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Kanut
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(9/26/04 6:15 pm)
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Enchanted violins
I am researching the role of enchanted violins in Quebec folktales (and literary tales) for my master's thesis. I need as many folktales/fairytales/wondertales as I can get to form a good basis for comparisons. I've already exhausted all the type-motif indexes to be found in Montreal's libraries. I've drummed up more than a few tales, but would always love to find more, especially concerning the devil or his various helpers and their musical tastes. No need for them to be French in language or origin. Any ideas?
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redtriskell
Registered User
(9/27/04 1:09 am)
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Re: Enchanted violins
I'm not sure if this is appropriate, but Charles de Lint has a lovely
story about a magic violin (and other neat stuff) called "Seven
for a Secret." It's in his collection, "Moonlight
and Vines." There's also a wonderful anthology edited by
Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman called "The
Horns of Elfland" that, as I recall, has some violin stories.
It's been awhile since I read that one, though, so don't quote me.
And does your paper have to be only stories? I ask because there
are a few ballads I've heard that involve magic or spiritual violins.
To be honest, I've only heard them performed, so I have no idea
where you could find the words.
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janeyolen
Registered User
(9/27/04 6:53 am)
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Re: Enchanted violins
Do you know about the Fossegrim from Scandanavian folklore? He is a shapeshifter and a trickster, but he plays violin and will teach someone who is gifted.
Jane
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AliceCEB
Registered User
(9/27/04 8:38 am)
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Re: Enchanted violins
This is not a literary tale, but the movie "The
Red Violin" has an enchanted violin, of sorts, central
to the story.
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Black
Sheep
Registered User
(9/28/04 5:09 am)
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Re: Enchanted violins
What about folksongs?
Many European folksongs are also found in Canada. There are lots of fiddle/violin + devil/Devil songs but they're outside my area of special interest. I do know that the following song was collected in Virginia, U.S.A. (among other places) and there are so many variations of the song that one of them is bound to have turned up in Anglophone Canada. I can't help you with the French songs but I bet they're out there too...
www.mudcat.org/@displayso...ongID=7162
(related links are at the top of the page so scroll down for tune + lyric + provenance.)
The best known English version has a different title so you might find the following info helpful if you decide to research this folktale in song.
www.informatik.uni-hambur...ondon.html
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