| Uniform title | Literary works. Selections. English |
| Contents |
Autobiographical writings. Diary of 1865-66 ; Grant applications and related documents (1862-78) ; My first success (1903) ; The composer's hut in Hardanger (1886) ; A cosmopolitan credo (1889) ; Bequest to Bergen Public Library (1906) ; Diary of 1905-07 -- Articles on other composers. Antonin Dvorak (1904) ; Catharinus Elling (1885) ; Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann ; Louis Hornbeck (1906) ; Christian Frederik Emil Horneman (1881) ; Halfdan Kjerulf: a eulogy (1868) ; Halfdan Kjerulf's songs (1879) ; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1896) ; Mozart and his significance for contemporary music (1906) ; Rikard Nordraak's songs op. 2 (1865) ; Rikard Nordraak's songs op. 1 (1870?) ; Homage to Nordraak (1900) ; Julius Rontgen (1907) ; Robert Schumann (1893) ; Christian Sinding (1889) ; Frank van der Stucken (1883) ; Johan Svendsen's concert (1867) ; Giuseppe Verdi (1901) ; Richard Wagner and The Ring of the Nibelung (1876) -- Articles on various topics. A Norwegian music academy (1866) ; Protest against unfair treatment in the press (1876) ; One-sidedness (1880) ; Correction of an interview (1889) ; A mushroom: a Christmas letter to Dagbladet (1890) ; Misery at the Christiania Theater (1893) ; The Bergen Music Festival of 1898. The musical festival in Bergen ; The Norwegian musical festival in Bergen: reply to Mr. Otto Winter-Hjelm ; The music festival and what it requires of us ; Opera controversy in Christiania (1898) ; Musical conditions in Bergen (1899) ; Response to an inquiry concerning Alfred Dreyfus (1899) ; French and German music (1900) ; The Soria Moria castle (1901) ; With Bjornson in Days Gone By (1902) ; Scandalous reporting (1902) ; Word of thanks to Danish friends (1903) ; Protest against an unauthorized performance of Peer Gynt (1903) ; The Copenhagen City Hall (1907) ; Grieg's reflections on some of his own piano pieces. Pictures from Folk Life, op. 19 (1872) ; Norwegian Peasant Dances, Slatter, op. 72 (1903). Grieg's comment on op. 72 no. 4, "Halling from the Fairy Hill" ; Grieg's comment on op. 72 no. 8, "Myllarguten's Bridal March" ; Grieg's comment on op. 72 no. 16, "The Maidens from Kivledal. Springdans" -- Speeches and impromptu talks. At Ole Bull's funeral (1880) ; To the Christiania students (1889) ; For Christiania (1889) ; On the flag controversy (1891) ; To Fridtjof Nansen and his crew (1896) ; At a banquet in Stockholm (1896) ; At a concert for laborers in Copenhagen (1899) ; To Bjornstjerne Bjornson on his seventieth birthday (1902) ; To Bjornstjerne Bjornson at the celebration of Grieg's sixtieth birthday (1903) ; In memory of Ole Bull (1903) ; To Johan Halvorsen (1903) ; To Thorvald Lammers (1903) ; To Julius Rontgen (1903) ; Homage to Norway (1903) -- Chronology, bibliography, index. |
| Abstract |
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) was a remarkably prolific correspondent--over 3,000 letters from his hand have been published either in the original languages or in translation--but his extant writings in other genres are limited to the items contained in this present volume. They include his diaries from 1865-66 and 1905-07, autobiographical sketches, articles on other composers whom he admired, and essays on a variety of topics that engaged his interest at one time or another during his career. The texts of a handful of short speeches are also known to us, primarily through contemporary newspaper accounts. All are presented in English translation here. Readers of Grieg's letters (Edvard Grieg: Letters to Colleagues and Friends) know that the great composer was a writer of considerable skill, and the items contained in these pages provide further evidence of that fact. With the publication of this book, all of Grieg's most important 'literary' works--letters, diaries, articles and speeches--are now available in English translation. |
| General note | The diaries were published by Bergen Public Library in original Norwegian in 1993 and the remaining materials gathered from various sources. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-433), chronology (pages 399-422), and index. |
| LCCN | 00135386 |
| ISBN | 0964523833 |
