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Konsta Viljami Jylhä (14 August 1910
Jylhä, Konsta
in ''Biografiskt lexikon för Finland'' .
Konsta Jylhä on 10 Euro Silver Coin.
1910 births 1984 deaths People from Kaustinen Finnish fiddlers Male violinists Nordic folk musicians Finnish male composers Finnish bandleaders 20th-century violinists 20th-century male musicians 20th-century Finnish composers {{fiddler-stub
Konsta Viljami Jylhä (14 August 1910 Kaustinen
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– 13 September 1984 Kokkola
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The town is located in the Central Ostrobothnia regions of Finland, region. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of ...
) was a folk-virtuoso who, in Finnish fiddling
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, made the traditional '' pelimanni-style'' folk music
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a Finnish
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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 Central Ostrobothnia
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n ''master pelimanni'' (Mestaripelimanni); in the 1960s Jylhä's band Konsta Jylhä ja Purppuripelimannit became a mainstay of the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival
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, 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'' ("Konsta's Major Waltz") and especially the hauntingly beautiful ''Vaiennut Viulu'' ("Mute Violin").
After being battered by a severe head injury suffered in a logging accident in 1961 and some heart attacks suffered since 1962, he became a born-again Christian. During his later years he composed spiritual songs.
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Jylhä, Konsta
in ''Biografiskt lexikon för Finland'' .
Konsta Jylhä on 10 Euro Silver Coin.
1910 births 1984 deaths People from Kaustinen Finnish fiddlers Male violinists Nordic folk musicians Finnish male composers Finnish bandleaders 20th-century violinists 20th-century male musicians 20th-century Finnish composers {{fiddler-stub