FW: minstrel: Nordic music

[Pat Yarrow]

I believe this was meant for the list - V

-----Original Message-----
From: cathal at mindspring.com [mailto:cathal at mindspring.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 10:48 AM
To: yarrowp at mscd.edu
Subject: RE: minstrel: Nordic music



> The sad truth is you aren't going to find any documentably authentic
> music from that period (to speak of--I won't guarantee there isn't a
> fragment somewhere). There is, however, a marvelous CD by Sequentia,
> EDDA: MYTHS FROM MEDIEVAL ICELAND (Deutsche Harmonnia Mundi
> 05472-77381-2) in which they attempt to reconstruct the performances
> of the Eddas by drawing on Icelandic and Norwegian folk traditions. 
> It's probably as close as you're likely to get.  All the music on it
> was improvised, but someone with a good ear could probably figure out
> how to do something like it.
> 

	Or if you are really determined, then try a copy of  "Fornnordiska 
klanger" ("The Sounds of Prehistoric Scandanavia") from Musica 
Sveciae. Archaelogist Cajsa S. Lind presents the sounds produced by a 
wide variety of instruments either from the actual finds or from 
reconstructions based upon remains.  The instruments run the gambit 
from simple bone scrapers all the way to Lurs.

Cathal.


Na sir 's na seachain an cath.