jute
06-16-2015, 01:23 PM
As there already is a rather dead thread about Danish music, I figured I'd make one dedicated to Danish folk music specifically.
I'll start out with Dronningens Livstykke with their song Niels Ebbesen. The lyrics were written in 1839 and were devoted to the national hero Niels Ebbesen that during the time Denmark was pledged to the German Count Gerhard the Third. Ebbesen became a national hero after he in 1340 started his journey to Randers with 47 men behind him. In Randers the Count had settled for time being with 4000 soldiers, but Ebbesen and his followers still managed to get there. During the night they broke into Count Gerhard's house and decapitated him in his bed. This event gave uproar to even more resistance against the Germans, and it became a symbol of the differences between the Holstenske right to freedom and the Danish one. Ebbesen then became a symbol of the Danish right for a person to choose freely regardless of their master, they were therefor entitled to the right to say they no longer wished to follow or lead their master. This was far from the same in the Duchy of Holstein where the Master had all the right over the person under him - he could only decide what was going to happen. Niels Ebbesen also showed an example of this as they reached the bridge on their journey towards Randers Ebbesen asked if any of his followers has regretted their decision and therefor no longer wished to participate. Ebbesen's nephew said that he no longer wished to participate, which lead to Ebbesen feeling betrayed but as he believed in the freedom to choose, he of course allowed him. His nephew did not betray him, though. When Ebbesen returned to the bridge after they murdered the Count, his nephew had loosened the planks on the bridge, preparing to throw them away after Ebbesen and his followers had crossed, giving them a head start. He later died fighting alongside an army consisting of farmers and a smaller cavalry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PERSa3aX6fU
The following is a statue of Ebbesen located in Randers.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Niels_Ebbesen_statue_Randers.jpg
I'll be adding more soon.
I'll start out with Dronningens Livstykke with their song Niels Ebbesen. The lyrics were written in 1839 and were devoted to the national hero Niels Ebbesen that during the time Denmark was pledged to the German Count Gerhard the Third. Ebbesen became a national hero after he in 1340 started his journey to Randers with 47 men behind him. In Randers the Count had settled for time being with 4000 soldiers, but Ebbesen and his followers still managed to get there. During the night they broke into Count Gerhard's house and decapitated him in his bed. This event gave uproar to even more resistance against the Germans, and it became a symbol of the differences between the Holstenske right to freedom and the Danish one. Ebbesen then became a symbol of the Danish right for a person to choose freely regardless of their master, they were therefor entitled to the right to say they no longer wished to follow or lead their master. This was far from the same in the Duchy of Holstein where the Master had all the right over the person under him - he could only decide what was going to happen. Niels Ebbesen also showed an example of this as they reached the bridge on their journey towards Randers Ebbesen asked if any of his followers has regretted their decision and therefor no longer wished to participate. Ebbesen's nephew said that he no longer wished to participate, which lead to Ebbesen feeling betrayed but as he believed in the freedom to choose, he of course allowed him. His nephew did not betray him, though. When Ebbesen returned to the bridge after they murdered the Count, his nephew had loosened the planks on the bridge, preparing to throw them away after Ebbesen and his followers had crossed, giving them a head start. He later died fighting alongside an army consisting of farmers and a smaller cavalry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PERSa3aX6fU
The following is a statue of Ebbesen located in Randers.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Niels_Ebbesen_statue_Randers.jpg
I'll be adding more soon.