Anders Zorn Och Musiken (Swedish Edition) by MŠrta och Ternhag, Gunnar Ramsten ISBN 13: 9789197432955

Sweden 2006. Music was a very important part of Anders ZornÂ’s life in Mora and on his travels.This book is incredibly comprehensive following the traditions and history of music in and around Mora including folk music, the music of Bellman and the passioned dancing of the time with a folk orientation. Furthermore the music, the dancing and the instruments are depicted in ZornÂ’s paintings. Music competitions at that time around 1907-08 and their winners, the spread of these competitions nationally in Sweden made this kind of folk music more respected and known in Sweden. What happened with the spelman, the musician, he all of a sudden became recognized and special, whether he played the accordion, the violn or folk instruments. You will see photographs from the 1900Â’s of the instruments and scenes of musicians playing for Zorn.Furthermore Zorn collected musical instruments, which are displayed in Zorn GĂĄrden in Mora with the rest of his and EmmaÂ’s collections. Zorn was wealthy in his day and… Read More