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 26 of 78

1. In My Native Country, Op. 43/3

Klokkeklang (Glockengelaut), op. 54 Nr. 6

Folk-Song, Op.38 No.2

5. Cradle Song, Op. 68/5

3. Gratitude, Op. 62/2

Allegro ma non troppo (aus Poetische Tonbilder), op.3 Nr. 1

Valse, op. 12 Nr. 2

1. Gade, Op. 57/2

Arietta (aus "Lyrische Stucke"), op. 12 Nr. 1

Zwei Klavierstucke

Triumphal March

I Himmelen, Op. 74

1. Albumleaf, Op. 47/2

Album Leaf Op.12 Grieg

Grieg: Four Lyric Pieces

Gjendine's Lullaby

Kveldssang for Blakken, Op. 61 no. 5 - F-Dur/F major

4. Grandmother's Minuet, Op. 68/2

Guds son har gjort mig fri

4. Scherzo, Op. 54/5

2. Canon, Op. 38/8

Popular Melody

Song Of The Watchman

Fiskervise, Op. 61 no. 4 - D-Dur/D major

Lokk, Op. 61 no. 3 - G-Dur/G major

Havet, Op. 61 no. 1 - G-Dur/G major

Valse, Op. 12 No. 2

Lullaby

3. Little Bird, Op. 43/4

‘Morning’ from Peer Gynt

I Love Thee [Text by Hans Christian Andersen, Translated by Auber Forestier]

"Solitary Traveller, Op. 43 No. 2"

"Poetic Tone-Picture (E minor), Op. 3 No. 1"

Holberg Suite: Rigaudon

Holberg Suite: Air

Holberg Suite: Gavotte and Musette

Holberg Suite: Sarabande

Holberg Suite: Prelude

‘Death of Åse’ from Peer Gynt

Erotik, Op. 43 No. 5

Theme from Piano Concerto [Arranged by Maxwell Eckstein]

"Poetic Tone-Picture (F), Op. 3 No. 5"

Fadrelandssalme, Op. 61 no. 7

De norske Fjeld, Op. 61 no. 6 - C-Dur/C major

Sang til Juletraet, Op. 61 no. 2 - Es-Dur/Eb major

My Johann

Med en Primula veris / With a Primrose, op. 26, no. 4

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