Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Setesdal, 1977. Rysstad learned this tune from his uncle Hallvard S. Rysstad (1870-1937). If it sounds somewhat medieval in character, it’s because it is very old, certainly its roots are; musicologists have pointed out striking similarities between this + other «gorrlaus» tunes from Setesdal and one of the earliest known written pieces of music in Norse culture, from a 13th century Norwegian manuscript on the Orkney Islands.
hardingfele / Hardanger fiddle / norsk folkemusikk / Norwegian folk music / Norge / Norway / nordisk / Nordic / skandinavisk / Scandinavian / rammeslått
Setesdal, 1977. Rysstad learned this tune from his uncle Hallvard S. Rysstad (1870-1937). If it sounds somewhat medieval in character, it’s because it is very old, certainly its roots are; musicologists have pointed out striking similarities between this + other «gorrlaus» tunes from Setesdal and one of the earliest known written pieces of music in Norse culture, from a 13th century Norwegian manuscript on the Orkney Islands.
hardingfele / Hardanger fiddle / norsk folkemusikk / Norwegian folk music / Norge / Norway / nordisk / Nordic / skandinavisk / Scandinavian / rammeslått
