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 41 of 78

Norwegian Folksongs and Dances Op.17 No.24, Bridal Song, piano

Allegretto con moto, No. 4 from "4 Piano Pieces", Op. 1, No. 4

Woodland Wandering

Non Allegro e Molto Espressivo - No. 2 from "4 Pieces" Op. 1

Lyric Pieces Book 1, op. 12, no. 4: Elfentanz

Lyric Pieces Book 7, op. 62, no. 6: Homeward bound, piano

Lyric Pieces Book 3, op. 43, no. 1: Papillon

Lyric Pieces Book 3, op. 43, no. 5: Erotik

Lyric Pieces Book 6, op. 57, no. 1: Vanished days, piano

Lyric Pieces Book 4, op. 47, no. 6: Springtanz

Lyric Pieces Book 4, op. 47, no. 1: Waltz-Impromptu

In the Swing of the Mountain King - Score and Parts

Norwegian Folksongs and Dances Op.17 No.22, Cow calling Song, piano

Halling Op.38 No. 4 - Piano

Hun er saa hvid Op.18 No. 2 - Score and Parts

The Song of Siri Dale

Norwegian Folksongs and Dances Op.17 No.18, Stumping Dance, piano

Norwegian Folksongs and Dances Op.17 No.9, When My Eyes, Ole in a rage, piano

Humoresque No. 1 in D major - from "Four Humoresques" Op. 6

Little Astrid

There Stood Two Girls

Take Good Heed

Six Poetic Tone-Pictures, op. 3, no. 4

Lyric Pieces , no. 5: Volksweise

Minstrel's Song

Quartet No. 1 - Viola - Viola

Solitary Traveller Op.43 No. 2 - Piano

Little Bird Op.43 No. 4 - Piano

Lyric Piece Op.54 No. 5 - Clarinet in B-flat

In the Swing of the Mountain King - Bassoon

Swingin' in the Halls of the Mountain King - Bass Clarinet

My Land. 3. Fairy Dance

My Land. 9. Lone Wanderer

Mountain Maid, The

National Song Op.12 No. 8 - Piano

Lyric Pieces Book 9, op. 68, no. 3: Zu deinen Füssen.

Holberg Suite, op. 40, no. 5: Rigaudon

Peer Gynt: Solvejg's Song

Two Norwegian Dances - Bassoon

Two Norwegian Dances - Score and Parts

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 - Double Bass

Morning - Violin 2

Anitra's Dance from "Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46" - Horn in F

Three Melodies - Trombone

Holberg Suite, op. 40, no. 3: Gavotte

Three Melodies - Trumpet in B-flat

Two Norwegian Dances - Score

To the spring Op.43 No. 6 - Piano