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Allegro Vivace
Author_Beryl Foster
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Baritone Soloist
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choir
choral
Choral Arrangement
Choral Society
Choral Version
Christiania Theatre
Dona Nobis Pacem
Edvard Grieg
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Folk Song Melody
Grieg
Grieg's Music
Home Town
male
Male Voice Choir
mixed
Mixed Choir
Monrad
music
musicological research methods
nineteenth-century choral repertoire
Norwegian choral music scholarship
Norwegian Folk Music
Norwegian Folk Songs
Norwegian music history
Ole Bull
pedal
Peer Gynt
sacred choral traditions
Scandinavian composers
Sigurd Jorsalfar
solo
Solo Quartet
Solo Version
tonic
Tonic Pedal
Tonic Sol Fa
vocal ensemble analysis
voice
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781138267299
- Weight: 410g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 11 Nov 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Edvard Grieg’s choral music has remained little known outside Scandinavia. One of the chief aims of this book is to bring this body of work to the notice of a wider audience, in the hope that it may receive greater prominence in concert programmes. Choral pieces form a relatively small proportion of Grieg’s total output, although works such as the Album for Male Voices and the Four Psalms represent significant developments in his compositional career. In this study Beryl Foster not only provides an in-depth examination of this music, but also presents a picture of Norwegian musical life in the second half of the nineteenth century. An overview of Norway’s choral tradition from the Middle Ages provides the historical context from which Grieg came to the genre. Subsequent chapters discuss in detail the types of choral works that he wrote, such as occasional and commemorative pieces, dramatic works and solo song arrangements. A set of useful appendices, including a chronological list of works and a discography complete this original survey.
