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Armas Otto Väisänen
Armas Otto Väisänen in 1913
Born(1890-04-09)April 9, 1890
DiedJuly 18, 1969(1969-07-18) (aged 79)
NationalityFinnish
Other namesA.O. Väisänen
Occupationscholar
Known forfolk 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

  1. ^ a b c d e Template:Lang-fi
  2. ^ Goss, Glenda (1998). Jean Sibelius: a guide to research. Psychology Press. p. 189. ISBN 0815311710. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ Iso Karhu: arkistokuvia etäisten kielisukulaistemme asuinsijoilta. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 1980. 1980. ISBN 9519074503. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. ^ Ross, Jaan (2001). The temporal structure of Estonian runic songs. Walter de Gruyter. p. 29. ISBN 3110170329. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)


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