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Olav Gurvin
Olav Gurvin (24 December 1893 Tysnes – 31 October 1974) was a Norwegian musicologist, a professor at the University of Oslo from 1957. He co-edited the first Norwegian music encyclopedia in 1949, and edited the magazine "Norsk Musikkliv" from 1942 to 1951.
Personal life.
Gurvin was born in Tysnes as the son of teacher Elling Olson Gurvin and Kristina Olsdatter Flugem. He married Dagny Siqveland in 1947.
Career.
Gurvin studied musicology at the Universities of Heidelberg and Berlin,
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- Gurvin, Olav. 1958. Hardingfela. In "Hardingfeleslåttar", ed. Olav Gurvin. Norsk Folkemusikk, ser. 1 vol I. Oslo: Universitetsforslaget.
- Sandvik, Sverre. Vi Byggjer Hardingfele. Tiden, 1983. 12-13. English translation "(How) We Build the Hardanger Fiddle" by Eldon Ellingson
External links.
- Hardanger Fiddle Association of America
- Fashioning the Hardanger Fiddle
- The Norwegian Collection of Folk Music. The Fiddle