Norse Fiddle: Karen Solgard : Listen
Summer Moonlight
(Karen Solgård, Hardanger fiddle; Bradley Greenwald, vocals)
2003-02-01
Composed by Karen Solgård, based on a verse by Emily Brontë
This was composed as a teaching tune for youth orchestras, meant to be a simpler version of the irregular 3/4 rhythm telespringar, a running dance from Telemark. Imbedded in the tune is Springar fra Vinje (Running dance from Vinje, Telemark, Norway) in the style of Eivind Groven.
Tis moonlight, summer moonlight. All soft, sweet, still and fair. The silent time of midnight shines sweetly everywhere.