Library and Information Services, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Friday 19 October 2012

A 19th century Swedish fiddle music collector

Collecting Tunes in 19th Century Sweden


The Whittaker Library at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has just been given an unusual gift: a book and CD about a 19th century Swedish folk music collector.
 
So if you're curious about Abraham fran Godegard, aka Abraham Hagholm (1811-1890) and his tune-collecting exploits, you know where to look for the book.
 
For those of us not fluent in Swedish - the book has an English summary, and the CD will speak for itself!
 
Peter Berry, the book's author, is Librarian at the Music Conservatoire attached to Lunds Universitet in Malmo, Sweden.
 
Details of both items here.

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