Armas Otto Väisänen (1890–1969)
Armas Otto Väisänen (1890–1969) Professor of musicology and researcher of folk music
A. O. Väisänen was a collector and researcher of Finnish and related peoples’ traditional music and is considered a classic in his field. Like his teacher, Armas Launis, he became internationally known by publishing material based on his collection work. The general public, on the other hand, knew him as an expert on Finnish folk music and as a Karelian through the Puolituntia kansanmusiikkia (Half an hour of folk music) programme series he delivered to the Finnish Broadcasting Company.
The following sound recordings by Väisänen cover the steps of his collection work from the 1910s to the last parlogram records. These include materials from Ingria, Sápmi, White Karelia, Vepsä and Setomaa, Estonia, as well as samples of folk songs and instrumental music from Finland.
Jamani Paavila ja Matri Tikano in White Karelia in 1915
Vaka vanha Väinämöini (Old reliable Väinämöinen), Tuuti tuuti lapsukaisen (lullaby) ja Voi ku viikiet vihamseähyet (lament)(White Karelian dialect). SKS KRA FON Väisänen Armas Otto 1915:120.
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Visiting the Vepsians in 1916
Playing the accordion, shepherd call songs. SKS KRA FON Väisänen Armas Otto 37&66:1916.
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Hilana Taarka and the choir in Setomaa, Estonia, 1921
Rebuke poem (Seto dialect). SKS KRA FON Väisänen Armas Otto 1921:162.
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Matti Haudanmaa in Kortesjärvi. Recorded in Helsinki in 1935.
Wedding polska, Tavastian poslka, Orphans’ polska, Kaapo Syrjälän’s polska, Koivisto’s polska, Song polska, Härmöö drinking march, Lappajärvi drinking march, Lapua drinking march, Ylistaro polska and Tiilisaari tailor’s polska in Kauava. SKS KRA FON Väisänen Armas Otto 1935:17.
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Matti Koskinen from Korpilahti. Recorded in Helsinki 1944.
Savupirtin poika ja Isä-Matin kiperä polokka. (Boy of the log house and Father Matti’s polka) SKS KRA FON Väisänen Armas Otto 1944:60.
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Anna Brita Mattus from Inari. Recorded in Helsinki 1946.
Reindeer yoik and Aythya livđe yoik (Inari Sámi language) SKS KRA FON Väisänen, Armas Otto 1946:25.
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Teppo Repo from Ingria. Recorded in Helsinki in 1952.
Kanteleella mielikuvituksesta (Playing a song on the kantele about imagination), Jäähyväiset joulukuuselle (Fairwell to the Christmas tree), playing a “flute without holes” and Tere tuttuhun tupahan (Ingrian language). SKS KRA FON Väisänen Armas Otto 1952:50.
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Anni Tenisova from White Karelia. Recorded in Helsinki in 1953.
Carving of Väinämöinen’s boat and Kokko lensi koilta ilmoin (song in White Karelian dialect). SKS KRA FON Väisänen Armas Otto 1953:112.
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