Composer Jón Nordal
Author Anonymous - Höf. ókunnur
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
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.
For parts, please contact itm@mic.is
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.
SJÖ LÖG VIÐ MIÐALDATEXTA
Jón Nordal, Anonymous - Höf. ókunnur
A cappella choir, Choral music
1955
SVO STÓR SYND ENGIN ER
Jón Nordal, Hallgrímur Pétursson
A cappella choir, Choral music, Based on cultural heritage, Folk music Arr., Hymn, Sacred music
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SALUTATIO MARIAE
Jón Nordal, Religious text
A cappella choir, Choral music, Sacred music
1978
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TRÚ MÍN ER AÐEINS TÝRA
Jón Nordal, Jón Helgason
A cappella choir, Choral music, Sacred music
1999
6:08 minutes
LUX MUNDI
Jón Nordal, Religious text
A cappella choir, Choral music, Sacred music
1996
5:53 minutes
HVERT ÖRSTUTT SPOR
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