Comprehensive survey of Grieg's 180 songs, considering particularly
questions and issues of performance. Edvard Grieg's 180 songs
mirror his artistic and personal development more intimately than
any of his other music, yet are still the least known part of his
output. This definitive appraisal, now revised and updated,
discusses every song, including those left only in manuscript and
sketches at the composer's death, set against the background of his
life and times. It also deals with the poetry set, often chosen to
reflect his current situation, and the poets, several of whom,
including great figures of the day such as Ibsen and Bjornson, were
his friends and colleagues. Grieg frequently bemoaned poor
translations and indifferent performances, and the various editions
and translations, from first publication to the present day, are
also discussed, together with his own ideas for interpretation.
Musical examples and analysis are included to give a closer
understanding of Grieg's word-setting and harmonic development,
although their performance is always kept paramount. BERYL FOSTER
is a graduate of London University and studied singing in
Colchester and at the Royal College of Music. As well as all the
usual repertoire, since 1980 she has made a particular study of the
songs of Grieg and other Norwegian composers, giving recitals,
lectures and workshops in Britain, Norway, Germany, the
Netherlands, Italy and China. She is also a private teacher
andfestival adjudicator.
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