SYMPATHETIC STRINGS highlights the fiddle makers, musicians, dancers and apprentices who have formed an ardent, close-knit community of folk tradition practice around Norway’s beloved national instrument. Musicians, along with accordionist Art Bjorngjeld, play accompaniment for the traditional Norwegian dance group known as Det Norske Folkedanslaget.
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Sympathetic Strings: Stories of the Hardanger Fiddle
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Celebrate the importance of maintaining and adapting cultural traditions. (26m 46s)
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Sympathetic Strings: Stories of the Hardanger Fiddle is presented by your local public television station.
Distributed nationally by American Public Television