Sunday, October 03, 2004

Drømde mik en drøm i nat, um silki ok ærlik pæl


I'm working on a new idea for a solo performance based of Ophelia's character. The post on Japanese and Elizabethan costume was actually related to this project. As far as I am concerned so far, it is going to be based on Japanese traditional dance and probably with two kokens and a textual montage of Hamlet, Beowulf, The Constitution Act of Denmark, Bible and fragments of Henrik Nordbrant's poems. The music may be a radical mixture of different traditions as well. I have however an idea to develop a melody on the basis of the 14-note piece of music that is the earliest notation of Danish music found in Skåne. It is an unconnected part of a book on law, known as Codex runicus. The song reads "Drømde mik en drøm i nat, um silki ok ærlik pæl" (I dreamt a dream last night, of silk and fine fur[costly raiment].)

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