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Norwegian Jew's Harp Forum Norsk Munnharpeforum (NMF) NMF was founded in 1998 and we now have more than
100 members. NMF wants to fuel the interest in the Jew's Harp in Norway by
teaching playing technique and supplying knowledge about our traditions, both
on how the instruments are made and on music made for Jew's Harp. We find it
important to maintain contact with societies in other countries and the
international interest has become so huge that it has become an important
task for us to publish this web site. Comments and suggestions on how to
improve it are welcome. The Board of Norsk Munnharpeforum:
Membership: Please contact Sigbjørn Solbakken, Øvre Hago 5, 3570
Ål, Norway E-mail:
si-solb<at>frisurf.no (Spam filter; replace <at> with @.)
Member's
newsletter "Munnharpa": -
articles on well-known Jew's Harp players, smiths
and on Jew's Harp traditions in Norway, -
information about our festivals, -
national and international news, -
CD productions and other special events, -
letters from interested readers.
Honorary members:
Leif Løchen was appointed honoyrary membership
for his strong engagement for folk music and for his work on collecting
information about, and revitalizing, older folk music instruments. He is also
honorary member of "Landslaget for spelemenn" and of "Norsk
lur- og bukkehornlag". In 2001 he got “The King's Medal of Merit” in
gold. He has got several other prizes for his cultural contribution. He has published several articles and books.
Rolf Oddvar
Karlberg was appointed honourary membership for his work on arranging the
first Jew’s harp festivals in Norway. He has been judge at competitions and
has held several courses in playing and dancing techniques, of primary
interest are the annually held Jew’s harp playing courses. Rolf has an
outstanding knowledge of folk music and dance and he is also a top performer
on Jew’s harp, Hardanger fiddle and kveding (folk song). Together with his
wife, Magny, he has won a first prize in dance at the Landskappleiken. Rolf has been
CEO at Valdres Folk Museum and has taken on several duties in folk culture
organizations. He has produced the Jew’s harp CDs "Låtta o låttestev frå
Valdres" and "Tre ord te de", and published several articles,
resulting from his music and dance research.
Bjørgulv was one of the
main contributors in the Norwegian revival of the Jew’s harp in the 1980s.
The cassette "Luftslaget", the first with munnharpe as the main
instrument, was enthusiastically received by several younger people, and
became a reference for the new trend in Jew’s harp playing for several years.
Apart from creating his own style, Bjørgulv has held several workshops and
published the CDs Frå ætt til ætt
and Hrynhendt, the latter with the
pianist Øystein Kikut. He has also participated on other recordings, like Frå Senegal til Setesdal together with
Kirsten Bråten Berg, Solo Cissokho and Kouame Sereba. Both at home and abroad,
he has built a reputation as one of the best and most productive munnharpe
smiths. He has won his class at the Landskappleiken two times, and this has
led to the acceptance of the munnharpe as a serious instrument.
Reidar Sevåg
has been central in the folk music research in Norway. He has had several
positions at the Norwegian Folk Museum and at the University of Oslo. He has
also been editor and author of several publications. Especially, his book on
folk music instrument, “Det gjallar og det læt” (1973), has become a classic.
In 1966,
Reidar Sevåg participated in a popular TV program, Falkeklubben, where he
told about the Jew’s harp. This was the main reason for the Norwegian
munnharpe boom in the late sixties. With his
engaging lectures and radio programmes, he was a force behind the increasing
interest in the munnharpe, and gave several people their first knowledge of
it as a Norwegian music instrument. Sevåg also encouraged Arne Haugli, one of
the employees at the Folk Museum, to start making munnharpes. It became a
great success, and Haugli produced more than 600 instruments.
We encourage readers to contribute! Please contact
Bernhard Folkestad, E mail:
bernhard.folkestad<at>gmail.com (Spam filter; replace <at> with @.) Are
you interested in receiving e-mail about upcoming events? Send a mail to: si-solb<at>frisurf.no (Spam filter; replace
<at> with @.) Web
page editor is Einar Turtum. E
mail: eturtum<at>online.no (Spam filter; replace <at>
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