Michael Bojesen - Drømte mig en drøm i nat (DR VokalEnsemblet)

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Michael Bojesen (b. 1960):
DRØMTE MIG EN DRØM I NAT ~
I dreamt a dream last night of silk and fine fur (?)

"Drømte mig en drøm i nat om silke og ærlig pæl" (modern Danish) or "Drømde mik en drøm i nat um silki ok ærlik pæl" (transcript from Old East Norse) is the oldest known secular song in the Nordic countries, written around 1300. It is written in Old East Norse and is included in Codex Runicus, a transcript of Scanian Law where it forms a final note. Like the law itself, it is written in runes, and the tune is written on two simple staves in an early form of musical notation.

There are several interpretations of the text, as the meaning of the words "silki" and "ærlik pæl" is obscure. Traditionally, most interpretations are similar to: "I dreamt a dream last night of silk and fine fur". Alternative interpretations that better fit with this understanding of the song's context is "I dreamt a dream last night of justice and fair play".

The Codex Runicus is a codex of 202 pages written in medieval runes around the year 1300 which includes the oldest preserved Nordic provincial law, Scanian Law (Danish: Skånske lov) pertaining to the Danish land Scania (Danish: Skåne). Skåne is since 1658 part of Sweden.

Drømte mig en drøm i nat
om silke og ærlig pæl,
bar en dragt så let og glat
i solfaldets strålevæld.
Nu vågner den klare morgen.

Til de unges flok jeg gik,
jeg droges mod sang og dans.
Trøstigt mødte jeg hans blik
og lagde min hånd i hans.
Nu vågner den klare morgen.

Alle andre på os så,
de smilede, og de lo.
Snart gik dansen helt i stå,
der dansede kun vi to.
Nu vågner den klare morgen.

Drømte mig en drøm i nat
om silke og ærlig pæl.
Fjernt han hilste med sin hat
og grå gik min drøm på hæld.
Nu vågner den klare morgen.

(Erik Bertelsen, 1945)

This song is track 1 on this cd:
Drømte mig en drøm (Danske Sange) ~
I Dreamt a Dream (Songs of the Danish Heartland)
OUR Recordings (2012)

Michala Petri (recorder)
Danish National Vocal Ensemble (DR VokalEnsemblet)
Conducted by Michael Bojesen

More information:
https://www.ourrecordings.com/release...

The score is available at www.noder.dk:
https://www.noder.dk/dromte-mig-en-dr...

Michala Petri appeared in Victor Borge's 80th birthday show in 1989:
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