Den Medeltida Balladen – The Mediæval Ballad

Den Medeltida Balladen – The Mediæval Ballad
Ballader – Ballads
Various performers
Sveriges Radio RELP 5003 / 5006 [LPx4]

Contents:

    LP-1 (5003)
    Ballader I Rekonstruktion – Ballads in Reconstruction

    Trad., reconstruction of Ballad dance
  1. Falkvard Lagmansson
  2. Ebbe Skammelson
  3. Staffan stalledräng


  4. Harpans kraft, var. 1
  5. Harpans kraft, var. 2
  6. Frillans hämnd
  7. Holger Dansk och Burman
  8. LP-2 (5004)
    Ballader I Levande Tradition, Sveridge – Ballads in Living Tradition, Sweden

    Trad.
  9. SMB 182: Liten vallpiga
  10. SMB 195: De två konungadöttrarna
  11. SMB 153: Sven i Rosengård
  12. SMB 182 (?): Liten vallpiga
  13. SMB 154: Den lillas testamente
  14. SMB 43: Maria Magdalena
  15. SMB 32: Sorgens makt


  16. SMB 13: De två systrarna
  17. SMB 191: Skepparen och jungfrun
  18. SMB (?): Vedergällningen
  19. SMB 217 (?): Ramunder
  20. SMB 24: Den bergtagna
  21. SMB (?): Näcken förför jungfrun
  22. SMB 13: De två systrarna
  23. SMB 217: Ramunder
  24. SMB 164: Herr Peders sjöresa
  25. LP-3 (5005)
    Ballader I Levande Tradition: Svenskfinland – Ballads in Living Tradition, swedish speaking Finland (I)

    Trad.
  26. SMB 39: Staffan Stalledräng
  27. SMB 191: De två systrarna
  28. SMB 320: Näcken bortför jungfrun
  29. SMB 164 (?): Herr Peders sjöresa
  30. SMB (?): Näcken förför jungfrun
  31. SMB 181: Liten båtsman
  32. SMB (?): Vedergällningen
  33. SMB 191: Skepparen och jungfrun


  34. SMB 70 (?): Herr Karl och klosterrovet (or: ? klosterjungfrun)
  35. SMB 172 (?): Hertig Fröjdenborg och fröken Adelin
  36. SMB 173: Den bortsålda
  37. SMB 133: Kärestans död
  38. SMB 181: Liten båtsman
  39. SMB 70 (?): Herr Karl och klosterrovet (or klosterjungfrun)
  40. SMB 154: Den lillas testamente
  41. LP-4 (5006)
    Ballader I Levande Tradition: Svenskfinland – Ballads in Living Tradition, swedish speaking Finland (II)

    Trad.
  42. SMB (?): Silibrand och stolts Margareta
  43. SMB 33: Styvmodern
  44. SMB (?): Näcken förför jungfrun
  45. SMB 20: Näcken bortför jungfrun
  46. SMB 22: Harpans kraft
  47. SMB 164: Herr Peders Sjöresa
  48. SMB 39: Staffan och Herodes:
  49. SMB 217: Ramunder
  50. SMB 42: Liten Karin
  51. SMB (?): Konungabarnen


  52. SMB 43: Maria Magdalena
  53. SMB 182: Liten vallpiga, var. 1
  54. SMB 182 (?): Liten vallpiga, var. 2
  55. SMB 24: Den bergtagna
  56. SMB 133: Kärestans död
  57. SMB 48: Duvans sång på liljekvist
  58. SMB 172: Hertig Fröjdenborg och fröken Adelin
  59. SMB 181: Liten båtsman
  60. SMB (?): Skön Anna

Performers:
[1]-[7] Folkloric Ensemble of Ingesund School of Music
Nils L. Wallin, dir.
[8]-[10] Elin Lind, from Norhyttan,Grangärde, Dalarna, Sweden
[11] Signe Wildholm, from Bergsjö, Hölsingland, Sweden
[12] Ester Andersson, from Nederhögen, Röjan, Jämtland, Sweden
[13] Vendla Johansson, from Delary, Småland, Sweden
[14] Frithiof Törneberger, from Hällaryd, Blekinge, Sweden
[15]-[20] Lena Larsson, from Gullö, Ytterby, Bohuslän, Sweden
[21] Valborg Carlsson, from Åsens bruk, Dalsland, Sweden
[22] Carl Olsson, from Benestad, Alvesta, Småland, Sweden
[23] Eva Hedberg, from Dorotea, Lappland, Sweden
[24]-[27] Hilma Ingberg, from Bilnäs bruk, Pojo, Finland
[28] Elis Jonaesson, Pellinge, Finland
[29]-[30] Hilma Salonen, from Sävträsk, Liljendal, Finland
[31] Emelie Louise Malm, from Lovisa, Finland
[32]-[34] Helmi Brenner, from Helsinfors, Finland
[35] Ida Nygren, from Lappfjärd, Finland
[36] Ida Jansson, from Borgboda, Åland, Finland
[37]-[38] Mimmi Johansson, from Åbo (Pargas, Turku ?), Finland
[39]-[57] Svea Jansson, from Nötö, Parish of Nagu, Finland

Playing time: ??' ??"

Recording site and date:
[1]-[7] Ingesund, Sweden [1962 or prior]
[8]-[10] Norhyttan, Sweden [1955]
[11] ?, Sweden [1962 or prior]
[12] Studio, Östersund, Sweden [1953
[13] Studio, Växjö, Sweden [1957]
[14] Studio, Stockholm, Sweden [1953]
[15]-[20] Ytterby, Sweden [1957]
[21] Eriksbyn, Åsens bruk, Sweden [1957]
[22] Benestad, Sweden [1957]
[23] Daughter's home, Stockholm, Sweden [1957]
[24]-[27] Bilnäs, Finland [1957]
[28] ?, Finland [1962 or prior]
[29]-[30] Sävträsk, Finland [1957]
[31] Lovisa, Finland [1957]
[32]-[34] Helsinki, Finland [1957]
[35] Lappfjärd, Finland [1957]
[36] Borgboda, Finland [1958]
[37]-[38] Turku, Finland [1958]
[39]-[57] Turku [1957] & Jomala, Åland [1958];
Rel.: 1962

Reviewed in:

Excerpts
[8]-[10], [12]-[16], [19], [21]-[26], [29], [31]-[32], [34]-[38], [40], [42]-[47], [49]-[50], [52]-[56] Caprice P2 CAP 22035 [CDx2] Musica Sveciae: Folk Music in Sweden – Den medeltida balladen

Comments:
Information from LPs & CDs booklet
Excerpts from CD booklet: One major venture of this kind [production of vocal traditional swedish music] in 1962 [by Swedish Broadcasting Corporation] was "Den medeltida balladen" (The Medieval ballad) – a boxed set of four LP records complete with a book describing and analysing the ballad as a song form. That release ... atttracted well-merited attention from both Swedish and international researchers. Three out of the four LP's were based on Matts Arnberg's field recordings. The contents of these three records were as follows: Record 1 – ballads performed by traditional singers in Sweden during the 1950s, Record 2 – ballads recorded by traditional singers in Swedish region of Finland during a recording tour in 1957, Record 3 – ballads recorded by the legendary Svea Jansson of the Åland Archipelargo; .... The fourth record was a reconstruction of a ballad dance, undertaken at the Ingesund School of Music, under the direction of Nils L. Wallin.

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