Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf, Op.30
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Composed
1895–96
First published
1896
Period
Romantic
Catalogue
Op.
Dedication
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Movements
18
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18
movements in 10 sections:; Introduction There is a wondrous book 1. Summon now the God of thunder; The Challenge of Thor 2. I am the God Thor; King Olaf's Return 3. And King Olaf heard the cry 4. Tell how Olaf bore the cross; The Conversion 5. King Olaf's prows at Nidaros 6. Now the child of Ironbeard dead; Gudrun 7. On King Olaf's bridal night 8. How the Wraith of Odin old; The Wraith of Odin 9. The guests were loud 10. Sisters, sing ye now the song; Sigrid 11. Sigrid sits in her high abode 12. Hark! she flies from Woodland forth; Thyri 13. A little bird in the air 14. The gray land breaks to lively green 15. After Queen Gunhild's death; The Death of Olaf 16. King Olaf's dragons take the sea; Epilogue In the Convent of Drontheim
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