Instrumental Advent Calendar #2: Hurdy-gurdy

Gjermund Kolltveit

Music archaeologist, ethnomusicologist, musician – Nesodden, Norway. Main research interests: sound and sound tools (e.g. jew’s harps, lyres, ringing stones, bells) in human culture and soundscapes.

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Lyre from Norum Church

August 25, 2014

This summer I have worked with instrument building. One of the projects was to build…

New article: Prehistoric sound, modern classification

August 18, 2014

What significance did various kinds of sound have for people in the distant past? How…

Cold and snow: A four-year memory

January 7, 2014

In January four years ago, a cold wave lay over Scandinavia and Europe. The newspapers…

Musikk og tradisjon ute med nytt nummer (Norwegian only)

December 17, 2013

Norwegian: Musikk og tradisjon er ute med nytt nummer. Det gis ut av Norsk folkemusikklag…

Bronze lurs revisited

December 8, 2013

The magnificent lurs of the Scandinavian Bronze Age have got a lot of attention from…