Edvard Grieg and his songs / Sandra Jarrett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jarrett, Sandra, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907. Songs.

Grieg, Edvard.

Songs--History and criticism.

Songs.

Physical Description:

xiv, 155 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2003]

Contents:

1 Edvard Grieg: A Brief Life 1

The early years 1

Leipzig Conservatory of Music, 1585-62 2

The Copenhagen years, 1863-66 2

Christiania, 1866-74 3

Bergen and Lofthus, 1874-85 5

Troldhaugen, 1885-1900 8

The final years 11

2 Writer of Songs 13

National Romanticism and Grieg's stylistic development 13

Grieg and the art song in Norway 16

The importance of Grieg's songs 16

Grieg as a song composer 17

The role of language in Grieg's songs 18

The form of the songs 19

The accompaniments 20

Declamation and rhythm 21

The melodies 22

The harmonies 23

3 The Voice of Nina Grieg 27

Grieg's expectations regarding performance of his songs 29

4 Opus 4 and Opus 5 31

Das alte Lied, Op. 4 No. 5 31

To brune Oyne, Op. 5 No. 1 32

En Digters Bryst, Op. 5 No. 2 33

Jeg elsker Dig, Op. 5 No. 3 36

Min Tanke er et moegtigt Fjeld, Op. 5 No. 4 38

5 The First Bjornson Songs: Prinsessen, Opus 21, and Opus 39 No. 2 40

Prinsessen, EG 133 41

Det forste Mode, Op. 21 No. 1 44

Jeg giver mit Digt til Varen, Op. 21 No. 3 45

Tak for dit Rad, Op. 21 No. 4 47

Dulgt Kjoerlighed, Op. 39 No. 2 48

6 The First Ibsen Songs: Opus 23, from Peer Gynt 51

Peer Gynts Serenade, Op. 23 No. 17 53

Solveigs Sang, Op. 23 No. 19 54

Solveigs Vuggevise, Op. 23 No. 26 56

7 Six Songs by Henrik Ibsen: Opus 25 58

Spillemoend, Op. 25 No. 1 58

En Svane, Op. 25 No. 2 60

Stambogsrim, Op. 25 No. 3 63

Med en Vandlilje, Op. 25 No. 4 64

Borte!, Op. 25 No. 5 66

En Fuglevise, Op. 25 No. 6 67

8 The Vinje Songs, Opus 33 69

Guten, Op. 33 No. 1 70

Varen, Op. 33 No. 2 72

Den Soerde, Op. 33 No. 3 74

Langs ei A, Op. 33 No. 5 75

Eit Syn, Op. 33 No. 6 76

Ved Rundarne, Op. 33 No. 9 78

9 Six Songs, Opus 48: Poems by Heine, Uhland, Vogelweide, Goethe, and Bodenstedt 80

Gruss, Op. 48 No. 1 81

Lauf der Welt, Op. 48 No. 3 82

Die verschwiegene Nachtigall, Op. 48 No. 4 83

Zur Rosenzeit, Op. 48 No. 5 85

Ein Traum, Op. 48 No. 6 87

10 Opus 44 and Opus 49: The Danish Poet Holger Drachmann 89

Prolog, Op. 44 No. 1 90

Foraarsregn, Op. 49 No. 6 92

11 The Krag Songs: Opus 60 95

Liden Kirsten, Op. 60 No. 1 96

Moderen synger, Op. 60 No. 2 97

Mens jeg venter, Op. 60 No. 3 98

Der skreg en Fugl, Op. 60 No. 4 100

Og jeg vil ha mig en Hjertenskjoer, Op. 60 No. 5 101

12 Songs for Children: Opus 61 103

Havet, Op. 61 No. 1 103

Lok, Op. 61 No. 3 104

Kveld-sang for Blakken, Op. 61 No. 5 105

13 The Haugtussa Song Cycle: Opus 67 108

Det syng, Op. 67 No. 1 111

Veslemoy, Op. 67 No. 2 112

Blaboer-Li, Op. 67 No. 3 114

Mote, Op. 67 No. 4 115

Elsk, Op. 67 No. 5 118

Killingdans, Op. 67 No. 6 120

Vond Dag, Op. 67 No. 7 122

Ved Gjoetle-Bekken, Op. 67 No. 8 123

14 Poems by Otto Benzon: Opus 69 and Opus 70 128

Snegl, Snegl, Op. 69 No. 4 128

Lys Nat, Op. 70 No. 3 130

Appendix A Norwegian Language and Pronunciation 135

1. A short history of the Norwegian language 135

2. The sounds of Norwegian 136

3. Pronunciation 137

4. Key to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for Norwegian 138

Appendix B List of Songs Discussed in this Work with Opus Numbers, Poets, Range and Voice Type, and Available Editions 141

Appendix C Complete list of Edvard Grieg's Published Songs for Solo Voice 143.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [145]-149) and index.

ISBN:

075463003X

OCLC:

49355786