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 37 of 78

Lyric Pieces Book 10, op. 71, no. 4: Silence of the Woods, piano

Lyric Pieces Book 6, op. 57, no. 5: She Dances, piano

Lyrical Pieces Op.12 No. 1 - Arietta - Piano

Lyric Pieces Book 7, op. 62, no. 5: Vision, piano

Lyrical Pieces Op.43 No. 5 - Erotik - Piano

Lyric Pieces Book 9, op. 68, no. 4: Evening in the mountains, piano

It Happened in my Youth

Humoresque No. 4 in G minor - from "Four Humoresques" Op. 6

5 Pieces - Score

Sonata Op. 7 in e minor - Piano

Peer Gynt Op.23 No.11 - Solvejgs sang - Piano

Dance No. 3 in G Major

Humoresque No. 3 in C major - from "Four Humoresques" Op. 6

Clouds, Op. 12, No. 1

She Is So White, Op. 18, No. 2

Norwegian Folksongs and Dances Op.17 No.11, In Dovre Mountains in Norway, piano

Hunter's Song, Op. 4, No. 4

Wandering in the Woods, Op. 18, No. 1

Norwegian Folksongs and Dances Op.17 No.8, The Pig, piano

My Thoughts Are As the Mighty Hills, Op. 5, No. 4

Norwegian Folksongs and Dances Op.17 No.13, Reiselaat

Lyrical Pieces Op.43 No. 1 - Schmetterling - Piano

Four Piano Pieces, Op. 1

Leaping Dance Op.38 No. 5 - Preface

Only Thing, The

The Rosebud, Op. 18, No. 8

The Swan, Op. 25, No. 2

Wedding-day at Troldhaugen - Set of Parts

Aase's Death - Horn in F

Anitra's Dance - Cornet 2/Trumpet 2

Lyrical Pieces Op.38 No. 1 - Berceuse - Piano

Lyrical Pieces Op.57 No. 4 - Geheimnis - Piano

Sigurd Jorsalfar Op.22 No. 1 - Borghild's Dream - Score

Peer Gynt Op.23 No.13 - Morgenstemning - Alto Guitar 2

Peer Gynt Op.23 No.23 - Solvejgs vuggesang - easy version - Score

Peer Gynt Op.23 No.11 - Solvejgs sang - Accordion

Lyrical Pieces Op.38 No. 5 - Springtanz - Piano

Sigurd Jorsalfar Op.22 No. 4 - Triumphal March - Piano

Lyrical Pieces Op.12 No. 3 - Vaegtersang - Piano

Berceuse Op.38 No. 1 - Preface

Melody Op.38 No. 3 - Preface

Norwegische Tänze Op.35 No. 1 - Secondo

Norwegische Tänze Op.35 No. 3 - Secondo

Peer Gynt Suite II Op.55 No. 4 - Solvejgs sang - Piano

Folk Tune Op.12 No. 5 - Preface

Album-leaf Op.12 No. 7 - Preface

In the Hall of the Mountain King - Euphonium 1 BC/TC

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: Dance of Anitra , Op. 46