The Song of the Nibelungs: book launch, reading and accordion
Meran/Merano, Meran/Merano and environs
In german language. Free entry.
from
center
Introduction and reading from the *Nibelungenlied*:
Margarete Springeth and Toni Bernhart
Accordion: Margherita Berlanda
Music by Manuela Kerer: ‘In the Depths of my Being’
The result of the comprehensive Nibelungen series of events in spring 2024, during which the Nibelungenlied manuscript I/J from Obermontani Castle was on display at the KunstMeran Museum, is a two-volume publication entitled “Da brachte man die Märe in andrer Könige Land. Europäische Überlieferung und Strahlkraft des Nibelungenliedes” (Thus the Tale Was Brought to Another King’s Land: European Tradition and the Influence of the Nibelungenlied). The book launch for the two volumes will be complemented by readings from the *Nibelungenlied* by Margarete Springeth and Toni Bernhart, as well as a performance of the piece “In the Depths of my Being” by Manuela Kerer, played by the accordionist Margherita Berlanda.
About the Nibelungen Publication
Based on the *Nibelungenlied* manuscript I/J, which originates from Obermontani Castle (South Tyrol), the scholarly articles – written in German, English and Italian – explore the almost boundless universe of the *Nibelungenlied*. The volume begins by examining and illuminating the manuscript tradition of the Middle High German epic, with particular attention paid to the manuscript discovered by Beda Weber in the Vinschgau Valley. The main focus of the publication, however, is the diverse European reception of the Nibelungenlied. Alongside Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the volume places particular emphasis on non-German-speaking countries, which have received little attention to date. The aim is to outline the dissemination of the *Nibelungenlied*, as well as the new interpretations and reinterpretations it has undergone in the course of its transmission within, and above all outside, Germany. The focus is not only on literary and musical adaptations, translations and rewritings, but also on adaptations and interpretations in the visual arts, which can shed new light on the *Nibelungenlied*. The general editor, John Butcher, is a historian and a scholar of culture, literature and linguistics. His research focuses on South Tyrol, epic poetry and the Greeks.
