Norwegian Fiddlers - Myllarguten, Sigbj RN Bernhoft Osa, Annbj RG Lien, Olav J Rgen Hegge, Lars Osa, Arve Moen Bergset (Paperback)

Chapters: Myllarguten, Sigbj rn Bernhoft Osa, Annbj rg Lien, Olav J rgen Hegge, Lars Osa, Arve Moen Bergset. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Targjei Augundsson (1801- November 21, 1872), better known as Myllarguten (meaning the Millerboy), is arguably the most acknowledged Norwegian folk musician to this day, and by far the most legendary. Targjei was born in Sauherad, Telemark. The date of his birth is disputed (the years range from 1799 to 1801), and some say his father Augund was only registered as the father of the boy (in the local church documentation). He married Gunhild, the mother, in October 1801. Targjei was already born at the time. Usually, farmers of the Norwegian serfdom stock is not very well documented, often moving from homestead to homestead. Myllarguten's father was a country fiddler, one of many at the time, and Targjei was going for the fiddle from early age, but it is told he feared his father would beat him if he tried the instrument. So he sneaked himself to playing while his father was outside and at work at the local mill. His father's profession gave Targjei his name, the Millerboy. One day the father returned early from work and heard someone inside playing, and asked astonished who the player was. His wife, Gunhild, had to admit it was his son Targjei. From then on, Augund his father trained him, but the boy was so eager his father had to give him away to other fiddlers in the area. Amongst his teachers were the fiddlers Knut Lur s from Tinn, Jon Kjos from motsdal, Mattis Flathus from Sauherad and ystein Langedrag from B . The latter had been a soldier in the Napoleonic wars and had some experience with military music, which influenced his style, and to a degree the style of Myllarguten. The fiddler he regarded ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=7933438