Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of IcelandIn Jn Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland, rni Heimir Inglfsson provides a striking account of the dramatic career of Iceland's iconic composer. Leifs (1899 1968) was the first Icelander to devote himself fully to composition at a time when a local music scene was only beginning to take form. He was a fervent nationalist in his art, fashioning an idiosyncratic and uncompromising 'Icelandic' sound from traditions of vernacular music with the aim