Music Makers (radio): The Saga of Erik Nobeard
The Saga of Erik Nobeard is a unit of the BBC schools radio series Music Makers from the 1980s, covering music for primary and secondary school pupils.
Amongst all the many conquering and impressively bearded Vikings who come to seek the hand of his daughter, King Harald selects the young, unaccomplished and distinctly un-bearded Erik Nobeard. The mischievous god Loki intervenes and send Erik on a quest to prove himself by slaying the monster Grumbel.
Songs
- The Vikings Are Coming!
- The Choice Is Mine
- Rejected
- Reading the Runes
- Odin's Daughters
- It's Grumbel!
- An Answer to Our Dreams!
Broadcasts
- Autumn 1988 - two episodes per day over one week, to facilitate block recording
Credits
| Introduced by | Ian Humphris Jill Shilling |
| Written by | Edward Kelsey |
| Music by | Peter Hutchings |
| Producer | Peter Hutchings |
Resources
Pupils' pamphlet
Teachers' notes
Acting script
Melodic instrument parts
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