Composer Icelandic folk song - Íslenskt þjóðlag
Author Anon. Höfundur óþekktur
Arranger Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson
Year composed1982
Categories Folk music Arr., A cappella choir
InstrumentationMixed choir
Hér undir jarðar hvílir moldu
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The text of this song is said to be an epitaph of a certain Sæmundur Klemensson. According the Rev. Bjarni Thorsteinsson, who collected Icelandic Folk Songs around the country at the end of the 19th Century, he remarks that this song is unique for the fact that he had never before heard that epitaphs were sung.
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