Skempton Poems of Love and War
for SATB unaccompanied Poems of Love and War sets a sequence of nine poems from 'Viking Poetry of Love and War' by Judith Jesch. The war poems are formal and celebratory, making vivid use of figures of speech known as 'kennings', while the love poems are more direct, and sometimes playful. Skempton's imaginative settings bring these striking texts to life, artfully using changing metres to evoke the sound of spoken word.
for SATB unaccompanied
Poems of Love and War sets a sequence of nine poems from 'Viking Poetry of Love and War' by Judith Jesch. The war poems are formal and celebratory, making vivid use of figures of speech known as 'kennings', while the love poems are more direct, and sometimes playful. Skempton's imaginative settings bring these striking texts to life, artfully using changing metres to evoke the sound of spoken word.
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Hallfred Ottarsson (10th century)<br />
trans. Judith Jesch<br />
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‡ seam-Saga = a kenning for woman. ‘Saga’ is the name <strong>of</strong> a goddess, with ‘seam’ alluding to the textiles she is wearing.
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