MUS 572G Topics in Scandinavian Song
Primarily a repertoire and performance class, with brief introduction to the history of Scandinavian music and poetry, with special emphasis on folk poetry, and introduction to the diction, with the help of the IPA symbols, in order for the students to perform the selections in the original languages. Features songs by Weise, Heise, Lange-Muller, Gade, Nielsen, Grieg, Rangstrom, Alfven, and Sibelius. Practical training through lecture, recordings, and in-class performance.