The Bridal March; One Day

by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

The Bridal March; One Day "", has been considered a very important part of the human history, but is currently not available in printed formats. Hence so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format so that it is never forgotten and always remembered by the present and future generations. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed.

Genres: Classics

80 pages, Paperback

First published November 28, 2007

About the author

Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit."
Bjørnson is the author of the lyrics to the Norwegian National Anthem, "Ja, vi elsker dette landet".

Reviews

[Bettie]

(my piccie)

See that title, I shall read March in March and in One Day, curled up in a quilted settee pod as the jobs that were on offer have halted due to weather.



Cover picture - Brusferden i Hardanger (Bridal Journey in Hardanger) painted by Adolph Tidemand and Hans Gude (1848). The original is owned by Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo.

Brude-Slaatten (The Bridal March) was written in Christiania in 1872. It was written as the text accompianment to the cover picture and was dedicated to Hans Christian Anderson.

Opening: There lived last century, in one of the high-lying inland valleys of Norway, a fiddler, who has become in some degree a legendary personage. Of the tunes and marches scribed to him, some are said to have been inspired by Trolls, one he heard from the Devil himself, another he made to save his life etc etc. But the most famous of all is a Bridal March; and its story does not end with the story of his life.

Footnote #1 - The old superstition that every man is followed by a Vardoeger (an invisible animal, resembling him in character) is still common among the peasants.

Yay - have a looksee at this The Bridal Voyage in Hardanger: A part of the Norwegian silent movie by Rasmus Breistein, 1926, based on Norwegian Film Institute's reconstruction from 2007.

from wiki . A Hardanger fiddle (or in Norwegian: hardingfele) is a traditional stringed instrument used originally to play the music of Norway. In modern designs, the instruments are very similar to the violin, though with eight or nine strings (rather than four as on a standard violin) and thinner wood. Four of the strings are strung and played like a violin, while the rest, aptly named understrings or sympathetic strings, resonate under the influence of the other four, providing a pleasant haunting, echo-like sound.

You can listen here: to the fiddle and see what a beautiful instrument it is

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Song of Norway featured Harry Secombe as Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson : http://youtu.be/uaIefrWUXV0

Toralv Maurstad ... Edvard Grieg
Florence Henderson ... Nina Grieg
Christina Schollin ... Therese Berg
Frank Porretta ... Richard Nordraak
Harry Secombe ... Bioernstjerne Bjoernson
Robert Morley ... Berg
Edward G. Robinson ... Krogstad
Elizabeth Larner ... Mrs. Bjoernson
Oskar Homolka ... Engstrand
Frederick Jaeger ... Henrik Ibsen
Henry Gilbert ... Franz Liszt
Richard Wordsworth ... Hans Christian Andersen
Bernard Archard ... George Nordraak
John Barrie ... Mr. Hagerup
Wenche Foss ... Mrs. Hagerup
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En Dag (One Day) was originally issued in the Norwegian magazind 'Nyt Tidsscrift' late in 1893.

Opening : Ella was generally known as the girl with the plait. But thick as the plait was, if it had belonged to any one less shapely, less blonde, less sprightly, hardly anyone would have noticed it; the merry life which it led behind her would have passed unobserved, and that, although it was the thickest plait which anyone in the little town had ever boasted.



I sing to one, to only one
Of the listening throng;
To one alone is fully known
The meaning of my song.
Lend powers, ye listeners, to each word.
But for that only one
Who in me woke sweet music's chord
My song had ne'er been sung.

Though deviously the path may run,
Passing through all hearts here,
Yet still is it the only one
Which to one heart is near.
Strengthen, oh loving hearts, my song,
So that it still may swell
Through all love's choir; the only one
That in her heart may dwell.
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The translator(s) remain unnamed, which is pretty ugly of the publisher's dontcha fink.

4* - Captain Mansana & Mothers Hands
2.5* - The Bridal March & One Day

[Nnaemeka David]

In the book, I read the short story, the Bridal March. it was really good. Bjornstjerne knows how to write, and no wonder he was given the Nobel prize. It is a story of forbidden love. It also helps us to see that we cannot run away from our past. You can watch a video I posted here about the short story where I analyze the plot, themes, and message of the Bridal March. https://youtu.be/VUyLd2PqW8U
I hope you do read it because the story is good although lengthy.

[Michael Pennington]

Entertaining Norwegian stories

[Tom Flanagan]

(One Day) yes to being delusional