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 33 of 78

Highlights from Peer Gynt, Full Score

Peer Gynt suite I

Six Poetic Tone-Pictures, op. 3, no. 3

Six Poetic Tone-Pictures, op. 3, no. 5

Dance No. 1 in D Minor

Dream, A

Lyric Pieces Book 1, op. 12, no. 8: National Song

Norwegian Folksongs and Dances Op.17 No. 2: The Young Man

Lyric Pieces Book 6, op. 57, no. 6: Home Sickness

Albumblatt , Op.28, No. 3: Dance-Caprice

Poetic Tone-Picture in E Minor - No. 1 from "Six Poetic Tone-Pictures" Op. 3

Lyric Pieces Book 3, op. 43, no. 3: In der Heimath

Lyric Pieces Book 2, op. 38, no. 2: Volksweise

Lyric Pieces Book 5, op. 54, no. 4: Notturno

Ranveig

Call

I Wander Deep in Thought

Humoresque No. 2 in G-sharp minor - from "Four Humoresques" Op. 6

Norwegian Folksongs and Dances Op.17 No. 1, Springlaat in C major, piano

Norwegian Folksongs and Dances Op.17 No.10, Ole in a rage, piano

Norwegian Folksongs and Dances Op.17 No.12, Solfager and the Snake-King, piano

Lyric Pieces Book 10, op. 71, no. 1: Once Upon a Time, piano

Lyric Pieces Book 6, op. 57, no. 2: Gade, piano

Lyric Pieces Book 8, op. 65, no. 1: From days of youth, piano

At a Young Woman's Bier

Arietta

Wedding-day at Troldhaugen - Cello - Cello

Lyric Pieces , no. 6: Norwegish

Lyric Pieces, Op.12 - book I

Lyric Pieces, Op.38 - book II

Lyric Pieces, Op.43 - book III

March of the Little People - 'March of the Dwarfs'

Norwegian Folk Songs and Dances

Peer Gynt suite I and II

Peer Gynt suite II

Concerto in A minor Op.16

3. Melodie

Lyric Pieces Book 3, op. 43, no. 4: Vöglein

Vision, A

Solvejg's Song from PEER GYNT

Holberg Suite, op. 40, no. 1: Prelude

Highlights from Peer Gyntsheet music to download for orchestra

Holberg Suite Op.40

Holberg Suite, op. 40, no. 4: Air

Waltz from LYRIC PIECES, Op. 12, No. 2

Sonata in A minor Op. 36

In the Hall of the Mountain King, Full Score

In the Hall of the Mountain Kingsheet music to download for orchestra