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Some of the more famous Icelandic
bands are : Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson
Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir
Atli Heimir Sveinsson
Atli Örvarsson
Barði Jóhannson
Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson born 22 September
1976 is a founding member of the Icelandic
post-rock band Sigur Rós. He was the
band's drummer from their creation in
August 1994 until he quit in 1999 after the
band finished Ágætis byrjun. Orri Pál
Dýrason took his place as drummer. The
group became internationally popular with
their subsequent albums (2002)
and Takk… (2005). He went on to study
graphic design.
Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir
Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir born 28 July
1982 is an Icelandic singer and actress.
She was a member of the band, Ske,
and in 2005 began her solo career. She is
best known for her portrayal of the
controversial character Silvía Night.
Atli Heimir Sveinsson (born 1938) is
an Icelandic composer.
Atli Heimir was born in Reykjavík, Iceland
and started piano lessons at the age of
10. He studied piano with Rögnvaldur
Sigurjónsson at the Reykjavík College of
Music and took his diploma in 1957.
Atli Örvarsson
Atli Örvarsson Icelandic pronunciationborn 7 July
1970 is an Icelandic film score composer. Atli's credits
include composing and orchestrating music for some
of Hollywood's biggest projects, including the Pirates
of the Caribbean series, Angels and Demons, The
Holiday, The Eagle, Vantage Point, Babylon
A.D., Thick as Thieves, The Fourth Kind, and Season of
the Witch. Atli's most recent credits include The Mortal
Instruments: City of Bones, Hansel and Gretel Witch
Hunters, A Single Shot, NBC series Chicago Fire, and
together with Hans Zimmer contributed music to
the Zack Snyder Superman reinstallment Man of
Steel.
Barði Jóhannson
Barði Jóhannsson born 10 September 1975 is
an Icelandic rock musician, film composer,
writer, TV show host of surrealist Icelandic TV
show Konfekt, author, clothing designer,
short film director and more. He is mostly
known for his work with Bang Gang who
have released three albums to date, and
are working on a fourth, Lady & Bird, a side
project alongside French artist Keren
Ann and a new project with Jean-Benoît
Dunckel Air, Tomorrow's World
called Starwalker
Barði Jóhannsson born 10 September 1975)
is an Icelandic rock musician, film
composer, writer, TV show host (of surrealist
Icelandic TV show Konfekt, author, clothing
designer, short film director and more. He is
mostly known for his work with Bang
Gang who have released three albums to
date, and are working on a fourth), Lady &
Bird, a side project alongside French
artist Keren Ann and a new project
with Jean-Benoît Dunckel Air, Tomorrow's
World called Starwalker
Lofsöngur , also known as "Ó Guð vors lands"
("O, God of Our Land"), is the national
anthem of Iceland. The lyrics are by Matthías
Jochumsson and the music by Sveinbjörn
Sveinbjörnsson. The anthem contains three
stanzas, but only the first one is commonly
sung.
The melody might be considered difficult to
sing, as it requires a vocal range of a minor
fourteenth. That the anthem is essentially
a hymn has been the subject of controversy in
recent times
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fk
bXTDzKBc
Icelandic music has a very long tradition,
with some songs still sung today dating
from 14th century. Folk songs are often
about love, sailors, masculinity, hard
winters, as well as elves, trolls and other
mythological creatures, and tend to be
quite secular and often humorous
This is an example of Icelandic folk music
by Tyrkjaránid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_lQ1UQoyU
sigur rós is a famous pop artist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L_
DQKCDgeM
The fiðla is a traditional Icelandic musical
instrument, consisting of a box zither with
two bowed strings. The strings pass over
a bridge near the playing end of the
instrument, and are tuned at the other
end by two tuning pegs.
The Langspil is a traditional Icelandic drone
zither. Since old folk music has been gaining
more popularity in recent years, more and
more people are able to play this instrument.
And since it only has 1 melody string with 1 to 5
drone strings it is easy to learn to play it
compared with more complicated instruments.
The langspil can be played by plucking the
strings by hand, with a bow or by hammering
I don’t really like Icelandic music if I was
honest as it sounds sad and some of the
songs are very long.