ANDERS ZORN. "Village fiddler", etching, signed.

15.9x11.9 cm. With dedication 'Nils Andersson from friend Zorn'.

See also items #1945847 PROVENANCE: Inherited from national fiddler Nils Andersson Gift to Nils Andersson from Anders Zorn Nils Andersson is best known for his work collecting and recording Swedish folk music, which resulted in the book publications Skånska melodier and Svenska Låtar, the latter a work in 24 parts which has been described as "Swedish folk music's largest and most important source publication" (Gunnar Ternhag, Swedish Music Archive). The first fiddler's competition in Sweden was organized on Gesundaberget in 1906, south of Mora, by the artist Anders Zorn and his friend and folk music recorder Nils Andersson. The original purpose was to gather the fiddlers, to "trick them out of their holes", so that Nils Andersson could get to know the fiddlers of the area, and they with him, so that he could later visit them to record their songs" . Quote from: royhallgard.com Photo: From the book: 'Spel opp I Spelemänner, Nils Andersson och spelmansrörelsen', Otto Andersson, Nordiska Museet 1958, p. 81.