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 38 of 78

In the Boat

Aus Dem Volkslieben, op. 19, no. 3: On the Carnival

Swingin' in the Halls of the Mountain King - Score and Parts

Vandring i skoven Op.18 No. 1 - Score

Canon Op.38 No. 8 - Piano

Strange Music

On the Journey Home

Lyric Pieces , no. 2: Waltz

Radiant Night

Allegro Con Leggerezza - No. 1 from "4 Pieces" Op. 1

Lyric Pieces Book 5, op. 54, no. 2: Norwegian march, piano

Lyric Pieces Book 4, op. 47, no. 3: Melody in A minor

Poetic Tone-Picture in B-flat Major - No. 2 from "Six Poetic Tone-Pictures" Op. 3

Lyric Pieces Book 2, op. 38, no. 7: Waltz

Albumblatt , Op.28, No. 2

Lyric Pieces Book 4, op. 47, no. 5: Melancoly

Lyric Pieces Book 9, op. 68, no. 1: Matrosenlied

Norwegian Folksongs and Dances Op.17 No.14, I Sing with a Sorrowful Heart, piano

Norwegian Folksongs and Dances Op.17 No.17, The Big Fly and the Small Fly, piano

Lyric Pieces Book 6, op. 57, no. 4: Mystery, piano

Lyric Pieces Book 7, op. 62, no. 3: French Serenade, piano

Lyric Pieces Book 8, op. 65, no. 3: Melancholy, piano

Call and Cradle Song

Norwegian Folksongs and Dances Op.17 No.25, The Ravens' wedding in Kraakalund

Norwegian Folksongs and Dances Op.17 No.21, Saebygga , piano

Lyric Piece Op.54 No. 5

My Land. 7. Elegy

My Land. 13. Peasant

French Serenade - Flute

A Little Grey Man

In My Native Country Op.43 No. 3 - Preface

Wedding-day at Troldhaugen - Violin 2 - Violin 2

In the Swing of the Mountain King - Clarinet in B-flat

Norwegian Folksongs and Dances Op.17 No.5, Dance from jölster, piano

Quartet No. 1 - Cello - Cello

Waltz Op.38 No. 7 - Preface

My Land. 2. Watchman

Lyric Pieces Book 10, op. 71, no. 5: Norwegian dance, piano

Three Melodies - Piano Score

Anitra's Dance from "Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46" - Trumpet 1 in B-flat

In Folk Style from "Two Nordic Melodies"

Morning - Bass

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 - Viola

Two Norwegian Dances - Clarinet in Bb

Butterfly Op.43 No. 1 - Preface

My Song to the Spring I Proffer

Norwegian Dances, op. 35, no. 3

Erotic Poem Op.43 No. 5 - Preface