Country: Replot/Raippaluoto, Finland
Type: couple dance
Formation: open circle of couples, waltz hold, facing in LOD.
Steps: galopp (slip steps),
polka,
markering (stamp/stomp)
Sheet music:
(1) Heikel, Yngvar/ Nr. 100 in: Folkdans: B. dansbeskrivningar sammanställda av Yngvar Heikel.
Helsingfors: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 1938. p.378.
(2) Andersson, Otto & Greta Dahlström/ Nr. 1578 in: Folkdans: A2. yngre dansmelodier.
(Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 466; Finlands Svenska folkdiktning, VI) Åbo: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 1975.
(3) Svenska Ungdomsringen för Bygdekultur/ Musik till svenska folkdanser. Del I.. 2:a uppl.
Stockholm: Svenska Ungdomsringen för Bygdekultur, [1975]. p.42.
(4) FolkWiki Kopparslagarn
(5) Finlands Svenska Folkdansring/ Årsprogram 2006-2007. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring rf, [2006]. p.10.;
(6) Finlands svenska folkdansring/ Årsprogram 1999-2000. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring rf, [1999]. p.35.;
(7) Allenby-Jaffé, Nigel & Margaret/ nr 5 in: 10 dances from Finland. (European folk dance series) Skipton: Folk Dance Enterprises, 1988.
Recordings:
Finlands Svenska Folkdansring Årsprogram 1999-2000 track 25;
Finlands Svenska Folkdansring Årsprogram 2006-2007 track 13;
Spillemandslauget Østjyderne Nordiske legestuemelodier track 06.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| 1-4 | (a) | Circle: In waltz hold, all dance 6 slip steps moving in LOD.
All stamp with outside (ML/WR) foot on (4). |
| 5-8 | All dance 6 slip steps moving in RLOD.
All stamp with inside(MR/WL) foot on (8). |
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| 1-8 | Repeat (a).
Alternative 1: holding inside hands, walk forward in LOD (1-4), in 2-hand hold, dance slip-steps back in RLOD (5-8), Repeat. [Heikel, nr 719] Alternative 2: individually, both hands on hips, M walks diagonally to L [sic] past partner, 8 walking steps (1-2), W walks diagonally to L [sic] past partner, 8 walking steps (3-4), Repeat 3 times (5-8,1-8). [Heikel, nr 720] |
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| 9-16 | (b) | Polka: In waltz hold, all dance polka, turning CW and moving in LOD. |
| 17-24 | All dance polka, turning CCW and moving in LOD.
Repeat from (a) as desired. Lyrics
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See videos from/with Pellinge folkdansare 2013; Folkdansare from Borgå and Lovisa 2014; Jackarby folkdansare 2014; Sibbo folkdansare & Spjutsunds folkdanslag 2015.
Provenance:
Music, originally German, composed by C. Peters (1772-1827). In Denmark, it was first performed im the musical ”En Børsbaron” in Folketeatret in Copenhagen
in 1885, and became very popular all over northern Europe. The musical was a Danish translation of the original German musical "Ein geadelter Kaufmann"
by Karl August Görner, translated by Richard Schrøder. The dance popped up on Jutland, Denmark, in the 1980s, origin unknown.
Sørensen used it in a workshop for the elderly at Uldum Højskole in 1991. [Sørensen, p.55]
In Bara Härad, Skåne [Sweden], 'Kopparslagaren' was danced as a test of agility and stamina by 2 men
[1,
2]
, and had been passed on within the folk dance group Hembygdsgillet in Malmö since about 1900,
based on information provided by Vilhelm Sjökvist, Malmö. According to Wallin, it had also occured in northern Jutland. In Brøderslev, between
Ålborg and Hjørring it was danced similarly to the version in Bara. In Lønstrup, west of Hjørring, first they danced
pivot steps or hopsa with either two-hand hold or a close hold [eg a mirror-image hold] before dancing the hopping and clapping sequence,
followed again by the turning sequence and then hopping with 2 sticks. The object was to continue as long as possible. [Wallin, p.38]
Original description from Finland by Yngvar Heikel in 1927 from informant Sven Abraham Vest (born 1859), a country musician, and his sister
Anna Snickars (born 1871), in Norra Vallgrund. One of the combined dances at Nordlek 1991 in Vejle.
Source: Heikel, Yngvar/ Nr. 713-721 in: Folkdans: B. dansbeskrivningar sammanställda av Yngvar Heikel.
(Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 268; Finlands Svenska folkdiktning, VI) Faksimilutgåva 1982.
Helsingfors: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 1938. pp. XIII, 378-380, 454-455 .
See also:
-- Finlands Svenska Folkdansring/ Årsprogram 2006-2007. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring rf, [2006]. pp.9-10.;
-- Finlands svenska folkdansring/ Årsprogram 1999-2000. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring rf, [1999]. pp. 35, 86-87.
-- Wallin, Sonja & Börje/ Gamla dansar i Skåne: tävlingsdanser och skicklighetsdanser. Helsingborg: [Eget förlag], 1982. pp. 38-39.
-- Svenska Ungdomsringen för Bygdekultur/ Beskrivning av svenska folkdanser del I. Stockholm: SUB, 1964. (SFDH), 2018. p.37.
-- Svenska Ungdomsringen för Bygdekultur/ Samkväms och gillesdanser. Stockholm: Svenska Ungdomsringen för
Bygdekultur, 1965. pp.35-36.
-- description prepared for Nordlek 1991 in Vejle. [in Swedish]
-- Allenby-Jaffé, Nigel & Margaret/ nr 5 in: 10 dances from Finland. (European folk dance series) Skipton: Folk Dance Enterprises, 1988.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-09-25, rev. 2023-10-24.
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