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New publication: The Archaeology of Sound, Acoustics and Music
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
Cajsa S. Lund has been a pioneer and a central voice in the interdisciplinary field of music archaeology since the ...
Read More Samuel Hellen’s songs: Comprehensive music project finished
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
For some years I have been involved in a fascinating and rewarding music project that has resulted in ...
Read More Video interview and improvisations
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
I Novgorod, during the Slovisha festival in August my jew’s harp fellow reseacher Aksenti Beskrovny (Moscow) made an ...
Read More Impressions from the festival Slovisha in Novgorod
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
Back from Veliky Novgorod I am full of impressions after the Slovisha Musical Antiquities Festival, to which I ...
Read More Norwegian lyres!
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
Here is a glimpse into my pratical work with lyres. This winter I have worked with several instruments ...
Read More Thoughts on new Norwegian folk music in Finnish journal
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
In an article published in the Finnish journal Folk och musik I write about new directions in Norwegian folk ...
Read More «Norges lyder» is released and available
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
What did our forefathers and -mothers hear, in their places, in the countryside and in cities? What was ...
Read More The megaphone from the Kvalsund Ship presented in Barcelona
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
Earlier this month I participated in the European Association of Archaeologist’s 24th annual meeting, a huge conference with ...
Read More Conference in Austria on Music and Democracy
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
I spend a few late summer days in Austria, at the conference Participatory Approaches to Music & Democracy, organized ...
Read More Rural bells, Nes in Romerike
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
Yesterday I participated in a field recording session with the Norwegian Radio in Nes in Romerike for the radio ...
Read More Instrumental Advent Calendar #24: Lyre
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
Happy Christmas!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1iW5yXoOO4
Read More Instrumental Advent Calendar #23: Ocarina
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FWgrlylJV8
Read More Instrumental Advent Calendar #22: Violin
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K0OgGVp2Kg
Read More Instrumental Advent Calendar #21: Hulusi
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8jnwGjqh6o
Read More Instrumental Advent Calendar #20: Mouth bow
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqPZD2CdmC4
Read More Instrumental Advent Calendar #19: Mandolin
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbQquPen6W4
Read More Instrumental Advent Calendar #18: Lur
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zNVirvW9V4
Read More Instrumental Advent Calendar #17: Oktave rebec
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAiFY1ollgg
Read More Instrumental Advent Calendar #16: Bagpipe
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oUqOCFhe_k
Read More Instrumental Advent Calendar #15: Lithophone
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ko24yGGIdQ
Read More Instrumental Advent Calendar #14: One-row melodeon
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA8MmbZwL6I
Read More Instrumental Advent Calendar #13: Suona
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTUKoHNWxo
Read More Instrumental Advent Calendar #12: Hardingfele
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKEmk5eoyqA
Read More Instrumental Advent Calendar #11: Munnharpe
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3d-AHUap4M
Read More Instrumental Advent Calendar #10: Kankle
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGBkRBX0-Ag
Read More Instrumental Advent Calendar #9: Elder pipe
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDepBCfVV_E
Read More Instrumental Advent Calendar #8: Erhu
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-IPcukCdv8
Read More Instrumental Advent Calendar #7: Bone flute
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Jd-WKQNVw
Read More Instrumental Advent Calendar #6: Langeleik
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlsy-xkgLX4
Read More Instrumental Advent Calendar #5: Hichiriki
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdLIG4JSltQ
Read More Instrumental Advent Calendar #4: Melodeon
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8b7gm_y6nE
Read More Instrumental Advent Calendar #3: Willow Flute
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ceUoWrF-EU
Read More Instrumental Advent Calendar #2: Hurdy-gurdy
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQDizcUQ5mI
Read More Instrumental Advent Calendar #1: Viola
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
Today it is 1st of December, and I hereby open the first door of my instrumental Advent calendar, consisting ...
Read More Bell ringing from the other side of the fjord
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
On some quiet Sunday mornings we can hear a distant bell sound, at our place Fjellstrand, at the western ...
Read More New article in new volume of Studien zur Musikarchäologie
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
My article ‘Jew’s Harps of Bone, Wood and Metal. How to Understand Construction, Classification and Chronology’ is based ...
Read More Musikkhistorisk folkeopplysning for Anno-tilhengere: Ingen spilte lyre i Norge på 1700-tallet (Norwegian only)
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
For fans av realityprogrammet Anno på NRK kan jeg herved opplyse om følgende: Svennestykket denne uka, å lage ...
Read More Join the Växjö Symposium! The Programme and online registration is available
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
The programme for the symposium in Växjö is now available, from the conference webpage at Linnaeus University. At ...
Read More International conference in Växjö in honour of Cajsa S. Lund
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
In cooperation with Linnaeus University I have initiated an international symposium in honour of the acclaimed Swedish music ...
Read More Ringing rock meets progressve rock on Gazpacho’s new album
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
Not everything one does as a music archaeologist and contemporary Stone Age musician are hidden and out of ...
Read More Finn Coren releases his new album På jorden et sted
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
Today the musician Finn Coren releases his album På jorden et sted – Utvalgte nordiske dikt (‘Somewhere on ...
Read More Medieval keyed fiddle found in Poland
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
During last week’s meeting at ICTMs Study on Music Archaeology (Biskupin, Poland) Polish researchers presented what appears to ...
Read More ICTM Study Group Conference in Poland
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
This week the 14th symposium of ICTMs Study Group on Music Archaeology is being held in the archaeological ...
Read More Rytmeforedrag på Sommerøya (Norwegian only)
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
Lørdag kl 1600 blir jeg å høre på elektronikafestivalen Sommerøya i Oslo, med et foredrag om fortidas rytmer. ...
Read More The Lyre Bridge from Skye on “The Day of Archaeology”
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
Today is "The day of Archaeology", which originated in England. In addition to that, Great Britain celebrates the ...
Read More My article in Aftenposten Historie is out!
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
Issue No. 5 of the popular magazine Aftenposten Historie is on sale today. There you will find my ...
Read More Folkemusikk uten taktbrudd på Foss (Norwegian only)
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
I dag hadde jeg gleden av å vikariere på Foss videregående skole i Oslo, for en hyggelig gjeng ...
Read More Ny bok om hardingfeledekor (Norwegian only)
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
Boka om hardingfelas dekor, som jeg har vært med å redigere, har endelig kommet ut. Boka ble lansert ...
Read More The sound of a hutong
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
Directly from Beijing: Here is the sound of a hutong, an early Saturday evening in 2015. Hutong is ...
Read More Lecture in Tianjin
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
Yesterday I gave a lecture at the Conservatory of Music in Tianjin. I was invited by my friend ...
Read More Jew’s harps from the Bronze Age!
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
I have now travelled for some days in the Northern parts of China. In Chifeng (Inner Mongolia) we ...
Read More On the way to China
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
Today I travel to China to give a lecture at the Tianjin Conservatory of Music – and to ...
Read More New bronze lur replicas
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
The trombonists Jens Chr. Kloster and Gaute Vikdal has arranged, in collaboration with the bronze caster Peter Jensen ...
Read More A warm welcome for Jordas skjulte toner
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
The book is now out and available on the market. The response so far has been overwhelming! Thanks ...
Read More Book launch
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
My book, Jordas skjulte toner. Musikk og instrumenter fra steinalder til vikingtid ("The Earth’s Hidden Tones. Music and ...
Read More Klokkesteiner, elgkjever og Granholtsang på P2 (Norwegian only)
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
I forbindelse med boka mi, Jordas skjulte toner. Musikk og instrumenter fra steinalder til vikingtid (som blir lansert ...
Read More Lyre from Norum Church
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
This summer I have worked with instrument building. One of the projects was to build a reconstruction of ...
Read More New article: Prehistoric sound, modern classification
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
What significance did various kinds of sound have for people in the distant past? How can we approach ...
Read More Cold and snow: A four-year memory
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
In January four years ago, a cold wave lay over Scandinavia and Europe. The newspapers and media were ...
Read More Musikk og tradisjon ute med nytt nummer (Norwegian only)
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
Norwegian: Musikk og tradisjon er ute med nytt nummer. Det gis ut av Norsk folkemusikklag i samarbeid med ...
Read More Bronze lurs revisited
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
The magnificent lurs of the Scandinavian Bronze Age have got a lot of attention from archaeologists as well ...
Read More Klokkestein i årboka Hardanger (Norwegian only)
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
Norwegian: 2013-utgaven av årboka Hardanger er nå ute på markedet. Der finner du blant annet en artikkel om klokkesteinen ...
Read More Extraordinarily early music
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
What is understood as old and early music is highly relative. It may be medieval music, baroque music ...
Read More Jew’s Harps in European Archaeology
By Gjermund Kolltveit ~
The jew’s harp was one of the most popular instruments in the last millennium. Old lexical truths telling ...
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