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The Faraway North: Scandinavian Folk Ballads
Paperback
Literary CriticismMythology & FolkloreCountry & Folk
ISBN13: 9780957612020
Publisher: Northern Displayers, Skadi Press
Published: Jun 30 2016
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.27 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
These ballads convey a fantastic vision of the world as it was imagined in medieval Scandinavia, with monsters and magic intermingled with very human concerns of heroism, tragedy, love, and revenge.
The great hero Sigurd is joined in this collection by troll-battling warriors including Holger Dane, Orm the Strong, and others. There are dramatic scenes of romance, betrayal, and loss. Some of the ballads translated here are attested by paintings or maps that date from earlier than when the first full ballad texts were first written down in the 1500s. An adventure ballad relevant to the history of an Eddic poem is also included.
The ballads are storytelling songs that were passed down as part of an oral folk music tradition in Scandinavia. This collection brings many new ballads to the English-speaking reader. The readable verse translations succeed in conveying the rhythm, spirit, and imagery of the originals. The translations are mainly based on Swedish and Norwegian ballads, with some from Danish tradition.
For each ballad, there is also a short introduction with commentary and background information.
Musical notation for traditional ballad melodies is included for eleven of the fifteen ballads.
The ballads included are:
Åsmund Fr gdegjeva; Steinfinn Fefinnson; Esbjörn Proud and Orm the Strong; Sunfair and the Dragon King; Bendik and Årolilja; Sigurd Sven; Sivard Snare Sven; Little Lisa; Sven Norman and Miss Gullborg; Peter Pallebosson; Sir Svedendal; King Speleman; Holger Dane and Burman; Sven Felding; St Olaf's Sailing Race.
Musical notation for traditional ballad melodies is included for eleven of the fifteen ballads.
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