This page lists sources that I've found in English on Icelandic music history. If you know other sources I would like to know of them. If you have specific questions regarding Icelandic music or music history we will try to answer – don't hesitate to write to us!

• Helgi Helgason (1848-1922)
• Jon Leifs (1899-1968)
• Olafur Hallsson (1885-1974) – Icelandic songwriter in Canada
• Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson – Free Choral Sheet Music (1847-1927)

• Arnesinga Choir in Reykjavik - A short history
• History of the Icelandic Philharmonia Choral Society
• The History of Music in Iceland – A lecture by dr. Bjarki Sveinbjörnsson, presented in Canada March 26, 2004 (mp3-file)
• Icelandic Folk Music Museum at Siglufjordur
• Led Zeppelin in Iceland 1970 – Video and an interview with Robert Plant
• Music in Iceland for 1000 years (Index in English, timeline in Icelandic)
• Tonakvartettinn from Husavik
  
  
• Video - some historic

E v e r y t h i n g   e l s e

• Icelandic Music (Wikipedia)
• Icelandic National Anthem
• Ismus - The Icelandic Music Heritage Database. Consists of 3 databases:
  • Manuscripts and Print – Music manuscripts in Icelandic archives
  • Sound Archive – Oldest sound recordings done in Iceland
  • Folkloric Sound Archive – Around 2000 hours of sound recorded folkloric material
• Music of Iceland (Wikipedia)
• Sequentia  - ensemble for medieval music; constructed recently a theatre production of the Icelandic Edda poetry [English]
• Summer concert festival at Skálholt Cathedral 1975-99 - A short history
• Thodur Einarson performing Icelandic hymns (November 11, 1939) – recordings, photos
• Vikingenes musikk på Island
• Voices - Recordings of folksongs from the archives of The Árni Magnússon Institute in Iceland
  
  
• Various music related texts are also to be found here, some in English.