Konsta Jylhä
In Finnish fiddling, Konsta Viljam Jylhä (August 14, 1910 - September 13,1984) was a folk-virtuoso who made the traditional pelimanni-style folk music a Finnish cultural phenomenon of wider currency, bringing his natural genius and traditional style to a burgeoning nationwide television audience, thus laying the foundation for a rich and popular traditional music scene in Finland.
A third generation Ostrobothnian master pelimanni (Mestaripelimanni); in the 1960s Konstas band Konsta Jylhä ja Purppuripelimannit became a mainstay of the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, and iconic both in popular culture, and within the generation of master pelimanni to follow in his footsteps.
His best known pieces of original composition are Konstan Parempi Valssi ("Konstas Major Waltz") and espescially the hauntingly beautiful Vaiennut Viulu ("Mute Violin").
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