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From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Thomas Stern
Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2019 10:15 PM
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Help finding a recording of Aagot Lunde--if it even exists
Nothing about recordings, but HARVARD CRIMSON has this:
The Scandinavian Concert
NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED
February 17, 1900
Those who went to the Scandinavian concert last night in Sanders Theatre enjoyed an evening of typical Norwegian music given in a thoroughly delightful manner. The orchestral music was played by members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The feature of the evening, however, was the singing of Miss Aagot Lunde, a mezzo-soprano of remarkably sympathetic voice. In her selections from Grieg, she showed great power of adaptation--first, in "The Autumn Gale," full of action, but with the dreariness of the Norwegian minor; then in Eet Syn, a short, vivacious snatch of song; and finally in Solweig's Cradle Song, deeper in quality with a peculiar languishing movement.
The "Peer Gynt Suite" played by the orchestra was enthusiastically received. In "Morgenstimmung," where Grieg gives the scene of Peer's death, the joyousness of the daybreak is strangely contrasted with the sad minor strains of which death is the theme. In "Aase's Tod" is expressed the sinking to rest of a soul wearied with the sorrows of life. "Anitras Tanz" is an infectious little dance into which Grieg has introduced an Oriental element. The final movement, 'In der Halle des Berg Konig's," introduces the troll music, an exuberant staccato, illustrative of the grotesque, fantastic, splendor of the unearthly mountain kingdom. The two Norwegian dances which ended the evening were heartily received.
and Harvard Bulletin Feb 28 1902
https://books.google.com/books?id=g0QBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR45&lpg=PR45&dq=Aagot+Lunde+recordings&source=bl&ots=DlWAQr0p0C&sig=2EkekXIu9Yx6p92owGaJhoBKhzI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiCi6yCuNDfAhXJmuAKHVo1CKgQ6AEwDHoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=Aagot%20Lunde%20recordings&f=false
Cheers, Thomas.
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From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard L. Hess
Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2019 8:08 PM
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Help finding a recording of Aagot Lunde--if it even exists
Thanks, Mickey and all for your assistance.
Cheers,
Richard
On 2019-01-02 6:52 p.m., Mickey Clark wrote:
> Richard - this link is to a reference to her online, from the Musical
> Courier-Mickey
>
> https://books.google.ca/books?id=WY9CAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA13-PA4&lpg=RA13-PA4
> &dq=aagot+lunde+contralto+vocal&source=bl&ots=sLnwh2ttco&sig=WyN4ESjiw
> uk-gWRt5NIj2RDFYJE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiK-YH0o9DfAhXL31QKHZ6EDoIQ6AE
> wCHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=aagot%20lunde%20&f=false
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Richard L. Hess
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 10:19 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Help finding a recording of Aagot Lunde--if it
> even exists
>
> Hi, All,
>
> I received a question from a relative of mine requesting my assistance
> in finding a recording. I was the wrong person to ask as I have been
> focusing on the technical side of ARSC-land, but I know many of you
> focus on the content side, so I hope someone would have some ideas.
> FYI, my relative is a forensic pathologist.
>
> "I have just written a paper about one of my pathology heroes, James
> Homer Wright, the founding pathologist at Massachusetts General
> Hospital in Boston."
>
> "Wright married Aagot Lunde, a Norwegian contralto, who moved to
> Boston circa 1890 and performed extensively in Boston and New York
> City, and also around the US, especially in cities with large numbers
> of resident Scandinavians. She mostly sang Norwegian, Swedish, or
> other Scandinavian music, usually at small venues but occasionally large ones.
>
> "Wright and Lunde were married on Christmas Day in 1901. After that,
> she became a socialite and only performed occasionally, usually at
> charity events.
>
> "Do you know whether there any kind of database that might be able to
> tell me whether there is any recording of Aagot Lunde that is extant?
> She sometimes performed with her sister Sigrid Lunde, a soprano."
>
> THANKS in advance, and Happy New Year!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
>
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Richard L. Hess email: [log in to unmask]
Aurora, Ontario, Canada 647 479 2800
http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm
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