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Author Grimley, Daniel M., author.

Title Grieg : music, landscape and Norwegian identity / Daniel M. Grimley
Published Woodbridge ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 246 pages) : music
Contents List of musical examples -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. National contexts : Grieg and folklorism in nineteenth-century Norway -- 2. Landscape as ideology : nature, nostalgia and Grieg's 'culture of sound' -- 3. Grieg, landscape and the Haugtussa project -- 4. Modernism and Norwegian musical style : the politics of identity in the Slåtter, op. 72 -- 5. Distant landscapes : the influence of Grieg's folk-music arrangements -- Conclusion -- Appendix : Haugtussa texts (songs 1, 2 and 8) -- Bibliography -- List of Grieg's works mentioned in the text -- Index
Summary Grieg's music is examined in its relation to landscape and national identity. Grimley demonstrates how competing musical discourses contribute to a body of work more challenging and complex than their popular appeal might suggest
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index
Subject Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907 -- Criticism and interpretation
Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907 -- Influence
SUBJECT Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907 fast
Grieg, Edvard. swd
Subject Landscapes.
Music -- Social aspects -- Norway -- History -- 19th century
National characteristics, Norwegian.
landscapes (environments)
MUSIC -- Individual Composer & Musician.
MUSIC -- General.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Landscapes
Music -- Social aspects
National characteristics, Norwegian
Volksmusik
Nationalbewusstsein
Landschaft
Musik
Norway
Norwegen
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2006283621
ISBN 9781846154720
1846154723