DIARIES, ARTICLES, SPEECHES. Edited and Translated by Finn Benestad and William H. Halveston.

Grieg, Edvard.

ISBN 10: 0964523833 / ISBN 13: 9780964523838

Published by Peer Gynt Press, Columbus OH 2001., 2001

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1st edition. 8vo. xvi + 455pp. B/w. illustrations. Occasional light pencil markings to margins of pages. Original cloth. Pictorial pale blue d/w. lettered in black, spine heavily faded. ISBN 0964523833 US$18.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: DIARIES, ARTICLES, SPEECHES. Edited and Translated by Finn Benestad and William H. Halveston.
• Publisher: Peer Gynt Press, Columbus OH 2001.
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0964523833
• ISBN 13: 9780964523838
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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Edvard Grieg: Diaries, Articles, Speeches

Synopsis

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.