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 29 of 78

Spring-Dance [Op. 47, No. 6]

Canon [Op. 38, No. 8]

Waltz in A Minor [Op. 12, No. 2]

1. So lokka me over den Myra , Op. 22/12

Elegy [Op. 38, No. 4]

Mountaineer's Song

Solitary Wanderer [Op. 43, No. 2]

Patriotic Song [Op. 12, No. 8]

Piano Concerto, op. 16 Performed by Edvard Grieg

Wedding-Day in Troldhaugen [Op. 65, No. 6]

At Thy Feet [Op. 68, No. 3]

Love-Poem [Op. 43, No. 5]

Papillon Op 43 #1

5. Jeg elsker Dig-I Love Thee, Op. 5/3

Fughetta Additional credits Domenico Zipoli

3. Gavotte

Dance Caprice [Op. 28, No .3]

Solfeggieto Additional credits Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Humoreske [Op. 6, No. 3]

Bridal Procession [Op. 19, No. 2]

Album-Leaf [Op. 28, No. 1]

Ase's Death [Op. 46, No. 2]

Birdling [Op. 43, No. 4]

Elegie [Op. 38, No. 6]

In the Hall of the Mountain King [Op. 46, No. 4]

Morning-Mood [Op. 46, No. 1]

Norwegian Bridal Progression [Op. 19, No. 2]

Skip-Dance [Op. 38, No. 5]

Solvejg's Song [Op. 52, No. 4]

Folksong [Op. 12, No. 5]

By The Brook

Lullaby [Op. 38, No. 1]

Violin Sonata

1. Praeludium

1. Evening in the Mountains Op. 68/4

1. Fyremaal , Op. 33/12

2. Die Foerste Moede , Op. 21/1

Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16: II. Adagio Performed by Edvard Grieg

Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato Performed by Edvard Grieg

Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16: III. Allegro moderato Performed by Edvard Grieg

Ich Liebe Dich Performed by Edvard Grieg

Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

Lyrische stucke, op. 12: Albumblatt Performed by Edvard Grieg

Klokkenklang [Op. 54, No. 6]

Ballade [Op. 65, No. 5]

First Gymnopédie Additional credits Erik Satie

By the Cradle, Op. 68, No. 5

Russian Dance [Op. 39, No. 24] Additional credits Hugo Reinhold