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Lp-1 Ballader I Rekonstruktion - Ballads In Reconstruction / Trad., Reconstruction Of Ballad Dance
A1	–Kör Från Folkliga Musikskolan Ingesund*	Falkvard Lagmansson Lead Vocals – Hans Wihlborg
A2	–Kör Från Folkliga Musikskolan Ingesund*	Ebbe Skammelson Lead Vocals – Hans Wihlborg
A3	–Kör Från Folkliga Musikskolan Ingesund*	Staffan Stalledräng Lead Vocals – Hans Wihlborg
B1	–Kör Från Folkliga Musikskolan Ingesund*	Harpans Kraft, Var. 1 Lead Vocals – Hans Wihlborg
B2	–Kör Från Folkliga Musikskolan Ingesund	Harpans Kraft, Var. 2 Lead Vocals – Hans Wihlborg
B3	–Kör Från Folkliga Musikskolan Ingesund	Frillans Hämnd Lead Vocals – Hans Wihlborg
B4	–Kör Från Folkliga Musikskolan Ingesund	Holger Dansk Och Burman Lead Vocals – Hans Wihlborg
Lp-2 Ballader I Levande Tradition, Sverige – Ballads In Living Tradition, Sweden / Trad.
C1	–Elin Lind	Liten Vallpiga (SMB 182)
C2	–Elin Lind	De Två Konungadöttrarna (SMB 195)
C3	–Elin Lind	Sven I Rosengård (SMB 153)
C4	–Signe Widholm	Liten Vallpiga (SMB 182 (?))
C5	–Ester Andersson	Den Lillas Testamente (SMB 154)
C6	–Vendla Johansson	Maria Magdalena (SMB 43)
C7	–Frithiof Törnberger	Sorgens Makt (SMB 32)
D1	–Lena Larsson	De Två Systrarna (SMB 13)
D2	–Lena Larsson	Skepparen Och Jungfrun (SMB 191)
D3	–Lena Larsson	Vedergällningen
D4	–Lena Larsson	Ramunder (SMB 217 (?))
D4	–Lena Larsson	Den Bergtagna (SMB 24)
D5	–Lena Larsson	Näcken Förför Jungfrun
D6	–Valborg Carlsson	De Två Systrarna (SMB 13)
D7	–Carl Olsson	Ramunder (SMB 17)
D8	–Eva Hedberg	Herr Peders Sjöresa (SMB 164)
Lp-3 Ballader I Levande Tradition: Svenskfinland – Ballads In Living Tradition, Swedish Speaking Finland (I) / Trad.
E1	–Hilma Ingberg	Staffan Stalledräng (SMB 39)
E2	–Hilma Ingberg	De Två Systrarna (SMB 191)
E3	–Hilma Ingberg	Näcken Bortför Jungfrun (SMB 320)
E4	–Hilma Ingberg	Herr Peders Sjöresa (SMB 164 (?))
E5	–Elis Jonaesson	Näcken Förför Jungfrun
E6	–Hilma Salonen	Liten Båtsman (SMB 181)
E7	–Hilma Salonen	Vedergällningen
E8	–Emilie Louise Malm	Skepparen Och Jungfrun (SMB 191)
F1	–Helmi Brenner	Herr Karl Och Klosterrovet (or: ? Klosterjungfrun) (SMB 70 (?))
F2	–Helmi Brenner	Hertig Fröjdenborg Och Fröken Adelin (SMB 172 (?))
F3	–Helmi Brenner	Den Bortsålda (SMB 173)
F4	–Ida Nygren	Kärestans Död (SMB 133)
F5	–Ida Jansson	Liten Båtsman (SMB 181)
F6	–Mimmi Johansson	Herr Karl Och Klosterrovet (or Klosterjungfrun) (SMB 70 (?))
F7	–Mimmi Johansson	Den Lillas Testamente (SMB 154)
Lp-4 Ballader I Levande Tradition: Svenskfinland – Ballads In Living Tradition, Swedish Speaking Finland (Ii) / Trad.
G1	–Svea Jansson	Silibrand Och Stolts Margareta
G2	–Svea Jansson	Styvmodern (SMB 33)
G3	–Svea Jansson	Näcken Förför Jungfrun
G4	–Svea Jansson	Näcken Bortför Jungfrun (SMB 20)
G5	–Svea Jansson	Harpans Kraft (SMB 22)
G6	–Svea Jansson	Herr Peders Sjöresa (SMB 164)
G7	–Svea Jansson	Staffan Och Herodes (SMB 39)
G8	–Svea Jansson	Ramunder (SMB 217)
G9	–Svea Jansson	Liten Karin (SMB 42)
G10	–Svea Jansson	Konungabarnen
H1	–Svea Jansson	Maria Magdalena (SMB 43)
H2	–Svea Jansson	Liten Vallpiga, Var. 1 (SMB 182)
H3	–Svea Jansson	Liten Vallpiga, Var. 2 (SMB 182 (?))
H4	–Svea Jansson	Den Bergtagna (SMB 24)
H5	–Svea Jansson	Kärestans Död (SMB 133)
H6	–Svea Jansson	Duvans Sång På Liljekvist (SMB 48)
H7	–Svea Jansson	Hertig Fröjdenborg Och Fröken Adelin (SMB 172)
H8	–Svea Jansson	Liten Båtsman (SMB 181)
H9	–Svea Jansson	Skön Anna

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Swedish Broadcasting Corporation

Credits

• Music Director – Nils L. Wallin (tracks: A1:A3, B1:B4)

Notes

Three out of the four LP's were based on Matts Arnberg's field recordings. The contents of these three records were as follows: Record 2 – ballads performed by traditional singers in Sweden during the 1950s, Record 3 – ballads recorded by traditional singers in Swedish region of Finland during a recording tour in 1957, Record 4 – ballads recorded by the legendary Svea Jansson of the Åland Archipelargo; .... The first record was a reconstruction of a ballad dance, undertaken at the Ingesund School of Music, under the direction of Nils L. Wallin.

One major venture of this kind [production of vocal traditional swedish music] in 1962 [by Swedish Broadcasting Corporation] was "Den medeltida balladen" (The Medieval ballad) – a boxed set of four LP records complete with a book describing and analysing the ballad as a song form. That release ... atttracted well-merited attention from both Swedish and international researchers.

The SMB numbers where added and are not part of the original printed information on the box set.
Sveriges medeltida ballader (Swedish Medieval Ballads), which was published by Svenskt visarkiv from 1983–2001 (after the release herein), is the Swedish equivalent to publications such as, Danmarks gamle Folkeviser, Deutsche Volkslieder, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, as well as others. Ballads are narrative songs with origins in medieval upper-class culture. They are known through hand-written manuscripts and, were later, during the 1500s, spread by means of chapbooks, documented in records from the 1800s, and then in recordings of tradition bearers from the end of the 1900s. But, virtually all possible population groups have taken part in the passing on of the ballads: peasant wives and baronesses from Västergötland, blacksmiths from Bohuslän, paupers from Östergötland, farm labourers from Sörmland, school teachers from Gotland, housemaids from Skåne, and fisher women from Åboland in Swedish-speaking Finland. The publication of Sveriges medeltida ballader offered, for the first time, a compilation of the entirety of this rich literary and musical heritage. Sveriges medeltida ballader (SMB) is a scholarly edition, but the five volumes with thousands of text and melodic variations, are also a gold mine for singers, musicians, and poets. The Chief Editor of Sveriges medeltida ballader was Professor Bengt R. Jonsson. The texts were edited by Associate Professor Sven-Bertil Jansson, and the melodies by Associate Professor Margareta Jersild.

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• Rights Society: ncb

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
RELP 5003 ; RELP 5004 ; RELP 5005 ; RELP 5006	Various	Den Medeltida Balladen / The Medieval Ballad ‎(4xLP, RE, Box)	SR Records	RELP 5003 ; RELP 5004 ; RELP 5005 ; RELP 5006	Sweden	Unknown