Ø-Gold: Søren Christensen – a fiddler from Karise (1835 – 1913)

In 2015, Mads Kjøller Henningsen got his hands on an old handwritten fiddler's music book from 1853, after a fiddler named Søren Christensen from the Faxe region in South Zealand. In this podcast, Mads takes you on a journey through the music book and into the life of its owner over a hundred years ago. It is a story about, among other things, horse-drawn carriage driving with handguns, Copenhagen dance booths, war service in 1864,