Category: Barneblad

The final lesson of Happy Notes for Happy Children is about the character of Solveig, a character in Edvard Grieg’s Peer Gynt.

Follow Peer Gynt on his escape from trolls and travels to Morocco, where he dresses like royalty and learns new, exoctic Arabian dances.

Bill Halverson writes about Edvard Grieg’s music composed for Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt, a story about a boy and trolls in the mountains.

Bill Halverson writes about Edvard Grieg’s piano concerto, “Margaret’s Cradle Song,” his wedding and birth of his daughter, Alexandra.

Bill Halvorson writes about Edvard Grieg’s stay in Rome in 1865 and his composition of a funeral march for his dear friend Rikard Nordraak.

Editor-in-chief Lori Ann Reinhall shares a Barneblad craft to make Christmas-tree ornaments out of cinnamon sticks, ribbon, buttons, and twine.

Bill Halverson writes on the Barneblad page about Edvard Grieg’s experiences in Copenhagen, Denmark, and some of his first compositions.

Bill Halverson writes about Edvard Grieg and his travels to Germany to study at the Leipzig Conservatory before returning home to Bergen, Norway.

In his monthly column, Bill Halverson introduces young readers to Edvard Grieg and tells of his childhood and his first composition.

Bill Halvorson writes on the Barneblad page about music we hear in nature and music we hear from humans and composers.

A new book from Wendy Jensen about Scandinavian woven hearts is about spreading love and connecting to heritage.

Editor-in-chief Lori Ann Reinhall asks young readers to identify items that would have been out of place at Eidsvoll when the Norwegian Constitution was signed.