Haugtussa

views updated May 18 2018

Haugtussa (Norweg. The Mountain Maid). Song-cycle for sop. and pf., Op.67, by Grieg, comp. 1895, being settings of 8 poems by Arne Garborg written in archaic Norweg. and pubd. 1895. The songs are 1. Det syng (The Singing), 2. Veslerny (Little Maid), 3. Blaaberri (Bilberry slopes), 4. Mote (Meeting), 5. Elsk (Love), 6. Killingsdans (Kidlings' dance), 7. Vond dag (Evil Day), 8. Ved gjaetlebekken (By the brook).

More From encyclopedia.com