Anonymous - Drømde mik en drøm i nat (Codex Runicus, ca 1300)

Anonymous (Danmark) Work: Drømde mik en drøm i nat (Codex Runicus, ca 1300) Voices: Ute Goedecke & Aino Lund Lavoipierre (Ute Goedecke is a member of Ensemble Mare Balticum) Drømde mik en drøm i nat is the oldest known secular song in the Nordic countries, written around 1300. It is written in Old East Norse and is included in Codex Runicus, a transcript of Scanian Law where it forms a final note. Like the law itself, it is written in runes, and the tune is written on two simple staves in an early form of musical notation. Drømde mik en drøm i nat um silki ok ærlik pæl