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Audio Recording Anund Roheim interview and Hardanger fiddle performances at the Library of Congress, part 1

Anund Roheim, bio, hardangar fiddle playing

About this Item

Title

  • Anund Roheim interview and Hardanger fiddle performances at the Library of Congress, part 1

Names

  • Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector)
  • Walcott, Ron (Collector)
  • Sreb, Eleanor (Collector)
  • Roheim, Anund, 1913- (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Washington, DC, September 6, 1979

Headings

  • -  Norwegian Americans
  • -  Violin makers
  • -  Fiddlers
  • -  Hardanger fiddle
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Sound recordings
  • -  United States -- District of Columbia -- Washington

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Field recordings
  • Interviews
  • Sound recordings

Notes

  • -  Index data: Part 1 of a 4-part recording session with Anund Roheim, resident of Black Eagle MT (an unincorporated town adjacent to Great Falls), born in the town of Bo (letter o with stroke) in the county of Telemark, Norway, during a visit to the Library of Congress: interview with Roheim, he plays only Norwegian tunes, in America, mostly waltzes, schottisches, hambos, and polkas; examples, the Spring Dance (springer, "running dance") in 3/4 time, gangar ("walking dance") in 2/4 or 6/8 time, the halling (originated from the valley of Hallingdal) in 2/4 or 6/8 time; Roheim now plays mostly for dances associated with the Telelaget of America, a fraternal organization of descendants of immigrants from Telemark; at or shortly before this interview, there were two or more different Telelaget organizations in the United States (Northwest and the National); Anund was president of the Northwest Telelaget for much of the period between 1950 until 1979; the organization convened meetings for people from Telemark attended by Telemark (Telelag) members from all across the U.S., the convention lasts for two days and the place changes from year to year; this year Elbow Lake MN; Roheim plays a tune followed by comment; membership in the Telelag is now on the wane, plan to combine two or three lodges, Telemark, Setesdal, and Numedal, three neighboring provinces; food at meeting banquets is Norwegian, e.g., lutefisk and lefsa; no drinking; the lodge in Montana maintains a booth at the State Fair where they serve "Viking on a stick," a kind of double meat ball of beef and pork, last year they made $9,000; the Telemark lodge is called the Northwest Telelag of America, founded in Williston ND in 1917, on founding day, 1000 people Americans from Telemark gathered; for many years the lodge was based in Minot ND; recently in Fargo ND; two years ago a group from Telemark, Norway, attended the meeting; for many years, the annual meeting was held in Oklee MN; the convention moved back to Minnesota where more Norwegians live, there had been a separate lodge in Minnesota called National Telelag which now no longer exists; most people from Telemark live in Minnesota and North Dakota; Roheim has a violin-making and repair shop where he works in the winter; in summer he travels to Norway; most American students are interested in buying Hardanger fiddles and he brings back a couple from every trip to Norway; since they are expensive and hard to get now, Roheim decided to make violins (Hardanger fiddles are sometimes referred to by older Norwegian-Americans as "violins") and he currently has 13 orders, 5 from Norway, the rest are from America.

Medium

  • 7-inch reel

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/005: AFS 20358
  • MBRS shelflist: RXA 0844
  • Field project identifier: MT9-CF-R1

Source Collection

  • Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line: Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Fleischhauer, Carl, Ron Walcott, Eleanor Sreb, and Anund Roheim. Anund Roheim interview and Hardanger fiddle performances at the Library of Congress, part 1. Washington, DC, September 6, 1979. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_afs20358/.

APA citation style:

Fleischhauer, C., Walcott, R., Sreb, E. & Roheim, A. (1979) Anund Roheim interview and Hardanger fiddle performances at the Library of Congress, part 1. Washington, DC, September 6. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_afs20358/.

MLA citation style:

Fleischhauer, Carl, et al. Anund Roheim interview and Hardanger fiddle performances at the Library of Congress, part 1. Washington, DC, September 6, 1979. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_afs20358/>.