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Spelman (-)

(with) definite article: Spelmannen
plural: Spelmänner [?]; (with) definite article: ? - [Spelmännerna?]
(the) player(s)

term for any itinerant musician (who [also] plays a bagpipe (&c.)), making his living with his music

No identical types known (yet).

General term for folk musicians (nowadays [i.e. 1980s and after; ws] also used for those who play for pastime, sometimes receiving some compensation, but not make their living with their music).

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Sources

Allmo, Per-Ulf: Säckpipan i norden: från änglars musik till djävulens blåsbälg (Bagpipes in the nordic countries [From music of the angels to the devil’s bellows]). Stockholm, 1990, p.557 (1941b, EU 327 82).