Rekilaulu Explained

Rekilaulu is a type of rhymed stanzaic folk song in Finland.

This musical form was influenced by German, Swedish, and British traditions of ballads and broadsides. The term rekilaulu may be a Finnish adaptation of the German terms Reigenlied or Reihenlied.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/mainframe?readform&2C878488A1DFF1CEC225723500377075 Finnish Music Information Centre - Suomalaisen musiikin tiedotuskeskus