Beowulf - Interview

[Waldvogel91]

^he's wrong about there not being musical notation at this time. The Ancient Greeks had it. One does not need to look far...

[rotcbrad]

@Waldvogel91 One could just about fill the Grand Canyon with the knowledge that was possessed by the ancient Greeks that had become lost to the western world by the time of Beowulf's creation.

[Waldvogel91]

@rotcbrad pretty much yes.

But despite what he says, there was musical notation before the 9th Century.

[revilo178]

@Waldvogel91 he said "for European music" and by "Europe" he obviously meant what was to become Western Europe.

[BloodeatingDespot]

@Waldvogel91 but as for Anglosaxon music, he's right.

[hedgehogstump]

I like that he compares it to a song, rather than just learning words and reciting them.

[Angelicum7]

Does anyone have anymore of this interview as I would love to hear what else he goes on to say about this wonderful work.

[Ordfruma937]

@Angelicum7

You find this & another Old English

version of Beowulf on demonoid

[GeatishBeowulf]

now where's your iambic pentameter?

[tigerbeetle1]

Who is this acor he does a superb job

[nuuskamuikkunenkatz]

He´s no actor :-))) He´s musician.

[MaBu888]

Very antique and typical for early Indo-European people, and typical of other non Indo-European people as well.