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Võidulaulmine

Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database

In English: Singing contest (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)

Filed underLaulud laulust (songs about singing) › Laulust ja laulikust
Poems155
Verses3,249
Collection places59
Collected1870s to 1930s
CollectorsKarl Viljak · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Peeter Penna · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Jüri Välbe · Artur Martin · Jakob Valk · Oskar Philipp Kallas · Andres Rull

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The archive’s description

Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.

ERlA 99 Esineb mitmes arenduses: A. «Laulan üle merede» — esineb eP; B. «Olgu mees, kes laulab vastu» — eriti Kesk-Eestis tuntud; C. «Võta regi rindadeks» — üle maa populaarne; D. «Ei meie võidu laula» — eP. Redaktsioon C on tuttav ka lauliku sõimuna, eriti pulmades (vt. tüüp

Where it was collected

Collection places of the poems, with the number of poems of this type from each. A place may be where the song was written down or where the singer came from.

When it was collected

DecadePoems
1870s7
1880s38
1890s47
1900s9
1910s28
1920s13
1930s6
year not recorded7

Example poems

The opening verse of one poem from each of the ten places with the most poems of this type: the first such poem in the archive’s order. Each links to the whole poem. A poem can be filed under several types, so its opening verse may belong to another song.

Other types the same poems are filed under

The archive can file one poem under several types. These are the types most often given to poems of this type, with the number of poems they share.

TypePoems in common
Võitulaulmine76
Lauliku sõim29
Halb laulik26
Laulu võim15
Võistulaulmine8
Kust laulud saadud7
Hea laulik6
Ei laula teie vastu6
Palju sõnu6
Hää laulik4
Imelik laulik4
Arg laulik3

Content-based similar types

Several methods each rank the song types whose poems resemble this type's poems; the combined ranking merges their lists. The first 20 are listed here.

  1. Lauliku sõim (Insulting a singer)
  2. Halb laulja (Poor Singer)
  3. Halb laulik (Bad singer)
  4. Laulan üle merede (I Sing Across the Seas)
  5. Vastulaulmine (Antiphonal singing)
  6. Porikärbes (Mud fly)
  7. Vastulaul (Counter-song)
  8. Võta regi rindadeks (Take the sleigh for your chest)
  9. Mida suust kukub (What Falls from the Mouth)
  10. Sõnad sepa tehtud (Blacksmith's charm)
  11. Hää laulik (Wedding singer)
  12. Laulikute sõim (Singers' Quarrel)
  13. Palju sõnu (Many words)
  14. Halb ja hea laulik (The bad and good singer)
  15. Ma laulan üle merede (I sing across the seas)
  16. Sa laulad sea sõnu (You sing pig's words)
  17. Hää ja halb laulik (Good and bad singer)
  18. Lauliku pilge (Mocking the singer)
  19. Laulikule palka! (Pay the singer!)
  20. Halb laulik- võitu laulmine (Poor singer, victorious singing)

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Sources: the type’s name, filing and description come from the type index of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database; the counts, places, decades and collectors are counted from the poems on RunoVerse.