Film, Video Conversation with Kardemimmit: Songs and Kantele from Finland
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Title
- Conversation with Kardemimmit: Songs and Kantele from Finland
Summary
- Kardemimmit is a quartet consisting of Maija Pokela, Jutta Rahmel, Anna Wegelius, and Leeni Wegelius, four women who sing and play kantele. The kantele is a zither or plucked psaltery which is the national instrument of Finland, and comes in several sizes. They mostly play 15-stringed and 38-stringed versions of the instrument. Their singing has a strong foundation in Finnish, Eastern European, and Scandinavian traditions.
Names
- Library of Congress
- American Folklife Center, sponsoring body
Created / Published
- Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2021-11-22.
Notes
- - Group name: Homegrown from Home. 70
- - Classification: Music and Books on Music.
- - Stephen Winick, Leeni Wegelius, Anna Wegelius.
- - Recorded on 2021-11-22.
Medium
- 1 online resource
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- 2024697805
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- video
- image
- online text