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UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: Lauri Kahilainen recordings: Lauri Kahilainen/Kantele, Undated
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Kahilainen, Lauri
- Title
- UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: Lauri Kahilainen recordings: Lauri Kahilainen/Kantele
- Dates
- Undated
- Quantity
- 1 items : EC - 1 reel (7 1/2 ips, 2 tr. stereo, 7"); WT - 1 DAT (digital, stereo).; Duration: 00:44:40
- Collection Number
- 1981002
- Summary
- Recorded in Finland by performer.
- Repository
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University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Unrestricted: collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Lauri Kahilainen (1916-?) was a folk kantele player from Viitasaari, Finland. Kahilainen played both melodies and accompaniments with the kantele. He served with the Finnish army in the Second World War and played the kantele for his fellow soldiers. After the war, Kahilainen acquired a twenty‑eight string double bottomed kantele. He played with such groups as the "Antti Vesterinen Pelimannit" and the "Jyväskylän Pelimannit," and performed with the Jyväskylä University Folk Dance Ensemble during several summers in the early 1970s, on their tours throughout Europe. He was a founding member of the Central Finland Folk Musicians. Kahilainen was invited to tour the United States as part of a folk group representing Finland in the United States' Bicentennial Celebration, Festival of American FolkLife. He toured extensively throughout the United States and was invited to Seattle, Washington in 1981 to play a series of concerts as well as to be recorded and interviewed by the University of Washington's Ethnomusicology department.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Archives copy dubbed from cassette to Nagra IV-S.
Performer: Lauri Kahilainen/kantele.
One item on contents list appears to be missing from Archives copy, but expert needed to straighten this out.
Documentation: Biographical information about artist and list of items.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Ethnomusicology
Geographical Names
- Europe--Europe--General Europe
- Finland--Europe--Scandinavia