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 58 of 78

Little Friend, A

Little Grey Man, A

Melody, Op. 38, No. 3

Albumblatt, Op.28, No. 4

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

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

Two Elegiac Melodies, op. 34, no. 1: Herzwunden

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

Albumblatt, Op.28, No. 1

Lyric Pieces Book 4, op. 47, no. 2: Feuille d'Album

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

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

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

Lyric Pieces Book 9, op. 68, no. 2: Grossmutters Menuett

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

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

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

Lyric Pieces Book 9, op. 68, no. 6: Melancholy Waltz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Norwegian Folksongs and Dances Op.17 No.4, Niels Tallefjoren the proud fellow, piano

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

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

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

Norwegian Folksongs and Dances Op.17 No.7, Halling, piano

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

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

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

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

Norwegian Folksongs and Dances Op.17 No.15, The Last Sunday Evening, piano

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lyric Pieces Book 7, op. 62, no. 1: Sylph, piano

Lyric Pieces Book 3, op. 43, no. 2: Einsamer Wanderer

Albumblatt, Op.28, No. 2