The Medieval Ballad

Den medeltida balladen – The medieval ballad
Musica Sveciae: Folk Music in Sweden
Various performers
Caprice P2 CAP 22035 [CDx2]

Contents:

    CD-1
    Ballader I Levande Tradition, Sveridge – Ballads in Living Tradition, Sweden

    Trad.
  1. SMB 182: Liten vallpiga
  2. SMB 195: De två konungadöttrarna
  3. SMB 153: Sven i Rosengård
  4. SMB 154: Den lillas testamente
  5. SMB 43: Maria Magdalena
  6. SMB 252: Kattens död och begravning
  7. SMB 32: Sorgens makt
  8. SMB 13: De två systrarna
  9. SMB 191: Skepparen och jungfrun
  10. SMB 24: Den bergtagna
  11. SMB 251: Bonden och räven
  12. SMB 13: De två systrarna
  13. SMB 217: Ramunder
  14. SMB 164: Herr Peders sjöresa
  15. SMB 72: Rudegull seglar bort med sin trolovade
  16. SMB 48: Duvans sång
  17. SMB 226: Her Lager och Jon
  18. SMB 258: Leja tjänstepiga
  19. SMB 13: De två systrarna
  20. SMB 238: Käringen på havsbotten
  21. SMB 229: Mjölnarens dotter
  22. SMB 253: Tordyvelns bröllop
  23. SMB 85: Axel och Valborg
  24. SMB 154: Den lillas testamente
  25. SMB 181: Liten båtsman
  26. CD-2
    Ballader I Levande Tradition: Svenskfinland – Ballads in Living Tradition, swedish speaking Finland

    Trad.
  27. SMB 39: Staffan Stalledräng
  28. SMB 191: De två systrarna
  29. SMB 320: Näcken bortför jungfrun
  30. SMB 232: Flickor planterade kål
  31. SMB 181: Liten båtsman
  32. SMB 191: Skepparen och jungfrun
  33. SMB 70: Herr Karl och klosterjungfrun (or: ? klosterrovet)
  34. SMB 173: Den bortsålda
  35. SMB 253: Tordyvelns bröllop
  36. SMB 133: Kärestans död
  37. SMB 181: Liten båtsman
  38. SMB 70: Herr Karl och klosterjungfrun (or: ? klosterrovet)
  39. SMB 154: Den lillas testamente
  40. SMB 22: Harpans kraft
  41. SMB 13: De två systrarna
  42. SMB 14: Den förtrollade barnaföderskan
  43. SMB 33: Styvmodern
  44. SMB 20: Näcken bortför jungfrun
  45. SMB 22: Harpans kraft
  46. SMB 164: Herr Peders Sjöresa
  47. SMB 39: Staffan och Herodes:
  48. SMB 217: Ramunder
  49. SMB 42: Liten Karin
  50. SMB 43: Maria Magdalena
  51. SMB 182: Liten vallpiga
  52. SMB 24: Den bergtagna
  53. SMB 133: Kärestans död
  54. SMB 48: Duvans sång på liljekvist
  55. SMB 172: Hertig Fröjdenborg och fröken Adelin
  56. SMB 181: Liten båtsman
  57. SMB 230: Nattbesöket
  58. SMB 243: Bonden och hans hustru

Performers:
[1]-[3] Elin Lind, from Norhyttan,Grangärde, Dalarna, Sweden
[4] Ester Andersson, from Nederhögen, Röjan, Jämtland, Sweden
[5]-[6] Vendla Johansson, from Delary, Småland, Sweden
[7] Frithiof Törneberger, from Hällaryd, Blekinge, Sweden
[8]-[11] Lena Larsson, from Gullö, Ytterby, Bohuslän, Sweden
[12] Valborg Carlsson, from Åsens bruk, Dalsland, Sweden
[13] Carl Olsson, from Benestad, Alvesta, Småland, Sweden
[14] Eva Hedberg, from Dorotea, Lappland, Sweden
[15]-[18] Allida Grönlund, from Vilhelmina, Lappland, Sweden
[19]-[20] Ulrika Lindholm, from Frostviken, Jämtland, Sweden
[21] Rut Brandt, from &Auuml;ppelbo, Dalarna, Sweden
[22] Valborg & Hildur Torstensson, from Åsens bruk, Dalsland, Sweden
[23] Sinon Martinsson, from Svineviken, Orust, Bohuslän, Sweden
[24] Tekla Bodin, from Ytterby, Bohuslän, Seden
[25] Gustaf Törnfeldt, from Söderköping, Ötergötland, Sweden
[26]-[29] Hilma Ingberg, from Bilnäs bruk, Pojo, Finland
[30] Hilma Salonen, from Sävträsk, Liljendal, Finland
[31] Emelie Louise Malm, from Lovisa, Finland
[32]-[33] Helmi Brenner, from Helsinfors, Finland
[34] Ola Brenner, from Åbo, Finland
[35] Ida Nygren, from Lappfjärd, Finland
[36] Ida Jansson, from Borgboda, Åland, Finland
[37]-[38] Mimmi Johansson, from Åbo (Pargas, Turku ?), Finland
[39]-[40] Ester Sjöberg, from Nötö, Parrish of Nagu, Finland
[41]-[57] Svea Jansson, from Nötö, Parish of Nagu, Finland

Playing time: 74' 09" + 76' 11" = 2h 30' 20"

Recording site and date:
[1]-[3] Norhyttan, Sweden [1955]
[4] Studio, Östersund, Sweden [1953]
[5]-[6] Studio, Växjö, Sweden [1957]
[7] Studio, Stockholm, Sweden [1953]
[8]-[11] Ytterby, Sweden [1957]
[12] Eriksbyn, Åsens bruk, Sweden [1957]
[13] Benestad, Sweden [1957]
[14] Daughter's home, Stockholm, Sweden [1957]
[15]-[18] Baksjöbäcken, Vilhelmina, Sweden [1962]
[19]-[20] Studio, Stockholm, Sweden [1958/1960]
[21] Äppelbo, Sweden [1968]
[22] Karlstad, Sweden [1959]
[23] Svineviken, Sweden [1942]
[24] Ytterby, Sweden [1960]
[25] Söderköping, Sweden [1960]
[26]-[29] Billnäs, Finland [1957]
[30] Sävträsk, Finland [1957]
[31] Lovisa, Finland [1957]
[32]-[33] Helsingfors, Finland [1957]
[34] Åbo, Finland [1957]
[35] Lappfjärd, Finland [1957]
[36] Borgboda, Finland [1958]
[37]-[38] Åbo (or Turku), Finland [1958]
[39]-[40] Stockholm, Sweden [1961]
[41]-[57] Turku [1957] & Jomala, Åland [1958];
Rel.: 1995

Reviewed in:

Excerpts
[1]-[5], [7]-[10], [12]-[14], [26]-[28], [30]-[33], [35]-[38], [42]-[55] Sveriges Radio RELP 5003 / 5006 [LPx4] Den Medeltida Balladen – The Mediæval Ballad

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 [not included] 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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Pierre-F. Roberge