Study Group on Folk Musical Instruments – Upcoming Meeting and New Publication

The Study Group on Folk Musical Instruments will hold its next meeting on 5-8 April 2006 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Local arranger will be the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore (see www.llti.lt).

The meeting will have following topics:
1. “Classical” instruments in folk music and folk musical instruments in “classical” music
2. Folk musical instruments as symbols
3. Folk musical instruments around the Baltic Sea

A Call For Papers is available on the STG´s website: http://www.studia-instrumentorum.de

For more information, please contact Dr. Rūta Žarskienė, The Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, Antakalnio str. 6, LT-10308 Vilnius-55, Lithuania, e-mail: ruta@llti.lt

“Studia Instrumentorum Musicae Popularis” has published the proceedings of this STG since its first meeting in 1962. Volume No 15 presents the contributions to the meeting in Falun, Sweden that was held in 2002. It is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Dr Erich Stockmann, who was the chairman of the STG during 28 years. Editors are Dan Lundberg and Gunnar Ternhag.

The book, which costs SEK 150 (ca $ 22) plus shipping, is available from Svenskt visarkiv, Box 16326, SE-103 26 Stockholm, Sweden. Fax: +46-8 31 47 56. E-mail: info@visarkiv.se

The volume includes: AUSTĖ NAKIENĖ (Lithuania): Reconstruction of Historical Sounds from 1970 to 1990. Bronius Kutavičius´ Music and the Lithuanian Folklore Movement; BJØRN AKSDAL (Norway): The development of the modern Hardanger fiddle. Some reflections on the role of the fiddle maker Erik J. Helland; BO NYBERG (Sweden): Carl Fridberg and Carl Johan Malmling − Nineteenth Century Swedish Accordion Builders; GISA JÄHNICHEN (Germany): Once to Hawaii and back − The rajão on Porto Santo; IGOR CVETKO (Slovenia): On wooden horns, made from tree branches, in Slovenia; IRENA MIHOLIĆ (Slovenia): Musicians and instrument makers; KATRIN LENGWINAT (Venezuela): A folk music instrument maker in Caracas who has never made an instrument for folk music; OLA KAI LEDANG (Norway): Applied Organology or Pastime Fascination? Restoring the Viking Lur and Refining the Langleik; TAMILA DJANI-ZADE (Russia): Die organologische und ikonographische Gestalt der türkischen Lauten. Über das historische Zupfinstrument qãpãz-i ôz; RINKO FUJITA (Japan/Austria): Das Taishôgoto, das erste Tasteninstrument in Japan; RŪTA ŽARSKIENĖ (Lithuania): The Makers and Performers of Multi-Pipe Whistles in Northeastern Europe: Are They Males or Females?; TIMKEHET TEFFERA (Ethiopia/Germany): Embilta Playing in Ethiopia; GUNNAR TERNHAG (Sweden): Playing and handling bagpipes. Two Swedish cases.
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International Council for Traditional Music
Study Group on Folk Musical Instruments

15th International Meeting in Falun, Sweden
August 14-18, 2002

At the invitation of
The Swedish Committee of the ICTM
and
The Swedish Centre for Folk music
and Folk Song Research

Preliminary programme

Wednesday, August 14

Arrival

Registration at Dalarnas museum, Stigaregatan 2-4, Falun

19.00
Opening Ceremony
Informal get-together at the museum

Thursday, August 15

09.30
Brigitte Bachmann-Geiser, Bern, Switzerland
Die Folklora - eine neue Schweizer Blockflöte in B

Björn Aksdal, Norwegian Council for Traditional Music and Dance, Trondheim, Norway
The development of the modern Hardanger fiddle. Some reflections on the role of the fiddle maker Erik J. Helland

Coffee Break

11.00
Laleh Joshani, Musikwissenschaftliches Institut, Phlipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
Wechselwirkung zwischen Instrumentenbauer und Musiker: Der Tar des Yahyas (1872- iranischer berühmteste Baumeister)

Irena Miholic, Department of Music and Dance, Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, Zagreb, Croatia
Instrument makers and musicians

Lunch

15.00
Hållbus Totte Mattsson, Falun, Sweden
Old traditions creating new forms in music and instrumentation. The introduction of plucked instruments in modern Swedish folk music

Marianne Bröcker, Bamberg, Germany
When the accordion came to Paris

Piotr Dahlig, Warsaw, Poland
Accordion and fiddle, a history of small conflicts and coexistence

Coffee Break

17.00
Rinko Fujita, University of Vienna, Austria
Die Taishôgoto, das erste Tasteninstrument in Japan

Bo Nyberg, Dalarna´s museum, Falun, Sweden
Carl Fridberg and Carl Johan Malmling - two Swedish accordion makers from the 19th century

19.00
Concert

Friday, August 16

Excursion 09.00-15.00
The House of Folk music, Rättvik

16.00
Katrin Lengwinat de Briceño, Simón Bolívar Universität, Caracas,Venezuela
Ein Volksmusikinstrumentenbauer in Caracas, der nie Instrumente für die Volksmusik gemacht hat.

Geoffrey Matsiko, Mbaco Troupe, Uganda
NN

19.00
Social programme

Saturday, August 17

09.30
Tamila Djani-Zade, Glinka's State Central Museum of Music Culture, Moscow
Die organologische und ikonographische Gestalt der turkischen Lauten. Über das historische Zupfinstrument qopuz-i ozan.

Igor Cvetko, Slovene Ethnographic Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia
About branch lurs in Slovenia

Coffee Break

11.00
Ruta Žarskiene, The Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, Vilnius, Lithuania
The makers and performers of multi-pipe whistles of Northeastern Europe: Are they males or females?

Gisa Jähnichen, Berlin, Germany
Once to Hawaii and back: the rajão on Porto Santo

Dan Lundberg, The Swedish Centre for Folk music and Folk song Research, Stockholm, Sweden
NN

Lunch

15.00
Auste Nakien, The Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, Vilnius, Lithuania
Reconstruction of "historical" sounds as a part of Lithuanian cultural resistance and revival in 80ies and 90ies

Timkehet Teffera, Berlin, Germany
Embilta playing in Ethiopia

Andreas Michel, Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau, Markneukirchen, Germany
NN

Coffee Break

17.00
Irisa Priedite, Lettische Ethnographische Freilichtmuseum, Riga, Lettland
Lettische Monochord (Giga) und Schwedische Psalmodikon

Per-Ulf Allmo, Department of musicology, University of Stockholm, Sweden
The Nyckelharpa in Uppland

19.30
Conference Dinner

Sunday, August 18

Departure

Participants and interested colleagues should write to:
Gunnar Ternhag
acting professor
Sibeliusmuseum/Musicology
Åbo akademi university
Biskopsgatan 17
FIN-205 00 Turku
Finland
+358 2 215 43 38