How are you?
Following the last week, I am going to start my 21st lecture.
I had conducted music lectures at Art Collage JANG in Seoul, South Korea every Saturday from March 2015 to December 2017.
I am going to introduce some of the music in the lecture with a brief overview of the lecture by the lecture’s order every Saturday.
Please refer to the following link for my previous lectures.
The 21st lecture for today is "World Music: Nordic".
This lecture was the 21st lecture of “ACJ Music Academy”, which was held on 5 September 2015.
Nordic countries typically include Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland.
Among them, I will briefly introduce the folk music of Iceland, Norway and Sweden today.
Due to the geographical isolation, it was difficult for Iceland to access the music of continental Europe.
Therefore, its similarities with other European countries are very low, and the music of the Middle-Ages prevailed the music of Iceland until the 19th century.
The music of Iceland has a very long tradition, and some of the songs made in the 14th century are still sung today.
Folk songs generally deal with love, harsh winters and mythical creatures, and are very secular and humorous.
For Norway, more than half of the land is located in the north of the Arctic Circle, and northern Norway is characterized by continuous white nights in summer.
Norway's most representative instrument is the fiddle, which is shorter than those of other countries, and it features a higher pitched sound than standard-sized fiddles.
The Norwegian fiddle is called the ‘Hardingfele', named after ‘Hardanger’, the southwestern part of Norway, and it has been used since the mid-17th century.
Sweden is the most influential countries in the pop and rock music market in the world among the Nordic countries, producing many worldwide stars that have gained great popularity, such as Abba, Ace of Base and Yaki-Da.
Recently, however, Swedish folk music has begun to attract global attention, which is the result of a movement to establish a "national identity" like other Scandinavian countries.
Despite these movements, however, the main trend of Swedish culture is characterized by a tendency to actively embrace the culture of the outside world and enjoy it as a global culture, rather than adherence to tradition.
Thus, unlike many Nordic countries, it is characteristic that Sweden is hard to find a rigorous folk tradition.
Today, I will introduce 3 Nordic music as follows:
1. Ólafur Liljurós (Iceland)
2. Khoom Loy-Annbjørg Lien (Norway)
3. Vallåtar från gammelboning (Sweden)
You can listen to all the songs from following YouTube link.
Next week, I will be with you with "World Music: Benelux" as my 22nd lecture.
Thank you.
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