Fiddling for Norway

Revival and Identity

By: Chris Goertzen

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Paperback | 8 December 1997 | Edition Number 1

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Fiddling for Norway is an engrossing portrait of a fiddle-based folk revival in Norway, one that in many ways parallels contemporary folk institutions and festivals throughout the world, including American fiddling. It is a detailed case study in the politics of culture, the causes and purposes of folk revivals, and the cultivation of music to define identity.

The book begins with an investigation of the people and events important to Norwegian folk fiddling, tracing the history of Norwegian folk music and the growth and diversification of the folk music revival. The narrative takes us to fiddle clubs, concerts and competitions on the local, regional, and national levels, and shows how conflicting emphases—local vs. national identity, tradition vs. aesthetic qualities—continue to transform Norwegian folk music. Goertzen utilizes a large anthology of meticulously transcribed tunes to illustrate personal and regional repertoires, aspects of performance practice, melodic gesture and form, and tune relationships. Ethnomusicologists and readers who fiddle will enjoy both the music and the stories it tells.

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List of Figures	p. ix
Preface and Acknowledgments	p. xi
Fiddlers
Introduction	p. 3
Geography, History, and Norwegian Identity	p. 3
Music in Oral Tradition in Early Norway	p. 12
Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Fiddling and Fiddlers	p. 15
Reviving Folkemusikk	p. 25
Early Folk Music Contests	p. 25
The Hardanger Fiddle, National Romanticism, and the Young National Fiddlers' Association	p. 31
Growth of the National Fiddle Contest and of Norway's Institutionalized Folk Music Milieu	p. 36
Artistry and Tradition: The History of Judging Contests	p. 46
The "Normal" Fiddle in the National Fiddlers' Association	p. 54
Fiddlers and Fiddle Clubs in the Late Twentieth Century	p. 59
Who Becomes a Fiddler?	p. 59
The Fiddle Club	p. 69
Contests and Concerts	p. 90
Local Contests	p. 90
Concerts	p. 100
The National Fiddle Contest Today	p. 103
Reconfiguring the Norwegian Folk Music World: The Gammaldans Controversy	p. 106
Beginning to Argue the Worth of Gammaldans Music	p. 107
Terms of the Debate	p. 110
Birth of the National Festival for Gammaldans Music	p. 114
Portrait of the Festival in 1991	p. 116
Fiddle Tunes
Fiddle Tunes in Folkemusikk Genres: Mode and Form	p. 125
Conventions of Transcription	p. 127
Introducing the Issues: A Sample Performance	p. 129
Mode	p. 131
Extra Resonance: Unusual Tunings and Multiple Stops Reinforcing Mode	p. 138
Form and Gesture	p. 142
Local and Regional Style, Genre, and the Individual Fiddle Tune	p. 146
Local Style: Subdivisions of Pols Territory	p. 148
Other Major Folkemusikk Genres: Halling, Gammalvals, and Bruremarsj	p. 150
The Listening Piece: Program Music, Exoticism, and Modern Needs	p. 153
The Music of Gammaldans	p. 156
The Testimony of Tune Titles	p. 163
Musical Resemblances and Relationships	p. 167
Musical Change and Cultural Forces Late in the Twentieth Century	p. 173
Judging at Contests: Tradition, Art, and Winning	p. 176
Tunes and Repertoires Today	p. 185
Folk Music and Dance Events: Proliferation, Gigantism, and Change	p. 187
The Folk Milieu, the Media, and the Norwegian Public	p. 192
"Springar etter Gamle-Lars Tomasgard": Decentralizing the Revival	p. 194
Tune Anthology	p. 201
Performance Information	p. 313
Notes	p. 325
Bibliography	p. 331
Index	p. 337
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