Composer

Edvard Grieg

1843–1907

3,733 works in the index

Era: Romantic
Nationality: Norway
Born in: Bergen

Grieg wrote almost nothing large and a great deal that is small and very good, which makes him unusually well suited to amateur players. The Lyric Pieces — ten volumes of short piano pieces written across his whole career — are the core of it.

Those pieces span a genuinely wide difficulty range, from things playable within two or three years of starting to concert repertoire, and they are published both complete and in selections. The Peer Gynt music exists in every arrangement imaginable, and the Piano Concerto is one of the most-played in the repertoire.

His harmonic language draws on Norwegian folk music, which is why the pieces sound distinctive without being difficult — a rare combination and the reason they have stayed in print for well over a century.

Catalogue

Works page 20 of 78

Album Leaf Op.28 No.3

Norwegisch (Norsk) op. 12 Nr. 6 -fur Klavier-

Album Leaf Op.28 No.4

Sailor's Song (Matrosenes oppsang) op. 68 Nr. 1 -fur Klavier-

Poetic Tone Picture Op.3#5(Grieg

Volksweise (Folkevise) op. 12 Nr. 5 -fur Klavier-

Walzer (Vals) op. 12 Nr. 2 -fur Klavier-

Shepherd's Boy,Op.54#1

Elfentanz (Alfedans) op. 12 Nr. 4 -fur Klavier-

Berceuse op. 38 Nr. 1 -fur Klavier-

Grandmother's Minuet (Bestemors menuett) op. 68 Nr. 2 -fur Klavier-

Notturno,Op.54#4

Elegie op. 38 Nr. 6 -fur Klavier-

Canon op. 38 Nr. 8 -fur Klavier-

Klokkeklang (Bell Ringing)

Song of the Cowherd, Op. 17, No. 22

Evening in the Mountains (Aften paa hoyfjellet) op. 68 Nr. 4 -fur Klavier-

At your feet (For dine fotter) op. 68 Nr. 3 -fur Klavier-

Gade op. 57 Nr. 2 -fur Klavier-

Album Leaf Op.28 No.5

Halling op. 38 Nr. 4 -fur Klavier-

Springtanz op. 38 Nr. 5 -fur Klavier-

Norwegischer Tanz D-Dur op. 35; 4 -fur Klavier zu 4 Handen-

Norwegian March,Op.54#2

Albumblatt (Albumblad) op. 12 Nr. 7 -fur Klavier-

Arietta op. 12 Nr. 1 -fur Klavier-

Illusion op. 57 Nr. 3 -fur Klavier-

Poetic Tone Picture Op.3#4(Grieg

Norwegischer Tanz d-Moll op. 35; 1 -fur Klavier zu 4 Handen-

Norwegischer Tanz A-Dur op. 35; 2 -fur Klavier zu 4 Handen-

At the Cradle (Badnlat) op. 68 -fur Klavier- (Heft 9)

Humoreske Op.6 No.2

Vaterlandisches Lied (Fedrelandssang) op. 12 Nr. 8 -fur Klavier-

Scherzo,Op.54#5

Humoreske,Op.6#3

Klokkeklang(Bell Ringing) Grieg

Norwegischer Tanz G-Dur op. 35; 3 -fur Klavier zu 4 Handen-

Wachterlied (Vektersang) op. 12 Nr. 3 -fur Klavier-

Melodie op. 38 Nr. 3 -fur Klavier-

Last Sping,The Op.34 No.2

Norwegian Dance, Op. 35, No. 2

Norwegian Bridal Op.19#2

Entschwundene Tage (Svundne Dage) op. 57 Nr. 1 -fur Klavier-

Melancholy Waltz (Valse melancolique) op. 68 Nr. 6 -fur Klavier- (Heft 9)

Puck (Op. 71, No. 3)

Ole's Song, Op. 17, No. 10

Jeg elsker Dig (I Love You), No. 3 from Hjertets melodier, Op. 5

Med en Primula veris (The First Primrose), No. 4 from Fem digte, Op. 26