Letters to colleagues and friends / Edvard Grieg ; selected and edited by Finn Benestad ; translated by William H. Halverson.
By: Grieg, Edvard.
Contributor(s): Benestad, Finn
| Halverson, William H.
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BookPublisher: Columbus : Peer Gynt Press, c2000Description: xvi, 726 p. : ill.; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0964523825 .Uniform titles: Correspondence. English. Selections Subject(s): Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907 -- Letter Writing | Composers -- Norway -- Letter WritingDDC classification: 780.92 GRI
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending | 780.92 GRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00101438 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) is known and loved throughout the world as one of the most important composers of the late nineteenth century. His music seems to embody the spectacular beauty of the mountains and fjords of his beloved Norway as well as the undercurrent of melancholy in the soul of its people. Scholars have long been aware that Grieg was a prolific and skillful letter-writer, but only recently have his letters been gathered from libraries and archives all over the world and made available in published form. Over 500 of the most important of these letters are presented in English in the present volume. Make no mistake about it: The author of this book is Edvard Grieg himself. This book constitutes a kind of autobiography. Not least, it provides a fascinating insight into what he was thinking, how he was feeling when he wrote this or that piece of music. The recipients of Grieg's letters included some of the most renowned people of his day -- Johannes Brahms, Henrik Ibsen, Clara Schumann, Peter Tchaikovsky -- as well as many unheralded colleagues and friends whose lives touched his in one way or another. To different correspondents, at different times, in different moods, he revealed various sides of his personality.
"List of compositions": p. 693-704.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 705) and indexes.
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Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface (p. vi)
- Letters to
- Abraham, Max (p. 1)
- Augener, George (p. 4)
- Aulin, Tor (p. 5)
- Backer-Grondahl, Fridtjof (p. 14)
- Barratt, Thomas Ball (p. 16)
- Benzon, Otto (p. 18)
- Berger, Francesco (p. 24)
- Beyer, Frants (p. 27)
- Bjornson, Bjorn (p. 110)
- Bjornson, Bjornstjerne (p. 112)
- Borresen, Hakon (p. 147)
- Broekstad, Hans Lien (p. 149)
- Brahms, Johannes (p. 157)
- Brandes, Georg (p. 162)
- Breitkopf and Hartel (p. 164)
- Brodsky, Adolf (p. 166)
- Bull, Alexander (p. 179)
- Bull, Schak (p. 184)
- Calvocoressi, Michel-Dimitri (p. 187)
- Christie, Johan Andreas Budtz (p. 189)
- Colonne, Edouard (p. 198)
- Dahle, Knut (p. 203)
- Dannreuther, Edward (p. 207)
- De Greef, Arthur (p. 210)
- Delius, Frederick (p. 212)
- Dohnanyi, Ernst von (p. 214)
- Edwards, Bella (p. 215)
- Erslev, Emil (p. 220)
- Finck, Henry Theophilus (p. 223)
- Fischer, Peter Vogt (p. 248)
- Fritzsch, Ernst Wilhelm (p. 249)
- Gage, Lyman Judson (p. 253)
- Garborg, Arne (p. 254)
- Garborg, Hulda (p. 256)
- Giertsen, Borre (p. 258)
- Grainger, Percy (p. 263)
- Grieg, Alexander and Gesine (p. 271)
- Grieg, Joachim (p. 279)
- Grieg, John and Marie (p. 286)
- Grieg, John (publisher) (p. 289)
- Grieg, Modesta (p. 291)
- Grondahl, Agathe Backer (p. 292)
- Grondahl, Olaus Andreas (p. 303)
- Gronvold, Aimar (p. 305)
- Gulbranson, Ellen (p. 315)
- Gutmann, Albert (p. 318)
- Hagerup, Nina and her sisters (p. 325)
- Halle, Charles (p. 328)
- Hals, Sigurd (p. 330)
- Halvorsen, Johan (p. 340)
- Hammerich, Angul (p. 357)
- Hansen, Gerhard Armauer (p. 359)
- Harding, Charles (p. 361)
- Hartmann, Johan Peter Emilius (p. 367)
- Heckmann, Robert (p. 369)
- Hennum, Johan (p. 379)
- Henriques, Robert (p. 395)
- Hinrichsen, Henri (p. 401)
- Holstein, Hedwig von (p. 404)
- Holter, Iver (p. 406)
- Hornbeck, Louis (p. 428)
- Horneman, Christian Frederik Emil (p. 431)
- Ibsen, Henrik (p. 438)
- Indy, Vincent d' (p. 451)
- Joachim, Joseph (p. 452)
- Johnson, Robert Underwood (p. 453)
- Josephson, Ludvig Oskar (p. 457)
- Klengel, Paul (p. 460)
- Lammers, Thorvald (p. 462)
- Langen, Albert (p. 466)
- Lie, Jonas (p. 471)
- Lund, John Theodor (p. 479)
- MacDowell, Edward (p. 483)
- MacDowell, Marian (p. 487)
- Matthison-Hansen, Gottfred (p. 489)
- Mengelberg, Willem (p. 522)
- Messchaert, Johannes (p. 523)
- Meyer, Oscar (p. 526)
- Michelsen, Christian (p. 531)
- Monastier-Schroeder, Louis (p. 532)
- Nansen, Fridtjof (p. 541)
- Neovius, Edvard (p. 542)
- Neruda, Wilhelmina (p. 546)
- Nielsen, Carl (p. 547)
- Niemann, Walter (p. 550)
- Nordraach, Georg Marcus (p. 552)
- Paulsen, John (p. 554)
- Rabe, Carl (p. 571)
- Rajchmann, Alexander (p. 573)
- Randall, Harry (p. 574)
- Ravnkilde, Niels (p. 575)
- Richter, Hans (p. 591)
- Riseley, George (p. 592)
- Rolfsen, Nordahl (p. 593)
- Rontgen, Julius (p. 594)
- Schjelderup, Gerhard (p. 598)
- Schumann, Clara (p. 619)
- Selmer, Johan (p. 622)
- Sibelius, Jean (p. 627)
- Siloti, Alexander (p. 628)
- Skredsvig, Christian (p. 635)
- Steenberg, Julius (p. 636)
- Svendsen, Johan (p. 641)
- Taylor, Sedley (p. 649)
- Tchaikovsky, Peter (p. 650)
- Thommessen, Olav Anton (p. 657)
- Urbanek, Mojmir (p. 665)
- Wagner, Eduard (p. 666)
- Warmuth, Carl (p. 668)
- Winding, August (p. 672)
- Chronological List of Letters (p. 687)
- List of Compositions (p. 693)
- Bibliography (p. 705)
- Index of Compositions (p. 707)
- General Index (p. 711)