Harp Song of the Dane Women
Added: Nov 18, 2008
Author: sabrinaeden
Duration: 3:28
Dismayed by the total lack of Peter Bellamy on YouTube, we offer this interpretation of his setting of Rudyard Kipling's 'Harp Song of the Dane Women' in the hope that it might inspire the uploading of some much needed footage of the great man himself...The poem is from Kipling's 'Puck of Pook's Hill' (1906) - a lament sung by the wives of restless Vikings. For the words: http://www.kipling.org.uk/poems_harp.htm -Peter Bellamy's setting appeared on his near-mythical 1972 album 'Merlin's Isle of Gramarye', long since out of print with no CD re-issue available, or yet in the offing. The performance is by Sedayne; Northumbrian born storyteller, player of odd instruments, singer of traditional songs & devoted Bellamist since buying a self-bootlegged cassette copy of 'Merlin's Isle' from Bellamy in 1984 - 23 years on & it still plays! Check http://www.sedayne.co.uk/storytelling.html for on-line resume.This was filmed during the recording, though the video editing software doesn't allow for anything so sophisticated as accurate sound / image synchronisation; but as viewer of YouTube you'll be used to that.
Channel: Music
Tags:
bellamy
citera
folk
kipling
music
peter
rudyard
sea
song
vikings
zither
Rating: 4.63 (8 ratings)
Views: 1700' favoriteCount='8
Comments: 4
Added: Nov 18, 2008
Author: sabrinaeden
Duration: 3:28
Dismayed by the total lack of Peter Bellamy on YouTube, we offer this interpretation of his setting of Rudyard Kipling's 'Harp Song of the Dane Women' in the hope that it might inspire the uploading of some much needed footage of the great man himself...The poem is from Kipling's 'Puck of Pook's Hill' (1906) - a lament sung by the wives of restless Vikings. For the words: http://www.kipling.org.uk/poems_harp.htm -Peter Bellamy's setting appeared on his near-mythical 1972 album 'Merlin's Isle of Gramarye', long since out of print with no CD re-issue available, or yet in the offing. The performance is by Sedayne; Northumbrian born storyteller, player of odd instruments, singer of traditional songs & devoted Bellamist since buying a self-bootlegged cassette copy of 'Merlin's Isle' from Bellamy in 1984 - 23 years on & it still plays! Check http://www.sedayne.co.uk/storytelling.html for on-line resume.This was filmed during the recording, though the video editing software doesn't allow for anything so sophisticated as accurate sound / image synchronisation; but as viewer of YouTube you'll be used to that.
Channel: Music
Tags: bellamy citera folk kipling music peter rudyard sea song vikings zither
Rating: 4.63 (8 ratings) Views: 1700' favoriteCount='8 Comments: 4
