Author: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Norwegian poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Arnljot Gelline
Author: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Norwegian poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Norwegian poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Arnljot Gelline
Author: Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781070234502
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
In the lyric-epic poem "Arnljot Gelline," we have Björnson in his first, purely Norse, period. The hero is an outlaw who joins the forces of King Olaf Trygvason and falls with him in the Battle of Stiklestad for the cause of Christ against the older gods. The story is told in a series of vivid episodes, each with a mood and metre of its own. To a reader unable to appreciate the stern reserve power of Norse poetry, such a piece will seem bare in subject and abstruse in style, but to him who catches the tone it will be rich in inspiration. The alternations of gloom and radiant vision are like the changing lights of a broken storm on the North Sea.Dr. Payne has followed the original in rhythm and rhyme, with the result that he conveys to the reader much of its atmosphere. He is most happy where the verse is freest and least rhyme is required. Here his phrasing has great directness and dignity, together with a sweep that carries one along breathlessly. In the more set passages, the inversions of the English are at times disturbing. Fortunately the great moments come where the translator is most completely submerged in the scenes and emotions of the poem. A compact introduction and notes with full quotations from the "Heimskringla" and Björnson's other sources make the volume attractive alike to the general reader and the scholar.-"Scandinavian Review," Volume 6
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781070234502
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
In the lyric-epic poem "Arnljot Gelline," we have Björnson in his first, purely Norse, period. The hero is an outlaw who joins the forces of King Olaf Trygvason and falls with him in the Battle of Stiklestad for the cause of Christ against the older gods. The story is told in a series of vivid episodes, each with a mood and metre of its own. To a reader unable to appreciate the stern reserve power of Norse poetry, such a piece will seem bare in subject and abstruse in style, but to him who catches the tone it will be rich in inspiration. The alternations of gloom and radiant vision are like the changing lights of a broken storm on the North Sea.Dr. Payne has followed the original in rhythm and rhyme, with the result that he conveys to the reader much of its atmosphere. He is most happy where the verse is freest and least rhyme is required. Here his phrasing has great directness and dignity, together with a sweep that carries one along breathlessly. In the more set passages, the inversions of the English are at times disturbing. Fortunately the great moments come where the translator is most completely submerged in the scenes and emotions of the poem. A compact introduction and notes with full quotations from the "Heimskringla" and Björnson's other sources make the volume attractive alike to the general reader and the scholar.-"Scandinavian Review," Volume 6
Arnljot Gelline
Norrœna
Norroena, the History and Romance of Northern Europe
Edvard Grieg
Author: Beryl Foster
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351568817
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351568817
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
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.
The American-Scandinavian review
History of the Literature of the Scandinavian North
Author: Frederik Winkel Horn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scandinavian literature
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scandinavian literature
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
A History of The Norse Kings
Literature of the World
Author: William Lee Richardson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description