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Det ulmer under overflaten. Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847–1907) Genus, sjanger og norskhet

What smoulders beneath the surface. Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847–1907), gender, genre and Norwegianness

Abstract
My dissertation is a problem oriented one. The composer pianist Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847–1907) has always been a self-evident figure in chapters of Norwegian music history books that cover music, musicians and composers in "Grieg’s shadow". Extensive historical source materials (reception materials connected to Backer Grøndahl’s concerts and compositions; her letters, notebooks, workbooks and sketches) form the basis of the study. The problems studied are what kind of expectations are connected to three intertwined core concepts connected to Backer Grøndahl, namely: "femininity", "genre", and "Norwegianness" (the folk-influenced Norwegian tradition). Musical and material, as well as institutional, sociological and economical, ”Agathe Backer Grøndahl” discourses are examined. The arenas where the three core concepts and discourses unfold, sound, develop, are moulded and understood, are threefold: • Musical culture with which the pianist composer and her compositions interacted from 1866–1903. • Presentations of her in monographs and music history books. • Various attempts to revise this kind of music historiography. The musical analysis starts out from reception materials connected to her performances of her own works and tries to trace the critics’ descriptions in the scores. The works analyzed are: One of her two orchestral compositions, Andante quasi allegretto for piano and orchestra (1869) in sonata form. (I rediscovered this "lost" work in the National Library in Oslo.) The song "To the queen of my heart" (Op. 1/3, 1870), the descriptively titled lyrical piece Wood Nymph’s Dance (1887), the feminist cantata Nytaarsgry (1901) performed at the Scandinavian Women’s Convention 1902 and the singable and (in)famous song "Eventide" Op. 42/7 1899). Performed compositions become performative via the reception materials, hers, the listeners’ and amateur performers "producerly texts" connected to them.
University
University of Gothenburg. Faculty of Arts
Institution
Department of Culture, Aesthetics and Media
Disputation
Vasa B, Vera Sandbergs allé 8. kl. 13:00
Date of defence
2008-06-13
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2077/10036
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  • Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar
  • Doctoral Theses from University of Gothenburg / Doktorsavhandlingar från Göteborgs universitet
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5. Grøndahl, Agathe Backer (Ursula), 1847 – 1907: Mot Kveld (Opus 42 nr. 7). Norena, Kaja Eide, sopran, Orkester. Coppola, Piero. dir. Copyright: Norwegian Institute of Recorded Sound (Norsk Lydinstitutt, www.recordedsound.no). (2.141Mb)
4. Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847-1907): Nytaarsgry (1901). MIDI-versjon laget etter partitur av Øyvin Dybsand. (7.485Mb)
3. Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847-1907). Huldreslaat (1887). Spor 6 på CD-en A Musical Journey with students from the Norwegian Academy of Music 2001. Zelina Sannum, klaver. (1.928Mb)
2. Agathe Backer: Til mit Hjertes Dronning (Opus 1 nr. 3). Bye, Erik, baryton. DE : Concert Record Gramophone. - På 1 78-plate, dobbelsidig : 78 rpm ; 25,3 cm. Edisjonsnummer: Concert Record. Copyright: Norwegian Institute of Recorded Sound (Norsk Lydinstitutt, www.recordedsound.no) (3.451Mb)
1. Agathe Backer: Andante quasi allegretto (1869). MIDI-versjon laget etter partitur av Audun Sannes Jonassen. (11.91Mb)
Agathe Backer Grøndahls konserter 1867–1903 (1.942Mb)
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Abstract (93.19Kb)
Date
2008-05-22
Author
Hambro, Camilla
Keywords
Agathe Backer Grøndahl. Music, gender and genius, femininity, music historical knowledge and canonisation, gender and genre, gender and "Norwegian sound", musical analysis and performativity, "Andante quasi allegretto", "Til mit Hjertes Dronning", "Huldreslaat", "Nytaarsgry", "Mot Kveld".
Publication type
Doctoral thesis
ISBN
978-91-85974-07-8
Series/Report no.
Skrifter från musikvetenskap
nr 91, 2008
Language
nor
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