Comments on: Guide to the Danish Golden Age

Guide to the Danish Golden Age

Silune — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:03:06 -0800

By: Silune

Silune — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:03:58 -0800

Some of the links in the music section are broken, but there's a lot to listen to on the Dacapo Records website: C.E.F. Weyse F.D.R. Kuhlau J.P.E. Hartmann H.C. Lumbye N.W. Gade

By: longsleeves

longsleeves — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:17:04 -0800

Mmmmm, Daaa-nish. Aaauuggggghhh.......

By: breezeway

breezeway — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:36:39 -0800

This is great, Silune. I'm a big fan of comprehensive sites like this, especially when, though I'm familiar with bits and scraps of the subject, I don't have a sense of the whole. I have a lot more to look at and listen to, but so far I've found it all fascinating. My best friend in elementary school moved with his family to Copenhagen for several years; when he came back to the states, he was too busy reacclimating himself to have much to say about Denmark. For years, Copenhagen was little more to me than a place on the map and a brand of chewing tobacco. Then I read some Peter Hoeg and, I must confess, gained a rather depressing view of Danish life, especially from Borderliners (which, despite being almost unbearable to read, is one of my favorite books). So thanks for the post, now my view of Copenhagen is changing from greyish-brown to golden.

By: MapGuy

MapGuy — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:17:17 -0800

Wow, thanks I lived in Denmark for a few years I am going to enjoy this. Taller du Dansk?

By: parmanparman

parmanparman — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:04:07 -0800

Just 50 years? Serves them right for losing Scania.

By: russilwvong

russilwvong — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 11:11:56 -0800

The new departures and ideas emanating from these many personalities, meanwhile, came at a time of political and economic chaos. Huge fires laid waste to large areas of Copenhagen shortly before the turn of the century. A few years later, Denmark lost her fleet, and Copenhagen fell victim to the first bomb and rocket assault against civilians in the world when the British attacked it in 1807. In 1813, a State bankruptcy was declared, and the following year Norway ceased to be part of the Danish realm.

Reminds me of The Third Man: Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:23:06 -0800

I intereviewed a band from Denmark a couple years ago, and asked them the most burning question I had for their countrymen— What do they call danishes over there? The reply? "Sorry, I'm just not that into cake," said with apparently genuine regret and befuddlement.

By: sveskemus

sveskemus — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:58:04 -0800

klang, Danish is 'wienerbrød' in Denmark. Wienerbrød litterally translates to 'bread from Vienna'.

By: Eirixon

Eirixon — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:50:58 -0800

But what is Danish called in Austria?

By: iviken

iviken — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:16:28 -0800

"Danish Pastry is in Danish called Wienerbrød, Viennese bread, though known in Vienna as "Kopenhagener Gebäck" or "Dänischer Plunder". In Denmark, it has been known since 1840 and is said to have been created by immigrant bakers from Vienna, perhaps strike breakers."

By: Eirixon

Eirixon — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:25:14 -0800

aah... skruebrækkere!