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A new Home and some great foreign cylinders
Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2019 5:05 pm
by OldRestorer
Re: A new Home and some great foreign cylinders
Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2019 7:33 pm
by Jerry B.
Congratulations, it looks like a nice outfit. Jerry B.
Re: A new Home and some great foreign cylinders
Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2019 10:35 pm
by drh
I can't read most of the song titles, but from the few I can read I think those are not German but Scandinavian. Grieg in Norwegian certainly is.
Re: A new Home and some great foreign cylinders
Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 2:30 pm
by OldRestorer
Interesting,
I know 2 are German but the others could be anything.
Kirk
Re: A new Home and some great foreign cylinders
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 1:39 am
by Sidewinder
"Sangen om Ivar Huitfeldt" is a song about a Norwegian folk hero.
Iver Huitfeldt was killed in action during the Great Northern War at a battle in Køge Bugt on 4 October 1710. The Dano-Norwegian fleet was engaged by the Swedish fleet, and Huitfeldt's ship Dannebroge exploded after a fire on deck reached the gunpowder depot. After the ship caught fire, Huitfeldt ordered his crew to remain onboard and continue firing at the Swedish fleet. Due to Dannebroge's strategic position, this decision allowed the rest of the Dano-Norwegian fleet to escape, but lead to the deaths of almost the entire crew. The corpse of Ivar Huitfeldt was later found on the beach in Køge Bugt.
According to the commander in chief of the Dano-Norwegian navy, Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, the fire on Dannebroge was probably ignited by the cannons of the ship. Gyldenløve mentions this in his letter to the king, where Gyldenløve also regrets that a "brave and talented" officer should die in such a miserable way.
the Royal Danish Navy runs a class of warships named "Ivar Huitfeldt Class frigates"
Re: A new Home and some great foreign cylinders
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 7:10 pm
by drh
Sidewinder wrote:"Sangen om Ivar Huitfeldt" is a song about a Norwegian folk hero.
Iver Huitfeldt was killed in action during the Great Northern War at a battle in Køge Bugt on 4 October 1710. The Dano-Norwegian fleet was engaged by the Swedish fleet, and Huitfeldt's ship Dannebroge exploded after a fire on deck reached the gunpowder depot. After the ship caught fire, Huitfeldt ordered his crew to remain onboard and continue firing at the Swedish fleet. Due to Dannebroge's strategic position, this decision allowed the rest of the Dano-Norwegian fleet to escape, but lead to the deaths of almost the entire crew. The corpse of Ivar Huitfeldt was later found on the beach in Køge Bugt.
According to the commander in chief of the Dano-Norwegian navy, Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, the fire on Dannebroge was probably ignited by the cannons of the ship. Gyldenløve mentions this in his letter to the king, where Gyldenløve also regrets that a "brave and talented" officer should die in such a miserable way.
the Royal Danish Navy runs a class of warships named "Ivar Huitfeldt Class frigates"
Fascinating! Thank you for sharing that. A perfect example of how one learns about so much more than music by collecting records.
Re: A new Home and some great foreign cylinders
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:47 pm
by OldRestorer
Yeah, I knew that already....
Not really but great info!
