Viktoria Ahlman
Klappvalsen
Notes from Viktoria Ahlman:
Klappvalsen, ”the clap waltz” is a more modern tune and it’s written by a great fiddler, Mats Edén from the county Värmland in Sweden. The county borders Norway, and Norway and Sweden share many of the musical and dance traditions found in the area.
Later on Patrik Rydman has written lyrics for this tune.
These days Klappvalsen is a well known tune around Sweden. It’s a good one to know when you visit festivals and stämmor here.
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Björnlåten
Notes from Viktoria Ahlman:
Björnlåten is from the village Marsvik, Vilhelmina. Vilhelmina is the northwest county in Sweden.
I talked to the woman, Siv Burman who collected this tune in the 80s and when we talked about the name of the tune, Björnlåten which means “the bear tune”, she said it’s probably got the name cause the music reminds you of a bear coming through the woods. There are definitely bear around Marsvik that could have inspired the fiddlers!