Wood Works - Ye honest Bridal Couple / Sonderho Bridal Trilogy - Part I
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SKU: PE.EDWW01
Composed by The Danish String Quartet. String Quartets. MSER00063. Score. 12 pages. Duration 00:05:10. Edition Peters #EDWW01. Published by Edition Peters (PE.EDWW01).210 x 297mm inches.
These are a set of two traditional wedding tunes, one from the Faroe Islands and one from the Danish island, Fano. The traditional music of the Faroe Islands is primarily vocal, and the first tune of this set, I AErlige Brudefolk, is the first song to be sung and danced at Faroese weddings. It is said that it needs to be sung with such devoutness that the skirts of the women won’t move in the slightest – it is a wedding afer all! We have paired this with Forste Brudestykke from Sonderho – the first part of a set of three sonderhonings that to this day are still played at weddings on Fano. These melodies date back several hundreds of years and hold a very special place in the Danish folk music tradition. The dance is in 3/4 time, but the music is in duple time, making the total experience of playing and dancing to this music unique.
The Danish String Quartet is a classical string quartet with a passion for Nordic folk music. They’ve brought their unique arrangements of Scandinavian folk tunes to the concert stage and recorded them on a highly successful CD. Now, due to popular demand, sheet music of these meticulously crafted arrangments is being made available for the first time in a carefully prepared edition. We hope you enjoy it.