Beowulf - Interview

One of Europe's greatest epics, the story of King Hrothgar, the monster Grendel and the hero Beowulf has been passed down in written form for hundreds of generations. In this remarkable one-man tour de force, Benjamin Bagby (co-founder and director of the Sequentia ensemble for medieval music), accompanying himself on an Anglo-Saxon harp, delivers this gripping tale in the original Old English as it could have been experienced more than 1000 years ago. Now Available on DVD.
http://www.britishdvdcollection.com/product.asp?item=741952644590

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• Benjamin
• Bagby
• british
• classic
• old
• English
• international
• medieval
• renaissance
• Beowulf
• Robert
• Zemeckis

[MaBu888]

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

[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.

[Waldvogel91]

@rotcbrad pretty much yes.

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

[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]

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

[hedgehogstump]

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

[Ordfruma937]

@Angelicum7

You find this & another Old English

version of Beowulf on demonoid

[nuuskamuikkunenkatz]

He´s no actor :-))) He´s musician.