GAMLA KLUKKA Í JÖRÐU

Year composed2004

Text sampleVox mea vox mea est bamba

Categories Voice/s + more than 1 instrument, Vocal music, Sacred music, Choral music, Choir + 3 or more instruments, Chamber works

InstrumentationOboe, Percussion, Marimba, Organ, Mixed choir

Catalogue no.012-050

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Text language: Latin

Premiered 26 June 2004 by the vocal group "Gríma" with instrumentalists at Skálholt Cathedral as part of the annual Summer Festival of Music.
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An old church bell was found buried in front of the farm Hof in Skagafjörður, Iceland, where once there had stood a monastery. On the bell were engraved these words: Vox mea est bamba, possum depellere Satan. (My sound is bamba, get thee hence, Satan) Here reference is being made to the sound of the bell, which according to the belief of many, would drive evil away.

Gamla klukka í jörðu er um kirkjuklukku er fannst í jörðu fyrir framan Hof í Skagafjarðardölum, þar sem áður mun hafa staðið klaustur. Á klukkunni stóðu þessi orð: Vox mea est bamba, possum depellere Satan.
Það það þýðir: Mitt hljóð er bamba, burt rek ég Satan. Er þarna verið að vísa til klukknahljóms sem, samkvæmt trú margra, hreinsar andrúmsloftið og rekur burt hið illa.

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