"Mestertyven"?

Poststructural Pub
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I’m working through my Willowflute Tutor book, Spela sälgflöjt by Jean-Pierre Yvert.
It has tunes like Polska från Rättvik, Polska från Dalarna, and Långdans.

Those I can manage - the titles, I mean (actually, I can play some of them).

But Mestertyven Arve Brakars halling has begun to prey on my mind. M Yvert has a parallel English text with his Danish (I think - I’m not sure), but does not translate the title. A halling is a particular type of tune. This one is taken from Mats Berglund’s latest CD (it says).

Can anyone enlighten me as to what “Mestertyven” means?

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“halling” means hello. You’re on your own after that.

djm

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Sorry, I don’t have definition for you, but Rättvik and Dalarna (from your other titles) are in Sweden. Maybe try looking it up in Swedish?

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IMDB gives this clue:
Balladen om mestertyven Ole Høiland (1970)
… aka Ballad of the Masterthief Ole Hoiland (International: English title)

So,I’d guess “masterthief” is the correct guess.

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Yes, I had come across Mestertyven Ole Høiland, and Mestertyven McCoy, as well. I didn’t feel confident of the assumption.

(I did try Babelfish and a few translation sites: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish & Icelandic to English. None of them could handle “mestertyven”.)


But thank you. That will do nicely. :smiley:

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When in doubt about Danish, ask a Dane. I did this on the UP forum and got the following response:

djm

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QED. Thanks again. :slight_smile: