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Edda concert

Title
Edda [sound recording] : concert / Ping Chong & Company and Sequentia (ensemble for medieval music) ; conceived and directed by Benjamin Bagby and Ping Chong ; English text co-adapted by Ping Chong and Victoria Abrash.
Publication
2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Snorri Sturluson, 1179?-1241.
  • Chong, Ping
  • Abrash, Victoria.
  • Bagby, Benjamin.
  • Norin, Lena Susanne.
  • Christensen, Agnethe.
  • Gaver, Elizabeth.
  • Rodenkirchen, Norbert.
  • Caines, Christopher.
  • Sequentia (Musical group) prf
  • Ping Chong & Company. pro
  • Ping Chong & Company. dnr
Found In
Ping Chong archive.
Description
2 sound discs (91 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
The legends found in the ancient Icelandic Edda form the basis for a unique collaboration between the medieval music ensemble Sequentia and the direction of Ping Chong. Sung in Old Norse, the music is chanted to the original Eddic poems and spoken texts are adapted and interpolated from the Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson.
Uniform Title
Edda Sæmundar.
Alternative Title
Ping Chong archive. Audio materials.
Subjects
Access (note)
  • Access to original items restricted.
Event (note)
  • Recorded in DLF concert, Mar. 25, 2001.
Funding (note)
  • The processing of the Ping Chong audio-visual materials was made possible, in part, through the generous assistance of the Leon Levy Foundation.
Source (note)
  • Ping Chong & Company;
Language (note)
  • Sung in Old Icelandic.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: the Ping Chong archive. Audio materials.
Call Number
*LDC 51161
OCLC
748825179
Title
Edda [sound recording] : concert / Ping Chong & Company and Sequentia (ensemble for medieval music) ; conceived and directed by Benjamin Bagby and Ping Chong ; English text co-adapted by Ping Chong and Victoria Abrash.
Imprint
2001.
Performer
Lena Susanne Norin, voice (Gudrún) ; Agnethe Christensen, voice (Brynhild) ; Benjamin Bagby, voice, lyre ; Elizabeth Gaver, fiddle ; Norbert Rodenkirchen, flutes, lyre ; Christopher Caines (Seeress).
Event
Recorded in DLF concert, Mar. 25, 2001.
Access
Access to original items restricted.
Funding
The processing of the Ping Chong audio-visual materials was made possible, in part, through the generous assistance of the Leon Levy Foundation.
Language
Sung in Old Icelandic.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: the Ping Chong archive. Audio materials.
Local Note
Service CDs (2 sound discs : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original, copy 1.
Source
Gift; Ping Chong & Company; 2009. NN-PD
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Added Author
Snorri Sturluson, 1179?-1241.
Chong, Ping, director.
Chong, Ping, producer.
Chong, Ping, conceptor.
Chong, Ping, adapter.
Abrash, Victoria. Adapter
Bagby, Benjamin. Conceptor
Bagby, Benjamin. Conductor
Norin, Lena Susanne. Performer
Christensen, Agnethe. Performer
Bagby, Benjamin. Performer
Gaver, Elizabeth. Performer
Rodenkirchen, Norbert. Performer
Caines, Christopher. Performer
Sequentia (Musical group) Performer
Ping Chong & Company. Producer
Ping Chong & Company. Donor
Added Title
Edda Sæmundar.
Ping Chong archive. Audio materials.
Found In:
Ping Chong archive.
Research Call Number
*LDC 51161
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