Living Folksongs and Dance-Tunes from the Netherlands

Twentieth-century Dutch musicologist and folklorist Jaap Kunst, known for having coined the term “ethnomusicology,” presents his nation’s song heritage in this 1956 album. Kunst divides the album into two parts, “Songs” and “Dance Songs.” The first section presents a wide array of song types from several Dutch provinces, though most come from the isle of Terschelling in the northern province of Friesland. The second section is purely instrumental and showcases Kunst’s violin artistry. German-born Ernst Wolff’s piano accompaniment, heard throughout the album, is, according to Kunst, “in complete harmony with the spirit of these Dutch folksongs.” The liner notes include Kunst’s photographs of Dutch musicians and maps of the Netherlands that highlight regions and villages from which he collected the songs. His notes on the songs’ cultural and musical background as well as transcriptions of the lyrics in Dutch and English are also included.

Track Listing

101	Fivelgoer Kerstlied (Christmas Song) Jaap Kunst	01:51
102	Heden is de Grootste Dag (Today is the Greatest of All Days) Jaap Kunst	01:08
103	Daar nu het feest van Pasen is (Because It Is Now the Easter Festival) Jaap Kunst	01:20
104	Vier Fransjes op de baan (Four Frenchmen on the Highway) Jaap Kunst	01:05
105	Drie Schuintamboers (Three Naughty Drummers) Jaap Kunst	02:00
106	De Wonnerlieke Raize (The Miraculous Voyage) Jaap Kunst	01:19
107	Wie wil er mee naar Wieringen Varen? (Who Will Go with Me to Wieringen?) Jaap Kunst	01:14
108	Krelis en Betje (Cornelius and Bess) Jaap Kunst	02:03
109	Daar boven uit het vensterke (Upstairs, Out of the Window) Jaap Kunst	01:14
110	Mien mouder dei wol mie geev'n (My Mother Tried to Force Me) Jaap Kunst	01:09
111	Siemenmanj oet Vrijen (Manikin Simeon Goes Courting) Jaap Kunst	00:54
112	Het Matrozenmeisje (The Sailor-Girl) Jaap Kunst	01:15
113	Hoe laat is 't? Twaalf uur (What Time Is It? Midnight) Jaap Kunst	01:01
114	S Morgens is den riep so kold (At Dawn the Hoarfrost Is So Cold) Jaap Kunst	01:04
115	Pinksterliedje (Song of the Whitsun Flower) Jaap Kunst	01:13
116	Toen ik jong was (When I Was Young) Jaap Kunst	01:41
117	Ain boer wol noar zien noaber tou (A Farmer Wanted to Go to His Neighbor) Jaap Kunst	00:43
118	Te Laren, te Laren, te Laren op de dom (At Laren, at Laren, at Laren, on the Dam) Jaap Kunst	01:12
119	Kleren van de Boer, De (The Clothes of the Peasant) Jaap Kunst	01:20
120	Patertje zou naar Frankrijk gaan, Een (A Pilgrim Set out for France) Jaap Kunst	00:47
201	Flip (Philip) Jaap Kunst	00:58
202	E le signon Jaap Kunst	00:37
203	Trij 'ris trapje (Stamp Three Times) Jaap Kunst	00:51
204	Jenneke (Jeanny) Jaap Kunst	00:57
205	Waarom Koken de Boeren de Pap Zo Dun? (Why Do the Peasants Make Their Porridge So Watery?) Jaap Kunst	01:49
206	De Marsch van Bonaparte (The March of Bonaparte) Jaap Kunst	00:55
207	The Boerenplof (Farmer's Bump) Jaap Kunst	00:48
208	Polka Jaap Kunst	01:26
209	Boer, wat zeg je van mijn kippen? (Farmer, Do You like My Chickens?) Jaap Kunst	01:15
210	Skotse Trije (Scottish Three) Jaap Kunst	01:26
211	Swart laat hem scheren (Mr. Swart Allowed Himself to Be Shaved) Jaap Kunst	01:15