B4. Fiddle music from Dalarna

B4. Fiddle music from Dalarna
a) Polska after Bleckå Anders (1'20) Gössa Anders Andersson, fiddle, Orsa, Dalarna
b) Evertsberg’s bridal march (2'00) (Trad. arr: Cedervall/Ståhl) Kristina Ståhl and Bengt Cedervall, fiddle, Älvdalen, Dalarna
c) Long-dance melody after Peckos Per (2'00) Nils Agenmark, fiddle, Bingsjö, Dalarna
d) Gråtlåten, polska after Peckos Per (1'58) Nils Agenmark and Dyrsmeds Olof Olsson (Pål Olle), fiddle, Bingsjö and Rättvik, Dalarna

The county of Dalarna possesses an unbroken “spelman” tradition, and many of Sweden’s best-known traditional musicians come from this county where almost every parish has its own playing style and its own musical dialect. The polskas of Orsa, with their long, often complicated melody lines, are represented on 4 a by Gössa Anders, one of the older generation of Swedish fiddlers. Two young fiddlers from Älvdalen present an unusual sound with Evertsberg’s bridal march (4 b) – they play in octave parallels with their fiddles re-tuned to e-a-d-a. Two tunes (4 c-d) were recorded at a public concert and show how Swedish folk music has during the 20th century left the dance floor and stepped up onto the stage. Nils Agenmark – listen to his decoration of the longdance melody! (4 c) – is grandson and heir to the legendary fiddler Hjort Anders of Bingsjö. Pål Olle from Rättvik is known for his improvisation of second parts (4 d).