TY - BOOK AU - Lönnrot,Elias TI - Kanteletar: Suomen kansan wanhoja lauluja ja wirsiä AV - PH PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Folk songs, Finnish N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanteletar https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanteletar; Release date is 2004-12-01; Tapio Riikonen; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Kanteletar: Suomen kansan wanhoja lauluja ja wirsiä" by Elias Lönnrot is a collection of Finnish folk poetry published in 1840. Considered a sister work to the national epic Kalevala, it gathers ancient songs and hymns sung by Finnish people, particularly from Karelia. The collection contains over 650 lyrical poems and ballads organized into three books, covering themes of daily life, love, celebration, and legend. Named after the "maiden of the kantele," this treasure of oral tradition has inspired generations of Finnish composers, artists, and musicians. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7078 ER -