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 59 of 78

Vision, A (Was ich sah

Peer Gynt Suite No. 01: Ase's Death, Op. 46

Rosebud, The, Op. 18, No. 8

Norwegian Folksongs and Dances Op.17 No.20, Halling,piano

Peer Gynt Suite No. 01: In the Hall of the Mountain-king, Op. 46

Halling, Op. 38, No. 4

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

Lyric Pieces Book 8, op. 65, no. 1: From days of youth, piano

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

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

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

Gone, Op. 71, No. 6

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

Holberg Suite, op. 40, no. 1: Prelude

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

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

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

Norwegian Folksongs and Dances Op.17 No.23, Peasant song, piano

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

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

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

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

Peer Gynt Suite no. 1: Anitra's Dance

Norwegian Dance No. 2

Dance No. 1 in D Minor

Dance No. 2 in A Major

Dance No. 3 in G Major

Dance No. 4 in D Major

Peer Gynt Suite No. 01: Morning, Op. 46

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

Clouds, Op. 12, No. 1

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

Cradle-Song, Op. 9, No. 2

The Poet's Last Song, Op. 18, No. 3

Good Morning, Op. 21, No. 2

Thanks, for Thy Hand, Op. 21, No. 4

Morning Dew, Op. 4, No. 2

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

Love, Op. 15, No. 2

The Old Song, Op. 4, No. 5

The Poet's Heart, Op. 5, No. 2

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

Autumn Storm, Op. 18, No. 4

Lyric Pieces Book 6, op. 57, no. 2: Gade, piano

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

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

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

Lyric Pieces Book 7, op. 62, no. 4: Little Brook, piano