Product Description
This collection is a wealth of information. Included are many notes on Anglo-Saxons, pronunciations & translations, their poetry, and notes for each of the songs. The tunes are broken up into categories, and are a wonderful example of historical harp music. The feel of the music is sparse, yet very powerful, and would be excellent when used as performance pieces, or simply for your own enjoyment.
Titles: Drinking Horn, Harp, Bagpipe, Honey Mead, Fish in River, Swan, Fingers and Pen, Reed with Runes, The Husband's Message, Lines from "The Wanderer", Ring-Giver, Peace-Weaver, Whale Road, Lament for Beowulf, Against a Dwarf, Charm for an Unfruitful Land, Charm for a Swam of Bees, From "The Fortunes of Men".
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