[Sca-cooks] Hildegard's songs was Fun and ignorance -

[A F Murphy]

OK, I reached the friend who had heard them, and this is his description.

>The group name is Garmarna.  Named for the dogs that guard the gates of Hell
>in Swedish legend.  Hmm, a description.  Eclectic, electric folk.  Steeleye
>Span as played by Pink Floyd.  Electric Hurdy-gurdy, Jew's harp, and
>violins, drums, bass and acoustic guitars.  Mournful female vocalist.  1/3
>of the lyrics in Latin by Hildegard, but music with a upbeat jazz, rock, or
>techno sound.  Another third modern Swedish folk songs, and the last third
>medieval Swedish folk songs and love ballads that are about as happy and
>sweet as a Shakespeare tragedy.  You know, like, "Where are you, my sweet
>love?  Here I am, pining for you, starving in a shack on an island frozen in
>by ice.  I haven't seen you in months, won't see you for several more.  Why
>don't I just kill myself with this axe?"
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>How's that?
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So, Hildegard is only part of it, and it is definitely not her
melodies... but her lyrics. And, I guess, a new approach!

Anne

Patrick Levesque wrote:

>>>There is a Swedish music group whose name escapes me (I could look it
>>>up) who played here in NYC a few weeks ago which is setting poetry of
>>>Hildegard of Bingen to music. I didn't go hear them, but a friend did,
>>>and a couple of people here seem to be familiar with them.
>>>
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>Could be the Sequentia Ensemble (although I'm not sure if they're swedish).
>They do a lot of Hildegard, and also some medieval Icelandic music (and
>other stuff which I don't remember).
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>Petru 'cel Paros' Voda
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