The Binding of the Wolf Ensemble de cuivres [Conducteur] - Intermédiaire Gobelin Music Publications
Brass Band - Grade 4 SKU: BT.GOB-000149-130 Composed by Torstein Aagaard-...(+)
Brass Band - Grade 4
SKU:
BT.GOB-000149-130
Composed by Torstein
Aagaard-Nilsen. Score
Only. 34 pages. Gobelin
Music Publications #GOB
000149-130. Published by
Gobelin Music
Publications
(BT.GOB-000149-130).
This piece was
commissioned by
Nordhordland Brass
Seminar in 1990 and
written for a youth
band.
The title
referes to a story from
norse mythology.
“The Binding of the
Wolf” is not a
programmatic piece of
music, but I felt that
there was a kind of
coherence between the
music and the dramatic
story:
“...The
wolf Fenrir was one of
the demonic offspring of
Loki, and as he grew up
in Asgard among the gods,
he became so huge and
fierce that only Tyr was
willing to feed him. It
was decided that he must
be bound, and Odin in his
wisdom caused the cunning
dwarfs to forge a chain
which could not be
broken. It was made
from the invisible and
yet potent powers ofthe
world, such as the roots
of a mountain, the noise
of a moving cat, the
breath of a fish.
When completed, this
chain seemed to be no
more than a silken cord,
but the wolf refused to
let it be laid upon him
unless one of the gods
would put a hand between
his jaws as a pledge that
it was harmless. Only
Tyr was prepared to do
this, and when the wolf
found that the chain was
unbreakable, the gods
rejoiced, but Tyr lost
his hand. The binding
of the wolf may be seen
as a means of protecting
the world of men, as well
as that of the gods, from
destruction. The
story of the god losing
his hand appears to be
one of the fundamental
myths of nothern
Europe...”.
The Binding of the Wolf Ensemble de cuivres [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire Gobelin Music Publications
Brass Band - Grade 4 SKU: BT.GOB-000149-030 Composed by Torstein Aagaard-...(+)
Brass Band - Grade 4
SKU:
BT.GOB-000149-030
Composed by Torstein
Aagaard-Nilsen. Set
(Score & Parts). 58
pages. Gobelin Music
Publications #GOB
000149-030. Published by
Gobelin Music
Publications
(BT.GOB-000149-030).
This piece was
commissioned by
Nordhordland Brass
Seminar in 1990 and
written for a youth
band.
The title
referes to a story from
norse mythology.
“The Binding of the
Wolf” is not a
programmatic piece of
music, but I felt that
there was a kind of
coherence between the
music and the dramatic
story:
“...The
wolf Fenrir was one of
the demonic offspring of
Loki, and as he grew up
in Asgard among the gods,
he became so huge and
fierce that only Tyr was
willing to feed him. It
was decided that he must
be bound, and Odin in his
wisdom caused the cunning
dwarfs to forge a chain
which could not be
broken. It was made
from the invisible and
yet potent powers ofthe
world, such as the roots
of a mountain, the noise
of a moving cat, the
breath of a fish.
When completed, this
chain seemed to be no
more than a silken cord,
but the wolf refused to
let it be laid upon him
unless one of the gods
would put a hand between
his jaws as a pledge that
it was harmless. Only
Tyr was prepared to do
this, and when the wolf
found that the chain was
unbreakable, the gods
rejoiced, but Tyr lost
his hand. The binding
of the wolf may be seen
as a means of protecting
the world of men, as well
as that of the gods, from
destruction. The
story of the god losing
his hand appears to be
one of the fundamental
myths of nothern
Europe...”.