C.M. BELLMAN IN ENGLISH

CD Martin Bagge singing Bellman in English Translations by Paul Britten Austin Sold out

		CARL MICHAEL BELLMAN (1740-95) A short introduction by Paul Britten Austin If Bellman, a unique figure in world litterature, has been as unknown to the world at large as he has been perennially popular in Scandinavia, it has been due to the untranslability of poetry. A brilliant mimic and improviser, Bellman was chiefly appreciated by his contemporaries as an entertainer who conjured up for them a drastic picture of the low-life of Stockholm. Subsequent generations have found in him a poet of almost Shakespearean dimensions. This booklet aims to introduce foreign listeners to his great song-cycle Fredman's Epistles and Songs and to give a background to them now that they all can be heard in Swedish on 10 CD's (PRCD 9137 and 9150) Ca-pris: 59:50 SEK
		FREDMANS EPISTLES AND SONGS translated by Paul Britten Austin This book contains in all fifty-four Epistles and Songs, enhanced with Roland Bengtsson's guitar accompaniments and Yngve Berg's classic vignettes. Furthermore, this volume has been augmented with an extensive introduction about Bellman's life and the age and surroundings in which the poet lived, wrote and performed his often improvised songs. Modern technology, especially the compact disc, has been crucial in spreading Bellman's texts and music, so loved by the Swedes - a CD is enclosed with some samples of Bellman's musical-poetic genius, as presented by various singers in English and other languages. Ca-pris: 170:- SEK

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