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Organist Roland Bilde kom til Skagen i 1931 og komponerede melodien til Holger Drachmans digt "Erindring" som blev sunget første gang ved Fortidsmindernes, nu Kystmuseets indvielse på Svallerbakken
Biografi i relation til Skagen
Biografi i relation til Skagen
Komponerede melodien til Drachmanns "Erindring"
Ved Skagen Fortidsminder indvielse (senere omdøbt til Skagen By- og Egnsmuseum) i 1938 skrev komponisten Roland Bilde musik til digtet, der i dag betragtes som ”Skagens Nationalsang”.
Roland Bilde var oprindelig maskinarbejder i Frederikshavn. Men musikken havde greb i ham og efter den første uddannelse ændrede han kurs og blev organist.
I 1931 kom han til Skagen og slog straks sit navn fast med sit gode orgelspil og som dirigent for Det kristelige Kor i Skagen.
I 1938 blev Fortidsminderne ved Svallerbakken indviet. Her blev "Erindring" sunget for første gang. Skagens Avis refererer det således:
"Efter formanden tale sang herrekoret "Herold" suppleret med mandsstemmer fra Kristeligt Sangkor, under ledelse af lærer Kjeldsen, først Bergstedts djærve "Hav imod Hav" med musik af Hakon Børresen og derefter Drachmanns vemodige Erindringssang "Saa hastig svinder Dagen" med Musik af Organist Roland Bilde. Korets stemmer lød rent og det foredrog smukt de to Sange i Digterens Aand, saa man følte sig grebet af en særegen Stemning ved Ordene
Hør Havet, hvor det koger
de gamle Minder op,
og
Der er en Sjæl i Skagen,
som aldrig ældes vil
som kommer naar man kalder
paa alt, hvad man har kær,
mens over Stranden falder
Erindrings Vemods Skær."
Roland Bildes melodi ramte fuldstændig ånden i Drachmanns digt, og den blev modtaget med begejstring, og skagboerne tog sangen til sig. Kort tid efter blev sangen udgivet på et af de store musikforlag.
Roland Bilde forlod Skagen kort tid efter. Han var glad for at være i Skagen, men lønnen var meget lav. Han søgte og fik et betydeligt bedre lønnet job i Odense, Her var han i 5 år inden han fik sin varige stilling ved Vor Frelsers Kirke i Aalborg.
Biography in relation to Skagen
Biography in relation to Skagen
Composed the melody for Drachmann's "Erindring"
At the dedication of the Museum of Local History (later renamed the Skagen Coastal Museum) in 1938, composer Roland Bilde wrote music for the poem that is today considered "Skagen's National Song". Roland Bilde was originally a machinist in Frederikshavn. But music had a hold on him and after his initial training he changed course and became an organist.
In 1931 he came to Skagen and immediately made a name for himself with his excellent organ playing and as conductor of the Christian Choir in Skagen.
In 1938, the monuments at Svallerbakken were inaugurated. Here "Erindring" was sung for the first time. Skagens Avis reports it as follows:
"After the chairman's speech, the gentlemen's choir "Herold" supplemented by male voices from the Christian Choir, under the direction of teacher Kjeldsen, sang first Bergstedt's bold "Hav imod Hav" with music by Hakon Børresen and then Drachmann's melancholy song of remembrance "Saa hastig svinder Dagen" with music by organist Roland Bilde. The choir's voices sounded pure and it beautifully conveyed the two songs in the poet's spirit, so that one felt gripped by a peculiar mood at the words
Listen to the sea as it recall
old memories,
and
There is a soul in Skagen,
that will never grow old.
It answers when you call
for all that you love,
while over the beach falls
the shadows of memory."
Roland Bilde's melody perfectly captured the spirit of Drachmann's poem, and it was received with enthusiasm, and the people of Skag took the song to heart. Shortly afterwards the song was published by one of the major music publishers.
Roland Bilde left Skagen shortly afterwards. He was happy to be in Skagen, but the salary was very low. He applied for and got a considerably better paid job in Odense, where he stayed for 5 years before getting his permanent position at Vor Frelsers Kirke in Aalborg.
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