Spnng and bummer A Pertormance buide to Agathe Backer-Grandahl's flpp. 42 and 50

Norwegian composer Agathe Backer-Grøndahl is best known for her piano works, especially Trois Morceaux, op. 15 and her concert etudes, opp. 11, 32, 47, 57, and 58, which all draw on Norwegian folk music traditions. She was a prolific song composer, writing pieces with texts in Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, German, and even English. The romanser (songs) in her native language remain out of reach for most North American singers, since Norwegian is not covered in standard diction curricula. Here, Hersey explores Backer-Grøndahl's settings of Andreas Jynge children's poetry, providing a performance guide that includes translations, phonetic transcriptions, and analyses.