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Revision as of 12:13, 29 August 2011
Armas Otto Väisänen | |
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 Armas Otto Väisänen in 1913 | |
| Born | April 9, 1890 |
| Died | July 18, 1969 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Other names | A.O. Väisänen |
| Occupation | scholar |
| Known for | folk music |
Armas Otto Väisänen (9 April 1890 - 18 July 1969) [1] was an eminent Finnish scholar of folk music, an ethnographer and ethno-musicologist [2] In the early twentieth century he documented by recording and photographing traditional Finnish and other Finno-Ugric peoples music and musicians.[3] With a scholarship from the Finno-Ugrian Society Vaisanen traveled to Russia in 1914 to collect Finno Ugrian folk melodies.[4] He made field trips to Mordavia, Ingria, Veps, Russian Karelia.[1] His activities also marked the a new stage in the history of collecting Setu folk songs in Southern Estonia.[5] After the first trip in 1912 he made 6 fieldtrips to Estonia between 1912-1923 [1]
Armas Otto Väisänen's dissertation was presented in 1939 on ob-ugrian folk music in Template:Lang-de[1]
Between 1926-1957 Väisänen hold the position of the head of the folk music department at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland[1]
References
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- ^ Goss, Glenda (1998). Jean Sibelius: a guide to research. Psychology Press. p. 189. ISBN 0815311710.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ World music: the rough guide. Africa, Europe and the Middle East, Volume 1. Rough Guides. 1999. p. 94. ISBN 1858286352.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Iso Karhu: arkistokuvia etäisten kielisukulaistemme asuinsijoilta. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 1980. 1980. ISBN 9519074503.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Ross, Jaan (2001). The temporal structure of Estonian runic songs. Walter de Gruyter. p. 29. ISBN 3110170329.
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