Demonstration of a reconstructed lyre and performance of skaldic poetry from 'Ragnars saga loðbrókar ok sona hans' by Einar Selvik
Title
Demonstration of a reconstructed lyre and performance of skaldic poetry from 'Ragnars saga loðbrókar ok sona hans' by Einar Selvik
Subject
Performance - music
Description
Clip of Einar Selvik performing skaldic poetry from Ragnars saga loðbrókar ok sona hans. This lyre is a replica of a lyre found in Kravik, Numedal in Norway dating to the 13th century.
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2278 Performed during the Old Norse Poetry in Performance (ONPIP) Conference at Somerville College, Oxford on Friday 24 June 2016. Though fragments of stringed-instruments have been found from Viking-Age Scandinavia, most lyres are based on the well-preserved Anglo-Saxon Sutton Hoo find. More information about the band and project can be found at http://wardruna.com/about/
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2278 Performed during the Old Norse Poetry in Performance (ONPIP) Conference at Somerville College, Oxford on Friday 24 June 2016. Though fragments of stringed-instruments have been found from Viking-Age Scandinavia, most lyres are based on the well-preserved Anglo-Saxon Sutton Hoo find. More information about the band and project can be found at http://wardruna.com/about/
Creator
Einar Selvik
Source
ONPIP
Publisher
The World-Tree Project
Date
Friday 24 June 2016
Contributor
Tom Birkett
Rights
(c) Einar Selvik
Relation
http://wardruna.com/about/
Format
MP4
Type
MP4
Identifier
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2234
Coverage
Modern
Norway
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Geolocation
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Item Relations
| This Item | dcterms:relation | Item: Performance of 'Völuspá' by Einar Selvik (Opening Lines) |
| This Item | dcterms:relation | Item: Website of the Norwegian musical reconstruction project 'Wardruna' |
| This Item | dcterms:relation | Item: Demonstration of the bukkehorn (goat horn) by Einar Selvik in Somerville College |
| This Item | dcterms:relation | Item: Demonstration of a reconstructed horse-hair fiddle (Taglharpa) by Einar Selvik in Somerville College |
| This Item | dcterms:relation | Item: Medieval Lyre |
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