The Norsemen: A Song History

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"The Norsemen" appears in DulciWhistle, a book of duets for mountain dulcimer and pennywhistle (also called the tin whistle) by John Keane and Karen Keane, published by Fingers Of Steel; all fourteen titles in it are the Keanes' own tunes.[1] The listing names it fourth among those titles and says the download comes with MP3 recordings of each song.[1]

Small carved ivory dragon head with open jaws and leafy ornament on its neck

Dragon's Head, walrus ivory, 1100–1150. Shown because the museum likens its carving to the prows of Viking ships; it has no connection to the tune.

The Keanes are from Shreveport, Louisiana; both earned music education degrees at Northeast Louisiana University, now the University of Louisiana-Monroe, and their own compositions for mountain dulcimer and Native American flute fill a number of books and CDs.[2] None of the sources consulted here explains the title, dates the tune, or mentions a recording of it apart from the audio that comes with the book.[1][2]

Our book that contains the song "The Norsemen"

Sources

  1. Fingers Of Steel: "John Keane And Karen Keane, DulciWhistle".
  2. DulcimerDownloads: "John Keane".
  3. Image: Dragon's Head, walrus ivory, 1100–1150. The Cleveland Museum of Art.

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