Norwegian emigrant songs and ballads / edited and translated by Theodore C. Blegen and Martin B. Ruud; songs harmonized by Gunnar J. Malmin.

Other author Blegen, Theodore Christian, 1891-1969.
Other author Ruud, Martin B. (Martin Bronn), 1885-1941.
Other author Malmin, Gunnar J. (Gunnar Johannes), 1903-2000
Format Musical Score
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1936.
Description1 score (350 pages) ; 22 cm
Subjects
Folk songs, Norwegian.
Ballads, Norwegian.
Norwegians--United States.
Norwegian poetry--Translations into English.
English literature--Translations from Norwegian.
Norway--Emigration and immigration. --Songs and music.

Contents Songs with music included: The fairy's song = Huldrens sang -- Farewell to the spinning wheel = Farvel, gamle rokken -- Sigrid's song = Sigrids sang -- Man a fool sailed across the sea = Saamangen daare over havet hen -- The schooner rogaland = Skonnerten rogaland -- A labor union song = Arbeiderforenings sang -- A greeting to our brothers on the eve of their departure for America = Hilsning til vore brǿdre, en aften fǿr deres afreise til Amerika -- Oleana -- Massachusetts emigrant song -- A new ballad of the emigration to America = En ny vise om udvandringen til Amerika -- The Norwegian maiden in America = Den norske pige i Amerika.
General noteCommentary in English; songs in Norwegian and English; includes music for 11 of the songs.
LCCN37027502