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 35 of 78

Autumn Storm, Op. 18, No. 4

Autumn Song

Two Brown Eyes, Op. 5, No. 1

An Einem Bache

'Twas on a Lovely Eve in June

Wedding-day at Troldhaugen - Viola - Viola

Scenes from Peasant Life, Op. 19, No. 2: The Bridal Procession Passes By

Lyric Pieces , no. 7: Albumblatt

Mazurka - No. 3 from "4 Pieces" Op. 1

Peer Gynt: Solvejg's Slumber Song

Lyric Pieces Book 8, op. 65, no. 2: Peasant's Song

Lyric Pieces Book 10, op. 71, no. 3: Puck

Lyric Pieces Book 2, op. 38, no. 5: Springtanz

Lyric Pieces Book 5, op. 54, no. 6: Klokkeklang

Lyric Pieces Book 2, op. 38, no. 8: Canon

Lyric Pieces Book 9, op. 68, no. 5: An der Wiege

Lyric Pieces Book 5, op. 54, no. 5: Scherzo

Tomorrow and You Shall Be Merry

Gjendine's Cradle Song

Norwegian Folksongs and Dances Op.17 No.3, Spring Dance in A minor, piano

Norwegian Folksongs and Dances Op.17 No.6, Bridal March, piano

Norwegian Folksongs and Dances Op.17 No.16, I Know a little Maiden, piano

Lyric Pieces Book 10, Op. 71, No. 2: Summer Evening

Lyric Pieces Book 6, op. 57, no. 3: Illusion, piano

5 Pieces

Lyric Pieces Book 8, op. 65, no. 4: Salon

Dance No. 2 in A Major

Lyrical Pieces Op.43 No. 4 - Vöglein - Piano

Marguerite's Cradle-Song, Op. 15, No. 1

Cradle-Song, Op. 9, No. 2

Lyrical Pieces Op.12 No. 8 - Faedrelandssang - Piano

Peer Gynt Op.23 No. 2 - Bridal procession - Piano

Six Songs, op. 25, no. 2: A Swan

Quartet No. 1 - Violin 2 - Violin 2

String Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 27 - Set of Parts

Aase's Death - Euphonium

Anitra's Dance - Cornet 1/Trumpet 1

Lyrical Pieces Op.54 No. 5 - - Piano

Peer Gynt Op.23 No.13 - Morgenstemning - Alto Guitar 1

Peer Gynt Op.23 No.16 - Anitras Dans - Accordion

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: Ase's Death , Op. 46

2 Elegische Melodien Op.34 No. 1 - Herzwunden - Preface

Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34, no. 2: Letzter Frühling

Wedding day at Troldhaugen, No. 6 from "Lyric Pieces" Book VIII, Op. 65

2 Elegische Melodien Op.34 No. 2 - Letzter Frühling - Score

In the Hall of the Mountain King - Euphonium

In the Hall of the Mountain King - Tuba 2

Morning Dew, Op. 4, No. 2