Teppana Janis - Teppana Janis (New Vinyl)
Teppana JÀnis was born in the village of UuksujÀrvi in Suistamo on 21 June 1850. After becoming blind in the late 19th century, he went house to house, supporting himself by playing the kantele, a traditional Finnish and Karelian plucked string instrument belonging to the southeast Baltic box zither family. He performed at dances and in schools, and also participated in the Suistamo kantele and runosong competitions in 1911.
In the summers of 1916 and 1917, the young folk music researcher Armas Otto VÀisÀnen (1890-1969) made collecting trips to Border Karelia. His aim was to collect kantele tunes, laments and shepherd melodies, which were confusingly few in the archives. The 1916 trip was financed by the Finnish Literature Society, who provided a phonograph for recording purposes. In 1917, the trip was financed by the Kalevala Society and the recording was carried out using a parlograph. During these two summers, VÀisÀnen recorded kantele players in the parishes of SuojÀrvi, KorpiselkÀ, Suistamo, Tuupovaara, Kitee and Impilahti. VÀisÀnen met Teppana JÀnis in both summers and transcribed 22 kantele melodies from him. He recorded 14 of these on wax cylinders.
This LP, titled simply âTeppana JĂ€nisâ fuses and intertwines the original raw cylinder recordings with replayed pieces by Kantele player and researcher Arja Kastinen together with the now late Finnish folk musician Taito HoffrĂ©n, taking into account the additional information and notes found in VĂ€isĂ€nen's sheet music manuscripts. Warm thanks to the Finnish Literature Society for permission to use the archive recordings, to Risto Blomster for his invaluable assistance, and to the Karelian Cultural Foundation.
Recorded 1916-17 and 2020-21.
In memoriam Taito HoffrĂ©n (1974â2024)
Teppana Janis - Teppana Janis (New Vinyl)
Teppana JÀnis was born in the village of UuksujÀrvi in Suistamo on 21 June 1850. After becoming blind in the late 19th century, he went house to house, supporting himself by playing the kantele, a traditional Finnish and Karelian plucked string instrument belonging to the southeast Baltic box zither family. He performed at dances and in schools, and also participated in the Suistamo kantele and runosong competitions in 1911.
In the summers of 1916 and 1917, the young folk music researcher Armas Otto VÀisÀnen (1890-1969) made collecting trips to Border Karelia. His aim was to collect kantele tunes, laments and shepherd melodies, which were confusingly few in the archives. The 1916 trip was financed by the Finnish Literature Society, who provided a phonograph for recording purposes. In 1917, the trip was financed by the Kalevala Society and the recording was carried out using a parlograph. During these two summers, VÀisÀnen recorded kantele players in the parishes of SuojÀrvi, KorpiselkÀ, Suistamo, Tuupovaara, Kitee and Impilahti. VÀisÀnen met Teppana JÀnis in both summers and transcribed 22 kantele melodies from him. He recorded 14 of these on wax cylinders.
This LP, titled simply âTeppana JĂ€nisâ fuses and intertwines the original raw cylinder recordings with replayed pieces by Kantele player and researcher Arja Kastinen together with the now late Finnish folk musician Taito HoffrĂ©n, taking into account the additional information and notes found in VĂ€isĂ€nen's sheet music manuscripts. Warm thanks to the Finnish Literature Society for permission to use the archive recordings, to Risto Blomster for his invaluable assistance, and to the Karelian Cultural Foundation.
Recorded 1916-17 and 2020-21.
In memoriam Taito HoffrĂ©n (1974â2024)
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Teppana JÀnis was born in the village of UuksujÀrvi in Suistamo on 21 June 1850. After becoming blind in the late 19th century, he went house to house, supporting himself by playing the kantele, a traditional Finnish and Karelian plucked string instrument belonging to the southeast Baltic box zither family. He performed at dances and in schools, and also participated in the Suistamo kantele and runosong competitions in 1911.
In the summers of 1916 and 1917, the young folk music researcher Armas Otto VÀisÀnen (1890-1969) made collecting trips to Border Karelia. His aim was to collect kantele tunes, laments and shepherd melodies, which were confusingly few in the archives. The 1916 trip was financed by the Finnish Literature Society, who provided a phonograph for recording purposes. In 1917, the trip was financed by the Kalevala Society and the recording was carried out using a parlograph. During these two summers, VÀisÀnen recorded kantele players in the parishes of SuojÀrvi, KorpiselkÀ, Suistamo, Tuupovaara, Kitee and Impilahti. VÀisÀnen met Teppana JÀnis in both summers and transcribed 22 kantele melodies from him. He recorded 14 of these on wax cylinders.
This LP, titled simply âTeppana JĂ€nisâ fuses and intertwines the original raw cylinder recordings with replayed pieces by Kantele player and researcher Arja Kastinen together with the now late Finnish folk musician Taito HoffrĂ©n, taking into account the additional information and notes found in VĂ€isĂ€nen's sheet music manuscripts. Warm thanks to the Finnish Literature Society for permission to use the archive recordings, to Risto Blomster for his invaluable assistance, and to the Karelian Cultural Foundation.
Recorded 1916-17 and 2020-21.
In memoriam Taito HoffrĂ©n (1974â2024)
