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Moog Minifooger Drive review

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An overdrive distortion pedal with huge variability and a unique dirty wah if you 'play' the filter with an expression pedal.

  • Diverse range of tones. Decent price and build.

  • Not all of the tones will be useful.
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Moog, long known for its iconic synthesisers, but also more recently for its Moogerfooger series of pedals (large, feature-packed with lots of knobs and control options, and expensive) has now come up with something a more affordable, pedalboard-friendly Minifooger range, including this Drive pedal.

The new series comprises five pedals with standard 9V battery or adaptor power, true bypass and the facility to plug in an expression pedal (which we also look at here) for real- time parameter adjustment.

"For guitar, there's plenty of tonal variation, particularly in the upper mids and top"

The MF Drive employs a Moog Ladder Filter, FET amplifiers, and classic OTAs to create its dirt. You have a choice of two levels of range for the gain, to match the pedal's input to what's plugged into it.

A gain knob dials in the amount of dirt, delivering a wide range of sounds, from overdriven amp through to fuzz tone, while an output knob offers enough extra clout to use the pedal as a booster.

The actual tone of the distortion is dialled in with interaction between the filter and tone knobs. There's loads of bottom-end here - guitarists will not find much that's useful on the lower settings of the filter, but they're just right for bolstering a bass.

For guitar, there's plenty of tonal variation, particularly in the upper mids and top, which can be accentuated with the peak switch, which adds a +15dB boost at the filter cut-off.

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Available Outputs1/4 Inch Jack
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Chris Ferry wins VYT exhibition

Chris Ferry defeated Peter Burke in the Friday night exhibition match at Vineyard Youth Tennis, 6-1, 6-2.  Chris used smart and consistent play to keep Peter on his heels most of the match. This weekend VYT hosts a USTA tournament for boys and girls 12-14 under, beginning Saturday at 9 am.

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VYT head pro Michael Halisky lost to Michael Hill in the finals of the Men’s Open division last weekend in Portland, Maine.  Michael won three rounds to reach the final and beat the number three seed in the semifinal.

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Thursday, June 26, 2014 - Governor Patrick joins legislators, organized labor, business leaders and worker advocates at the State House to sign S. 2195, “An Act Restoring the Minimum Wage and Providing Unemployment Insurance Reforms," a landmark bill that gradually raises the minimum wage to $11 over three years, lowers unemployment insurance (UI) costs for employers across the state, strengthens safety protections for workers and makes permanent the multi-agency task force charged with combatting the underground economy. — Photo by Eric Haynes

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Town officials James Neville, Matt Montanile, and Adam Wilson traveled to the state’s capital to present the flags to Governor Deval Patrick, Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo, and Representative Tim Madden. Mr. Neville’s brothers, John Neville and Matthew Malone, and his father, Jack Neville, and supervisor of the Dukes County Community Corrections Center startup, Pamerson Ifill, were also in attendance.

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“This is a day that all Americans should take some solace in — that things are changing.”

Darius Gray, former head of Genesis, a support group for black Mormons, sees this historic choice between two members of traditionally outsider groups as evidence of a “marked change for this nation, a maturing too long in coming. You can take joy that both groups are now players on the scene.”

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Not so long ago, there were few black Mormons even to consider.

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Rob Foster, the first black student-body president at LDS church-owned Brigham Young University, rejects single-issue or identity voting.

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Election officials, who have been training several months to implement the new rules, expect some questions about a new requirement that the name on a voter registration certificate matches the photo ID offered. Several options to comply with the law will be offered, and no one will be barred from voting, officials said.

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Texas driver license

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Mantry Subscription Box Review & Coupon – February 2015

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Mantry Subscription Box Review & Coupon – February 2015 Box

Mantry is a subscription box that describes itself as “the modern man’s pantry.” Each month they ship gourmet food items in their signature wooden crate.

Mantry Subscription Box Review & Coupon – February 2015 Crate

Mantry sent us this box to review purposes. (Check out the review process post to learn more about how we review boxes.)

Mantry Subscription Box Review & Coupon – February 2015 Inside

The Subscription Box: Mantry

The Cost: $75

COUPON: Use this link to save $30 off your first box!

The Products: Artisan foods for the modern man’s pantry.

Ships to: US only.

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Mantry Subscription Box Review & Coupon – February 2015 Card

This month’s theme is Pizza Party.

Mantry Subscription Box Review & Coupon – February 2015 Fold Out 1

Mantry Subscription Box Review & Coupon – February 2015 Fold Out 2

Each box comes with a fold out card detailing each of the producers behind the food included and where they come from.

Mantry Subscription Box Review & Coupon – February 2015 Flour

Hayden Flour Mills Pizza Flour– 1.5 lb, value $9.50

This stone-ground flour hails from Phoenix, Arizona. The blend of Hard Red Spring and White Sonora flours makes for a smooth texture and crispy crust.

Mantry Subscription Box Review & Coupon – February 2015 PEsto

The Gracious Gourmet Lemon Artichoke Pesto– 7 oz, value $10

Jar Goods Classic Red Tomato Sauce– 16 oz, value $8

Jar Goods Classic Red Tomato Sauce can be used on pizza, pasta, or as a base for chili or stew. It’s made in small batches with simple, fresh ingredients and is derived from the recipe used at famed Jersey City Italian restaurant, “Jule’s.”

This month’s box was supposed to include Genovese Pesto from Scarpetta; however, the shipment didn’t arrive in time and Mantry had to substitute a different product. To inform customers about this swap, Mantry included the following card:

Mantry Subscription Box Review & Coupon – February 2015 Substitution

It’s always a little disappointing when this happens, but I think Mantry handled this hiccup in a positive, professional way. And, as a result, I was actually excited about the last minute substitution! According to the card, this pesto won the 1st place Sofi Award (like the Oscars for food) for Outstanding Pesto in 2011.

Mantry Subscription Box Review & Coupon – February 2015 Meats

Vermont Smoke and Cure Smoked Pepperoni– 7 oz, value $7

Del Duca Prosciutto– 3 oz, value $5

Vermont Smoke and Cure Smoked Pepperoni is made with locally raised pork and fresh herbs. It’s then smoked over corncob and maple wood. Smoking the pepperoni results in a less oily product, and the smoky flavor mellows the spiciness of the meat.

This prosciutto is made in Rhode Island from dry-cured American ham. To help preserve its mellow flavors, Mantry recommends adding it to pizza after baking.

Mantry Subscription Box Review & Coupon – February 2015 Cookies

Grey Ghost Bakery Lemon Sugar Cookies – 8 oz, value $9

A few of the cookies in my pack arrived broken, but, luckily, most of them were just fine. Grey Ghost Bakery is based in Charleston, SC, and I’ve sampled some of their other products thanks to subscription boxes. These particular cookies are made with candied lemon zest and topped with pearlized sugar.

Faced with so many incredible ingredients, I was hit with an overwhelming pizza craving. Without delay, the hubby and I promptly cleared our schedules for a pizza night. Since the recipe for Hayden Flour Mills Heritage Pizza Crust recommended proofing the crust for an entire day, we made the dough the day before we planned to bake our pizza.

Mantry Subscription Box Review & Coupon – February 2015 Doug

When it was time to make our pies, we couldn’t agree on toppings (isn’t that always the way it goes!?!) so we decided to make two smaller pizzas instead of a larger one. I decided to make the Prosciutto, Pesto, & Arugula Pizza and my husband wanted the Smoked Pepperoni & Basil Pizza. So we rolled out the dough and assembled our selected toppings.

Here’s the unbaked pepperoni pizza.

Mantry Subscription Box Review & Coupon – February 2015 Raw Pepperoni

And here’s the unbaked prosciutto pizza. (Note that for this recipe, most of the toppings are added after the pizza is baked.)

Mantry Subscription Box Review & Coupon – February 2015 Raw Prosciutto

They each baked for about 14 minutes at 475 degrees.  (The recipe called for the oven to be set at 400, but I know my oven and that isn’t hot enough for pizza.)

The pizzas baked up beautifully.

Mantry Subscription Box Review & Coupon – February 2015 Baked Pepperoni

Mantry Subscription Box Review & Coupon – February 2015 Baked Prosciutto

To finish off the prosciutto pizza, I needed to add my toppings. I’d set them aside earlier, so they were ready to go.

Mantry Subscription Box Review & Coupon – February 2015 Toppings

I added dollops of pesto, ripped two slices of prosciutto over the top, and topped it all with the roughly chopped arugula.

Mantry Subscription Box Review & Coupon – February 2015 Finished Proscituuo

Both of the pizzas were excellent. The crust was a little breadier and less chewy than I’m used to, but the flavor was great. All of the toppings Mantry provided were delicious. In particular, the red pizza sauce, prosciutto, and pepperoni were standouts! The smoked pepperoni was delicious and added a really nice smoky flavor that complemented the full-bodied red sauce. I also really liked the lemon pesto. I thought it added a nice brightness that cut through the richness of the cheese and prosciutto.

To finish the meal, we followed Mantry’s recommendation to turn the Grey Ghost Bakery Lemon Sugar Cookies into Lemon Cookie Sorbet Sandwiches. (Which really just entailed adding some raspberry sorbet.)

Mantry Subscription Box Review & Coupon – February 2015 Dessert

The cookies were crispy and chewy, and I loved the addition of candied lemon peel. They were so good with the tart sorbet!

Verdict: I really enjoyed this box, and I thought the curation was excellent. The products included were all delicious and of very high quality, and I was inspired to make some really amazing pizza. I also liked how Mantry provided easy and delicious recipes that incorporated the ingredients in the box. I thought the recipes were terrific and very easy to make. All that being said, this box has a value of about $50 (only 2/3 the cost of the box). It’s not unusual with Mantry for the value of the items to fall short of the cost of the box, so I think this subscription is best for those who highly value curation, presentation, and packaging.

What do you think of the February 2015 Mantry box? Did you have your own pizza party?

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  1. This looks amazing! Considering getting this box.

  2. I’ve subscribed in the past, and was considering renewing, glad I waited. While I love the idea, curation, and well put together theme of the box, I’m gluten free & don’t eat pork/beef, so this would have been a total miss for me. I’d love if Mantry, Hampton Lane, and some of the other boxes would curate a gluten free version. I’d be happy to spend a little more to get food I can eat!

    • I agree. This box fascinates me but I can’t eat anything in it. Looks like a great box for a general foodie. I even love that wooden box.

  3. Thank you for doing so many reviews on culinary boxes. I make NY style pizza from scratch, and it’s a pain, but I use all organic ingredients, and it’s still so much cheaper than this. I get that it’s nice to get great ingredients that a person doesn’t have access to in their area, but Mantry is ca-ray-zee if they charge that much and give their subscribers not even close to the cost of the box! Especially with food items, which you know if you cook often and with quality ingredients, artisan foods from Whole Foods can be found for less. I loved, loved, loved the Hamptons Lane box and the recipes you made from there made me want to finally try truffle oil (I always see chefs use it on the show Chopped too), but I felt you get more for your money with Hamptons Lane, so it’s worth the cost to me. I’ll keep reading your reviews Lindsey, because they are really helping me decide what food boxes are worth it, and which ones aren’t 🙂

  4. Thanks for making the recipes and testing them out. It really helps give me a better feel for the value of the subscription to see it cooked out!

  5. Your reviews are always so awesome! You make everything look amazing.

  6. Great review, thanks! If you have time could you give us the actual measurements of the crate itself? I’m curious how big that box is. 🙂

    • No problem, Chris! The crate measures approximately 8″ x 10.5″ x 5.5″. 🙂

      • Awesome, thanks!

  7. I almost subscribed this Mantry this month but changed my mind after reading some not so good reviews. Once my 6 month sub to Batch USA finishes up (They’re doing a Tour of Texas, so I couldn’t resist), I might give Mantry another consider. This one looked so good! Great review!

  8. Really enjoyed reading this review (especially the part about how you used/baked the stuff!).

    • I agree. Love the pics of the pizzas at various stages. Always enjoy your reviews!

  9. Those look really good, but when you add your own cheese, spinach, and sorbet, those pizzas and cookies are close to $85!

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BRADENTON, Fla. - Residents in one Bradenton neighborhood are taking cover to avoid aerial attacks from a red-shouldered hawk that's made its home in a senior condo community.

It's been dive-bombing residents at the Cortez Villas on 43rd Street West -- sending at least one woman to the hospital. Residents want the bird gone, but wildlife officials say ‘no can do’.

These days, Beverly Brasgalla isn't going anywhere without her umbrella, the best defense against her newest neighbor. For more than a month now, she says she’s been held hostage by the hawk. “I’ve been hit four times with it…I had a gash in my forehead and about a two-inch scrape."

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"I just walked out of my car one afternoon, and as I opened the door, she attacked -- I assume she -- attacked from behind and hit me in the head." That attack left Judy Coker with a gash, a trip to the hospital, a tetanus shot and a round of antibiotics.

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Sandy Lingerfelt July 29, 2016 at 10:37 am

Wow; I am so very impressed with the excellent service we receive from this company! I ordered gift boxes Monday and forgot to change the quantity and when we received the order. I about panicked because I need to have them ready by Monday. I needed three more packs so I ordered them yesterday afternoon. I pulled into the parking lot the same time the Fed Ex truck did this morning with my package! Made my day!

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This company has excellent products and prompt customer service. I ordered from them on one day, and received my product by noon the next day, on two separate occasions! Excellent customer service and will order again for future wrapping needs! Thank you!

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Do you ship to Canada? Have great products,hope so!

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I would like to thank you for your fast service. I placed my order on Tuesday and received it today….Thursday. Thank you so much. I will definitely keep you on my favorites.

Donna Francis October 18, 2013 at 8:46 am

It is a pleasure to work with Nashville Wraps for our holiday and client gift needs. Your excellent customer service, quick fulfillment, and great quality are truly appreciated and we enjoy paying these traits forward to all of our clients. Thank you to everyone at Nashville Wraps!

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Annette Jones Howlett November 4, 2011 at 1:58 pm

I have bought from Nashville Wraps for 12 years and have always been pleased with the quality of the products, fast shipping and friendly service. Just one note — I am so SO disappointed with the discontinuation of the 14x14x5 brown kraft box. This was the perfect size for the large pottery bowls we sell as well as making great multi-item gift boxes. Hope enough others feel the same so you will bring it back! Thanks.

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Your a great company with excellent products made in the USA but your handling costs are way too much for the small business person. I just need a few things today to do a show and the cost of shipping and handling was almost half of my product cost. I doubt if I will be back to order again.

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Just wanted to say thanks for lovely products and fast service! I ordered raffia, paper crinkle ribbon and sinamay ribbon for personal use (decorating for a baby shower). I wish I had a business that used a lot of packaging items so that I had a reason to purchase more from you!

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Thanks for your viewpoint. Nashville Wraps creates markets and also creates need in many cases for products. We design and have products created that either did not previously exist or improve on those that do (in our market). We do that primarily using domestic manufacturing. Since we are not into cars, steel nor a 1958 frame of mind I cannot speak to those topics as you mentioned. I do however drive a 2011 Chevrolet, and have two older ones in my garage. But besides that if we took your viewpoint nothing much different would happen in the American economy. I still believe that dreams become realities and that as far as it is up to me, I’ll put my money on US products and their continued growth regardless of the flak I may have to fend off.

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Scott Werne June 19, 2011 at 8:17 pm

The fact is America IS NOT a manufacturing economy anymore and has not been for some time. America’s job economy centers on technical jobs. You talk about people being ‘lulled’ into a buying ethic, when, in truth, YOU are the one that is deluding yourself that America is supposed to be this country of huge auto-makers and steel plants and consumer producing factories. The year is 2011, not 1958. Wake up and get with the game. Until Americans start to face reality (and that reality isn’t a bad thing) and lose this ridiculous romantic notion that we have to be the best at everything through sheer ingenuity and gung-ho spirit we won’t be the best at anything. There is two choices – 1. the way the world IS. and 2. the way you wish the word WAS. Quit looking in the rear-view mirror.

KC Frantzen February 19, 2011 at 10:03 pm

We are thrilled to see so many products made in the USA. We do our best to purchase American products. Thank you!
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Susan January 7, 2011 at 9:24 am

I’m absolutely impressed with how fast you ship out orders. You carry quality products and keep up-to-date with what’s happening in packaging. I’ve tried others and they just don’t measure up to your business!

Linda December 8, 2010 at 1:01 pm

I can’t thank you enough for the fast delivery of the products I ordered yesterday. Wow! Impressive! Great products but even better service. Don’t mind waiting on the things that were out of stock. Thanks.

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8.550884 - GRIEG: Holberg Suite, Op. 40 / Slatter, Op. 72

Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
Piano Music Vol. 4

Edvard Grieg, was born in Bergen, on the west coast of Norway. He showed a strong interest in music at very early age, and after encouragement by violinist and composer, Ole Bull (1810 -1880), he was sent to the Conservatory in Leipzig at tile age of fifteen to receive his music education. At the conservatory he received a fundamental and solid training, and through the city's active musical life, he received impressions, and heard music, which would leave their stamp on him for the rest of his life, for better or for worse. Even though he severely criticized the conservatory, especially towards the end of his life, in reality he was recognised as a great talent, and one sees in his sketchbooks and practices from the Leipzig period that he had the freedom to experiment as well. He had no basis for criticizing the conservatory or his teachers for poor teaching or a lack of understanding.

From Leipzig he travelled to Copenhagen with a solid musical ballast and there he soon became known as a promising young composer. It was not long before he was under the influence of Rikard Nordraak, whose glowing enthusiasm and unshakeable that the key to a successful future for Norwegian music lay in nationalism, in the uniquely Norwegian, the music of the people folk-songs. Nordraak came to playa decisive role for Grieg's development as a composer. Nordraak's influence is most obvious in Grieg's Humoresker, Opus 6, considered a breakthrough. In the autumn of 1866, Grieg settled down in Christiania (Oslo). In 1874 Norway's capital city was the centre for his activities. During this time he also created the majority of the works which laid the foundation for his steadily increasing fame.

In spite of his poor health he had had a defective lung ever since childhood Grieg was constantly on concert-tour as pianist or a conductor, always with his own works on the programme. After his last concert-tour 1907, Grieg wrote to his friend Frants Beyer:

"This Tour has been strange. The Audiences have been on my Side. In Germany I have received more acclaim for my ART than ever before. But the Critics both in Munich and in Berlin have let me know in no uncertain terms, that they think I am a dead Man. That is my punishment for my lack of Productivity in these last Years, which my wretched physical condition has caused. It is a hard and undeserved Punishment - but I comfort myself with the thought that it is not the Critics, who govern the world" (Letter to Frants Beyer 5th March, 1907)

More clearly than anything else, this letter shows a trend which Grieg experienced in his later years in relation to his music. It was also a development which would continue internationally until long after his death. Within the musical "establishment", there was an increasing number of people who gradually became more critical towards Grieg's music as well as his abilities and talent as a composer. In the meantime his popularity among the average music-loving audience increased in inverse proportion. Grieg experienced some of the greatest demonstrations of his general popularity during the last years of his life, when, in spite of his greatly weakened health, he was continually on concert-tour, in popular demand by concert-managers from all over the world. The critics, however, were sceptical and to a point condescending, and there is no doubt that Grieg felt hurt by their attitude:

"I cannot be blamed if my music is played in third-rate hotels and by school-girls. I could not have created my music any other way, even though I did not have my audience in mind at the time. I suppose this popularity is all right, but it is dearly bough. My reputation as a composer is suffering because of it, and the criticism is disparaging".

From early on Grieg was labelled a composer of the small forms His indisputable lyrical ability and talent were never doubted, but apart from some very few works such as the Piano Concerto in A minor, Opus 16, and the String Quartet in G minor, Opus 27, Piano Sonata in E minor, Opus 7, the three Violin Sonatas, Opus 8 in F major Opus 13 in G major and Opus 45 in C minor, and the Cello Sonata in A minor, Opus 36, he was not able, in spite of his many and desperate attempts, to feel at home with the "large form".

He felt that this was a shortcoming, and unfairly blamed his education at the Leipzig Conservatory. Nevertheless, he also showed that he could master these forms when on rare occasions he found raw musical material that could be reworked and treated within the traditional sonata-form. The only problem was that the musical material to which he felt closest and by which he was most fascinated, was of another quality and character.

Grieg's encounter with Norwegian folk-music, and his assimilation of essential features from this music, released certain aspects of his own creativity that soon led to his music being, for many, identical with folk-music. By some, he was considered more or less simply an arranger of folk-music, and that hurt him very deeply:

"In my Op. 17 and 66, I have arranged folk-songs for the piano, in Op. 30, I have freely rendered folk ballads for the male voice. In three or four of my remaining works, I have attempted to use Norwegian songs thematically. Arid since I have published up to 70 works by now, I should be allowed to say that nothing is more incorrect than the claim from certain German critics that my so-called originality is limited to my borrowing from folk-music. It is quite another thing if a nationalistic spirit, which has been expressed through folk-music since ancient times, hovers over my original creative works. (Letter to Henry T. Finck, 17.7. 1900)".

Much of the instrumental Norwegian folk music is built up of small melodic themes, almost units, which are repeated with small variations in appoggiatura and sometimes with rhythmic displacements. Sections are then joined together to form larger units. We seldom find any true development as it is understood in traditional classical music. It gradually became clear to Grieg that he felt the greatest affinity to this music. This becomes especially clear to us through his piano music. That is why it also became so difficult to distinguish between what in Grieg's works came originally from folk-music, and what was his own composition. This must also have been especially difficult for foreign critics and audiences.

In Grieg's music there are two features which particularly attract our attention, rhythm and harmony. In many instances Grieg's rhythm in his piano compositions, is often taken from the folk-dance, as well as from compositions which are not based upon folk-music. He placed great emphasis on the rhythmic, and considered it paramount in the presentation of his works which have dance as the point of departure. He was of the opinion that in order to be able to play one of his compositions, one had to know, and feel, the dance rhythm. Characteristic of the understanding of the rhythmic, is the story about the meeting between Grieg and Ravel in Paris in 1894 at the home of William Molard:

"While the bright-eyed company discussed music, Ravel quietly went over to Molard's piano and began to play one of the master's Norwegian Dances. Grieg listened with a smile, but then began to show signs of impatience, suddenly getting up and saying sharply: "No, young man, not like that at all. Much more rhythm. It's a folk-dance, a peasant dance. You should see the peasants at home, with fiddler stamping in time with the music. Play it again! And while Ravel played, the little man jumped up and skipped about the room to the astonishment of the company."

Harmony is extremely central. Often it is the harmony itself which is the basis for the composition. Grieg pointed this out emphatically in letter to his biographer, Henry T. Finck:

"The realm of harmony, has always been my dream-world, and my relationship, to this harmonious way of feeling and the Norwegian folk-songs, has been a mystery even for me. I have understood that the secret depth one finds in our folk-songs, is basically owing to the richness of their untold harmonic possibilities. In my reworking of the folk-songs Op. 66, but also otherwise, I have attempted to express my interpretation, of the hidden harmonies, in our folk-songs."

Grieg's interest in harmony became obvious to others already during his practice while attending the Conservatory. At that time it was first and foremost a desire to experiment. Later, harmony became his way of bringing forth the very "soul" of the folk-tunes. Among other things, he deliberately used unfamiliar, radical chord progressions in order to suggest the vague tonality (sot to voce semitones, vague thirds) such as one finds in many of the folk-songs, a melodic characteristic which would otherwise be impossible to achieve with an instrument like the piano. His instrument was primarily the piano. From his earliest years to his last concert-tour the year he died, he performed as a pianist with his own compositions. He was not a virtuoso, but his intimate familiarity with the piano allowed him to present his own music in such a way as to leave a deep and lasting impression upon everyone who heard him play. According to contemporary reports he had a marvellous ability to bring out the best, the very essence, of his own piano pieces. When he took his place on the platform, the atmosphere became electric, and the critics emphasized his refined touch, tone quality, and the complete absence of superficial gestures.

Grieg's compositions contributed very modestly to the development of piano technique. Most of his piano pieces are technically speaking within the abilities of competent amateurs. This, together with musical characteristics which seem to have a stimulating and refreshing effect, contributed to the fact that he was one of the most played, and respected composers in Europe, admired if not by the critics, then at least by the majority of those interested in music.

Grieg's compositions occurred simultaneously with the epoch of the piano. Music and piano playing in the average home were at a peak during the last half of the nineteenth century and the first decades of this century. Cyril Ehrlich has calculated that in 1910 alone, more than 600,000 pianos were produced. To know how to play the piano was part of general education in most middle class families, especially for girls. No wonder the music publishing house C. F. Peters "hoisted the flag" in London and Frankfurt every time Grieg delivered a manuscript for a new album of piano pieces. It is also understandable that Grieg sometimes experienced the demand for new piano pieces as a strain. There were also times when he felt that the production of piano pieces was a sort of bribe, or indulgence, to make sure that the publishing house issued his other works as well. In general, however, Grieg had an excellent relationship with his publisher in Leipzig. He was particularly close to Dr. Max Abraham (1831 - 1900), who was promoted to editor in 1863. This is clearly shown by the abundant correspondence that has been preserved. Verlagsbuchhandlung C. F. Peters Bureau de Musique, was the full name of the publishing house that acted as Grieg's exclusive publisher from 1890, agreeing to pay him 4000 Marks every year, a sum which was adjusted to 6000 Marks in 1901. In return, Grieg was to offer Peters all his future compositions with rights for all countries, for a certain fee.

Grieg experienced a great deal of adversity during certain periods of his life, but he also had more success than most other composer colleagues of his time. Nevertheless, he never lost feelings of unrest at not having developed his talent to the full degree, or having left something undone, something unfulfilled inside. Throughout his whole life, Grieg was a restless soul. He never felt completely at peace anywhere. When he was in Bergen, he longed for Kristiania, and when he was there he longed for Copenhagen and the continent. When he was abroad, he longer to be back home, but no sooner had he arrived in Bergen before he felt oppressed and restless and wanted to go off again. There were perhaps only two places where he really felt at home and satisfied: one, on the concert-platform, the other, in the Norwegian mountains, especially Jotunheimen. When he encountered his audience, or the powerful and free nature of the western part of Norway, he felt whole and complete.

From Holberg's Time. Suite in the Olden Style, Op. 40, was written for the bicentenary Year of Ludvig Holberg's birth. Ludvig Holberg (1684 -1754) was born in Bergen, and became Professor in Metaphysics, Latin, Literature and History, at the University in Copenhagen. But he is most famous, both today and during Grieg's time, for writing Comedy, and he is recognized as one of the most important personalities in the Danish-Norwegian joint Literature. The Suite was finished in August 1884, and the 7th of December it was performed for the very first time in Bergen. Grieg chose the French baroque dance suite as the music base. But he has put his own personal stamp on the separate movements, so there isn't the slightest amount of doubt that this is Grieg, in French seventeenth century costume.

Six Norwegian Mountain Melodies, EG 108 A, is a revised adaptation of six of the arrangements in Melodies of Norway, EG 108. In 1874 Grieg was asked by the Danish music publisher, Edvard Wagner, to choose and arrange a selection of Norwegian songs and folk tunes. Grieg accepted, though according to himself, only because of the money, and insisted that his name should not be mentioned in connection with the edition. The collection, a total of 154 pieces, was published in 1875 under the title: Melodies of Norway, and is recorded as a whole in this series. Grieg, by the way, acknowledged some of the folk-tune-arrangements in this collection, and in 1886 he published six of those in a slightly revised version at Wilhelm Hansen's publishing house. The folk tunes are effectively arranged, but simpler than his other arrangements of Norwegian folk tunes.

Norwegian Folk Dance Music (Slätter), Op. 72, contains Grieg's most radical attempt to transform folk dance music for the Hardanger fiddle into piano music. In the Foreword of the first edition which was published by Peters in 1903, Grieg wrote, among other things: "Those who have an Appreciation for this sound, will be entranced by their great Originality, their combination of light, airy, beautiful, enchanting refinements, and bold, audacious power and untamed melodic wildness, especially in the rhythmic. They bear the Mark of a Fantasy that is both daring and bizarre, Remnants from a Time, when the Norwegian Peasant Culture was isolated from the outside world in the remote mountain valleys, thereby retaining their primitive origin. My Task of Transferring this to the Piano was an attempt to lift these folk tunes up to an artistic level through stylized Harmonics. It is in the nature of the matter, that the piano must disclaim much of the appoggiatura, which is an original characteristic of the Hardanger Fiddle, and the peculiarity of its bow strokes. On the other hand, the piano has the Advantage of avoiding Monotony, through dynamic, and rhythmic Manifold, and varying the Harmonics of the parts that Repeat themselves. I have attempted in general to create a structured form, with clear, easy to perceive, Lines."

It was the well known fiddle player, Knut Johannessen Dale, (1834 –1 921), from Tinn in Telemark, who in 1888, petitioned Grieg to consider the possibility of writing down some of these pieces of folk dance music (slätter). Knut Dale himself had inherited many pieces (sätter), from Myllarguten, Torgeir Augundsson, (1801 - 1872), and Haavard Giboen, (1809 -1873), two of the most famous and creative musicians in Norway in the last century. Grieg had no doubts about the value of preserving this heritage, but for different reasons it was delayed until 1901, when Grieg's good friend and composer, Johan Haivorsen, (1864 - 1935), accepted the task of writing the notes down on music paper. Johan Halvorsen was an outstanding violinist - who had also learned to play the Hardanger Fiddle - and Knut Dale was very grateful, and full of praise, for the work Haivorsen had done.

Grieg started arranging the pieces (sättene), for piano, with great enthusiasm, but at the same time felt himself resisting the work. In 1902 he wrote to Frants Beyer: "The last fourteen days I have been occupied with Knut Dale's, and Halvorsen's, Folksongs. It is very interesting, but extremely difficult work. Why? Because I have become much more critical in my criteria for a structured style, than I was before. The problems here are quite different than those we encountered with Lindeman's. The decision is actually as major as to what should be kept from the original violin notes of the non-melodic lower voice.".

There were several features in these folk dances that presented problems: The ornamentation, tonality, rhythm, and the polyphony, and last but not least, the repetitive principle that the folk music form is built upon. If he were to get satisfactory piano music out of such material, he would have to radically change a lot of Halvorsen's memoranda. He was very concerned about keeping a structured style, and well he was, for in the end, that' s w hat made the difference. The folk dances are written and developed for an instrument, the Hardanger Fiddle; and for the most part, functional music to which one should dance. How could one play the same music at a concert where the audience was expected to sit quietly and listen, without the music becoming boring, without losing the soul and atmosphere that such music creates. When one considers the fact that Grieg lacked insight into the fiddle's technical properties, and the rhythmic intricacies, which characterize this folk dance music, the fantastic results he achieved are nothing less than amazing. As was usual with Grieg, when rewriting other's works, he didn't always entirely to the source. He used his poetic license to change the original a little if his artistic sense so dictated. He added preludes, interludes, and epilogues; he shortened, parted, and bended the material, so that the results would survive when transplanted.

Same of the folk dance songs are connected to legends or tales.' Nr. 4, Haugeldt-Dance of the Hill: " A Man called Brynjuv Olson had lost an ox. He went to the Mountains for Several days to search for it and when he became exhausted and fell Asleep, he Dreamt that he heard a strange Song. Beyond and on a Hill he saw a lovely Girl who she said to him: When you come home to your wife and children, you will play this song on the violin: on the Mountain over yonder, was where I found the Steer that wandered."

Nr. 8, The Wedding March from Myllarguten; " According to an acquaintance, a Fiddle Player from Telemark, this March was composed by 'Myllarguten' when his girlfriend, Kari, betrayed him by marrying Another."

Nos. 16 and 17, The Maidens from Kivledal: In Seljord, in Telemark, there is a little Valley called Kivledalen, and in the Olden Days there was a tiny little Church there. One Sunday, while the Parish was gathered for Mass, a piercing sound came ringing though the church from high up on the rocky slope above it. It was the Maidens from Kivledal', the last three heathens in the Valley, who herded their goats up there and were blowing a folk dance song on a buck horn (Trillarhorn). The commoners streamed out of the Church to listen to the gripping tunes as though bewitched. The Priest followed after and shouted to the 'Maidens' to stop blowing the horn, and raising his Hand menacingly, he excommunicated them from the Church, in the name of God, and the Holy father, the Pope. In the same instant, the Kivle Maidens, and the Entire flock of Goats, turned to Stone. And till this day, one can still see them, high up, on the stony slope, with Horn to Mouth, and the Goats all around them. This is the Kivle Maidens' Folk Dance, (Sldt), such as the peasants have preserved and still play it, on their Hardanger fiddle. The following folkdance, (Sldt), nr.17, is also from the same Legend. There are three such songs in all, and only the fiddler who could play all three was worth his salt."

Einar Steen-Nøkleberg
The Norwegian pianist Einar Steen-Nøkleberg, an early winner of the German High School Piano Competition. Other prizes include the Norwegian Piano Competition in 1972, and in 1975 the Norwegian Critics Prize for Best Performance, awarded after a performance of Grieg's Piano Concerto at the Bergen Festival. In 1976 he was honoured for the Norwegian recording of the Year for a recital of music by Norwegian Baroque composers. Other awards include the Grieg Prize in 1985 and in 1992. From 1975 to 1981 Einarsteen-Nøkleberg was professor of piano at the Hanover Musikhochschule and in recent years has enjoyed an international career, with recitals throughout Europe, in the United States of America and in the former Soviet Union. His performances of the piano music of Grieg are regarded as particularly authoritative.

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