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2 A Brief Resume Of Icelandic Culture Icelandic culture has always seemed to have revolved around the word, around literature. The old republic and the fourteenth century were a golden age in this respect. The Edda poems, the sagas, and the epic poems from that era form part of the world’s literature and provide basic source material for our knowledge of spiritual and everyday life in Scandinavia during the Viking age. But even during the centuries of isolation the tradition of poetry continued. According to a present-day commentator Iceland “has had a potential Nobel prize winner during each century”. In our present age, the Nobel prize-winner Halldor Laxness, Gunnar Gunnarsson and several other authors have enhanced the international reputation of Icelandic literature. The same is true of “Nonni” (Jon Sveinsson), an author who is known chiefly in Catholic countries. Icelanders of today are well versed in the older poems and write more books per capita than other nations. Icelandic music, on the other hand, is neither well-known nor praised. Even in this century, music has been basically regarded as an applied art, governed by social factors. Music as an independent art form has only begun to develop during the past fifty years. However, it should be mentioned that very little research has been done on the music of previous centuries, so little is known about the sacred and profane music covering a period of eight or nine centuries. However, one point can on the whole be maintained: literature has been music’s prerequisite in every important aspect. The same holds true of the urban music culture that has developed during the past 125 years. A sample page from a missal, written by the master scribe, Jon Thorldksson (ca. 1473). When he died, three of his fingers did not stiffen, until he had been given a pen, and the fingers wrote: “Gratia plena, Dominus tecum," from the Ave Maria. Photo: Arne Mann Nielsen. AM 80 8vo. 5
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New music in Iceland

Year
1991
Language
English
Pages
196


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