Agnes Buen Garnås (23 October 1946 – 12 November 2024) was a Norwegian folk singer from the county of
Telemark
Telemark () is a Counties of Norway, county and a current electoral district in Norway. Telemark borders the counties of Vestfold, Buskerud, Vestland, Rogaland and Agder. In 2020, Telemark merged with the county of Vestfold to form the county o ...
. She came from a famous musical family from the town of
Jondal, and was known particularly for her singing of ancient unaccompanied Norwegian ballads, as well as her updated arrangements of these songs in collaboration with the Norwegian saxophonist
Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek () (born 4 March 1947) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist, who is also active in classical music and world music.
Garbarek was born in Mysen, Østfold, southeastern Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war, Czesław Gar ...
on the ECM album ''Rosensfole''.
From 1975 to 1977, she studied at the
Telemark University College.
Other family members who are well known as traditional musicians include her brothers,
Hauk Buen and
Knut Buen, and her son
Per Anders Buen Garnås.
[
Buen Garnås died in ]Notodden
is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Aust-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Notodden. Other population centres include the villages of Bolkesjø, G ...
on 12 November 2024, at the age of 78.
Discography
*Det spelar og syng i familien Buen, 1975
*Når klokkune gjeve dur, 1976, 2002
*Folk Music of Norway, 1977
*Nordafjølls, 1983
*På gamle tufter, with Sondre Bratland, Kåre Nordstoga, Guttorm *Guttormsen, Knut Buen, Halvor Håkanes, Warren Carlstrøm and Finn Kvalem, 1985
*Jul med Rupesekken, 1985
*Stem våre understrenger, with Knut Buens, 1988
*Draumkvedet, with Inger Lise Ulsrud and Knut Buen, 1989
*Tusseliten og Trippeliti, with Finn Kvalem, Guttorm Guttormsen, Knut Buen and Olav Snortheim, 1989
*Rosensfole, with Jan Garbarek, 1989
*Høgdepunkt frå Landskappleiken, 1994
*Med blanke ark, 1994
*Attersyn, with Knut Buen, 1995
*Stev og slått, with Knut Buen, 1996
*Det syng, with Anne Marit Jacobsen, Halvor Håkanes, Eli Storbekken and *Sinikka Langeland, 1997
*Langt inn i hugheimen, with Knut Buen, 1997
*Ljos og skugge, with Knut Buen, 1998
*Soltreet, 2002
*Han rider den mørke natt, 2002
With Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek () (born 4 March 1947) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist, who is also active in classical music and world music.
Garbarek was born in Mysen, Østfold, southeastern Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war, Czesław Gar ...
*'' Rosensfole'' (ECM, 1989)
*'' Twelve Moons'' (ECM, 1992)
References
External links
Agnes Buen Garnås official siteAgnes Buen Garnås Biography
Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' (, abbreviated ''SNL'') is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. It has several subdivisions, including the Norsk biografisk leksikon.
The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian publishe ...
(in Norwegian)
Agnes Buen Garnås pageAgnes Buen Garnås page
(in Norwegian)
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Agnes Buen Garnås video
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1946 births
2024 deaths
Norwegian women singers
People from Telemark
People from Ullensvang
Telemark University College alumni