Edvard Grieg

The Choral Music

Beryl Foster

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN: 9781351568807
• Topic: Médias et arts de la scène
• Subtopic: Musique

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface and Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1. The Choral Music Tradition in Norway
• Chapter 2. The Early Works
• Chapter 3. Occasional Works
• Chapter 4. Commemorative Pieces
• Chapter 5. Album for Male Voices, op.30
• Chapter 6. Dramatic Works
• Chapter 7. Later Works and Choral Arrangements
• Chapter 8. The Four Psalms, op.74
• Appendix A: Choral Works in Chronological Order of Composition
• Appendix B: Personalia
• Select Bibliography
• Discography
• General Index
• Index of Choral Works