamlingsarbete 1908-1940 initierat av Nils Andersson med målsättningen att skapa ett standardverk för svensk folkmusik. Utgåvan är uppdelad efter landskap och utgår ifrån de enskilda spelmännens repertoarer.
I den här boken finns låtar från Uppland.