Anders Heyerdahl was a Norwegian violinist, composer and folk music

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 collector.

He was born in what is today Aurskog-Høland

Aurskog-Høland

Aurskog-Høland is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bjørkelangen.- Name :...

, and was the younger brother of engineer Halvor Emil Heyerdahl. He studied music mainly under Carl Arnold

Carl Arnold

-Coaching career:Arnold was the head football coach for the Jamestown Jimmies located in Jamestown, North Dakota. He held that position for the 1947 and 1948 seasons.His coaching record at Jamestown was 1 wins, 13 losses and 1 tie.As of the conclusion of the 2009 season, this ranks him #13 at...

. In addition to his own compositions, he spent the years 1856 to 1861 collecting folk music

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 from Hallingdal

Hallingdal

Hallingdal is a valley and traditional district in Buskerud county in Norway. It consists of the municipalities of Flå, Nes, Gol, Hemsedal, Ål and Hol.-History:Ancient routes went to Vestlandet through Valdres and Hallingdal and down Røldal to Odda...

 and Aurskog

Aurskog

Aurskog is a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre was Aursmoen.Aurskog was the location of the Battle of Toverud. The parish of Urskog was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 . On 1 July 1919 the district of Blaker was separated to form a municipality...

. The work was published as Norske Dansar og Slåtter. Heyerdahl also published the local historic work Urskogs Beskrivelse, in 1882.
Grandfather of the Norwegian singer Karin Krog

Karin Krog

Karin Krog is a Norwegian jazz vocalist.- Life and career :She started to sing at an early age and in 1955 she was hired by the pianist Kjell Karlsen to sing in his sextet.Her great grandfather is Anders Heyerdahl...

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