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WHERE HAS THE POETRY OF PETTER DASS BEEN READ?
The poetry of Petter Dass seem to have had a broad scope, both geographically and socially. We find traces of his poetry being used all over Norway, Denmark and the Faroe Islands and along the southwest coast of Sweden. Through transcriptions, printed editions and in music, his poetry has reached far beyond the borders of Norway. In folk music, we find his poetry accompanied by a large number of different melodies. Petter Dass was represented in Landstads church hymnal from 1870. We see that Petter Dass is read by all social strata, from government officials and academics to fishermen and farmers. Since the first issue of Biblical Ballads (No.: Bibelsk Visebok) was published in 1711 and throughout the century, Petter Dass writings got published in more than 200 different editions. The Catechism Songs (No.: Katekismesangene) are registered in around 50 various editions, from 1715 to 1840. The volume of editions of Dass’ works exceeds by far the number of editions of works by his contemporary colleagues, such as the the poet Dorothea Engelbretsdatter, Thomas Kingo and Hans A. Brorson.
PETTER DASS AND THE FOLK SONG
In the folk song tradition, we find more than 700 different melodies and melody var
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