Myllarguten
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Torgeir Augundsson (1801 – 21 November 1872), better known as Myllarguten (meaning the Millerboy), is arguably the most acknowledged Norwegian folk musician to this day, and by far the most legendary. In his own local dialect, his given name is pronounced Targjei.
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Key facts
- Musical artist.genre
- Folk
- Musical artist.occupation
- Musician
- Musical artist.name
- Torgeir Augundsson
- Musical artist.image
- Myllarguten oval.jpg
- Musical artist.image_size
- 162
- Musical artist.background
- non_vocal_instrumentalist
- Musical artist.alias
- Myllarguten
- Musical artist.origin
- Sauherad, Norway
- Musical artist.instrument
- Hardingfele
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Torgeir
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Sauherad
- Place of death
- Vinje
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
- Instrument
- fiddle
- Image
- Myllarguten oval.jpg
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- Commons category
- Myllarguten
- date of death
- 1872-11-21
- date of birth
- 1801-05-03
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Childhood
- Education
- Life as a fiddler
- Living conditions
- Meeting Ole Bull
- Later years
- Musical style
- Sources
Torgeir Augundsson (1801 – 21 November 1872), better known as Myllarguten (meaning the Millerboy), is arguably the most acknowledged Norwegian folk musician to this day, and by far the most legendary. In his own local dialect, his given name is pronounced Targjei.
==Childhood==
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