Fornnordiska Klanger / The Sounds Of Prehistoric Scandinavia

Text from back cover: Magic bone scrapers, bellowing seals and dancers' footsteps, tones on a reed flute, bronze lurs which resound in ritual harmony with gong and clay drum! For the first time we can now hear a gramophone recording of how 'music' may have sounded during Scandinavian prehistory - the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age - a period of some 12,000 years. The evocative soundscapes conjured forth by music-archaeologist Cajsa Lund in this unusual, indeed unique gramophone record - based on prehistoric Scandinavian instruments - has required extensive research. The sounds on prehistory rest on solid ground. Listen and enjoy! Booklet enclosed (32 pages). Exhaustive notes on the various musical examples and soundscapes will be found in the booklet. Recorded March-May 1983 in Stockholm (EMI Studios), Copenhagen (the National Museum) and on the island of Gotland, Sweden (outdoors). A recording made in Lejre, Denmark, 1974 has also been used (ex. 24) [Track B1]. Musica Sveciae is a recorded anthology of Swedish musical history encompassing the music from ancient times to the beginning of the 20th century.