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Kanteletar
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Kanteletar is a collection of Finnish folk poetry compiled by 19th-century Finnish linguist Elias Lönnrot. It is considered to be a sister collection to the Finnish national epic Kalevala. The poems o
Kanteletar compiled by Elias Lönnrot, 1840
Kanteletar compiled by Elias Lönnrot, 1840
Katso Kiesus karjaistani by Joseph Alanen [fi]
Katso Kiesus karjaistani by Joseph Alanen [fi]
The Fratricide (1897) by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, illustrating the poem The Brother Murderer
The Fratricide (1897) by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, illustrating the poem The Brother Murderer
Kantele
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A kantele or kannel is a traditional Finnish and Karelian plucked string instrument. It belongs to the southeast Baltic box zither family known as the Baltic psaltery, along with the Estonian kannel,
Kanteletar
…Kalevala. The poems of Kanteletar are based on the trochaic tetrameter, generally referred to as "Kalevala metre". The name consists of the base word kantele (a Finnish zither-like instrument) and the feminising morpheme -tar and can be roughly interpreted as "maiden of the kantele" or "zither-daughter", a…
Two five-string kanteles by Melodia Soitin (2014). The shape of the upper kantele is more traditional, while the shape for the kantele below is slight
Two five-string kanteles by Melodia Soitin (2014). The shape of the upper kantele is more traditional, while the shape for the kantele below is slightly modernised
Koistinen 38-stringed concert kantele
Koistinen 38-stringed concert kantele
A man plays a kantele with his fingers in 1930s Finland
A man plays a kantele with his fingers in 1930s Finland
The Kantele Player by Pekka Halonen, 1892
The Kantele Player by Pekka Halonen, 1892