A history of Norwegian music / by Nils Grinde ; translated by William H. Halverson & Leland B. Sateren.
| Author/creator |
Grinde, Nils |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1991. |
| Description | xi, 418 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Uniform title | Norsk musikkhistorie. English |
| Contents | From the stone age to the iron age. The bronze age ; The first century of the Christian era -- The Viking expeditions and the high middle ages. How music was regarded by the Vikings ; Harp, lur, and horn ; Performers and their instruments ; Melodies from this era -- The music of the Roman Catholic Church -- Late Renaissance and Baroque music. The congregational hymn of the Lutheran church ; Latin schools ; Town musicians and organists ; composers -- Rococo music and music societies. Chorale books ; Music societies ; Composers between the Baroque and Classical periods -- Folk music. Vocal folk music ; Instruments ; Instrumental music ; Intervals in Norwegian folk music ; Bearers of the tradition ; The collection and preservation of Norwegian folk music ; Popular songs (skillingsviser) ; Sami folk music -- A period of cultural growth. Music life in Oslo ; Waldemar Thrane ; Music life elsewhere in Norway ; Ole bull -- The emergence of national romanticism. Music life and activity ; German musicians in Norway ; Ludvig M. Lindeman ; Halfdan Kjerulf ; Kjerulf's contemporaries -- The golden age. Otto Winter-Hjelm and Rikard Nordraak ; Edvard Grieg ; Johan Svendsen ; In Grieg's shadow ; Church music -- Late Romanticism. Operas and concerts ; Christian Sinding ; Sinding's contemporaries ; Toward a new age -- Trends in the twentieth century. Impressionism and the St. Olaf jubilee ; Composers between the world wars ; Fartein Valen ; David Monrad Johansen ; Pauline Hall ; Ludvig Irgens Jensen ; Bjarne Brustad ; Harald Saeverud ; Eivind Groven ; Sparre Olsen ; Klaus Egge ; Geirr Tveitt ; Norwegian music life in the twentieth century ; Church music -- Music since 1950. Principal trends ; Operas and public concerts ; Music outside the larger cities ; Jazz in Norway ; Composers with a background in jazz ; Pop, rock, and popular songs ; The renewal in church music ; The modernists of the 1950s and 1960s ; Tradition and national roots ; Postmodernism and other recent trends ; A final word -- Music institutions and agencies in Norway. |
| Abstract | Since its original publication in Oslo in 1971 and through two revisions, the author's history of the music of Norway from antiquity to the present has become the standard on its subject. This translation, the first in English, has been updated by Grinde to include the most recent Norwegian musicians and compositions. This book is compact, comprehensive, and chronological in its approach except for a major excursion into Norway's folk music. Included in that section are descriptions of indigenous Sami (Lapp) music and of the instruments, among them the Hardanger fiddle and the langeleik, used in the Norwegian folk-music tradition. Grinde bases his survey of Norwegian music on archeaological and literary evidence: surviving instruments; wood carvings depicting musicians; ancient poems and sagas; and rolls and account books of troupes, theaters, and associations. His focus is always on the part music has played in Norwegian culture, from the calls to war on the ancient lurs through church music to the development of music societies, choral festivals, and public concerts. Although a recurring theme is the influence of indigenous folk music on Norwegian composers, flag-waving nationalism does not intrude; Grinde takes full account of the contributions of other countries, especially Germany, to Norway's music. |
| General note | Translation of: Norsk musikkhistorie. 3rd edition. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-398) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 90044907 |
| ISBN | 0803221355 (alk. paper) |
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