Table of Contents

Edvard Grieg - a brief life; Writer of songs; The voice of Nina Grieg; Opus 4 and Opus 5; The first Bjornson songs - Prinsessen, Opus 21, and Opus 39 no 2; The first Ibsen songs - Opus 23, from "Peer Gynt"; Six songs by Henrik Ibsen, Opus 25; The Vinje songs, Opus 33; Six songs, Opus 48 - poems by Heine, Uhland, Vogelweide, Goethe and Bodenstedt; Opus 44 and Opus 49 - the Danish poet Holger Drachman; The Krag songs, Opus 60; Songs for children, Opus 61; The Haugtussa song cycle, Opus 67; Poems by Otto Benzon, Opus 69 and Opus 70. Appendices: A short history of the Norwegian language; The sounds of Norwegian; Pronunciation; Key to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for Norwegian; List of songs discussed in this work with opus numbers, poets, range and voice type, and available editions; Complete list of Edvard Grieg's songs for solo voice.