X:34
T:Waltz fr Norway
T:Rønnaug Ripstrond
D:Hans W. Brimi, Hyljarliv HCD 7125
M:3/4
N:I was contacted by Gerry Strong (April '08) asking if I knew anything about
N: this; which led me to find it in the Brimi recording and add the title and
N: discography. He has sent me an English translation of the Brimi sleeve-notes
N: - "Learned from Ola Moløkken (He was a fiddle player from Lom, the same
N:   place as Hans W; Brimi, and one of Brimi's teachers. He lived from
N:   1871 - 1957). Hans (W.Brimi) played/used this waltz often and it suits
N:   his way/style of playing very well."
N: He then asked the Norsk Folkemusikksamling at the University
N: of Oslo if they knew anything about it, and kindly passed their comments
N: back here for inclusion. They say :-
N: "Rønnaug Ripstrond is an old traditional fiddle tune, still played today
N:  by fiddlers and groups focusing on tradition from north-western parts of
N:  Gudbrandsdalen (the communities Skjåk, Lom and Vågå, in the
N:  central/northern part of southern Norway). I  think this tune is quite
N:  local to this area - we have not registrated it anywhere else.
N:  The name ("typical" name for Skjåk, i think) points to a lady, living in
N:  the second part of the 19th. century. She probably had this tune as her
N:  favourite for waltz-dancing, and often asked the fiddlers to play it -
N:  an ordinary way for fiddle tunes to be "baptized".
N:  - Olav Saeta".
N: I fear this may have upset the thing about it being a quite-local tune, though.
O:Norway
R:Waltz
Z:Richard Robinson <URL:http://www.qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html>
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