Composer

Edvard Grieg

1843–1907

3,721 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

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Peer Gynt Op.23 No.11 - Solvejgs sang

Sonata Op. 7 in e minor

Waltz Op.38 No. 7

Sigurd Jorsalfar Op.22 No. 4 - Triumphal March

Peer Gynt Op.23 No.16 - Anitras Dans

I Love You Op. 5 No. 3

Halling Op.38 No. 4

Melody Op.38 No. 3

Berceuse Op.38 No. 1

Elegy Op.38 No. 6

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

Lyrical Pieces Op.65 No. 6 - Bryllupsdag paa Troldhaugen

Peer Gynt Op.23 No. 2 - Bridal procession

Lyrical Pieces Op.12 No. 3 - Vaegtersang

Lyrical Pieces Op.12 No. 6 - Norsk

Lyrical Pieces Op.43 No. 3 - In der Heimat

Peer Gynt Suite I Op.46 No. 1 - Morgenstemning

Peer Gynt Suite I Op.46 No. 2 - Aases Doed

Peer Gynt Suite I Op.46 No. 3 - Anitras Dans

Peer Gynt Suite I Op.46 No. 4 - In the hall of the mountain-king

Peer Gynt Suite II Op.55 No. 1 - Ingrids Klage

Lyrical Pieces Op.47 No. 4 - Halling

Peer Gynt Suite Op.55 No. 3 - Peer Gynts Hjemfart

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

Arietta Op.12 No. 1

Waltz Op.12 No. 2

Watchman's Song Op.12 No. 3

Album-leaf Op.12 No. 7

National Song Op.12 No. 8

Peer Gynt Suite II Op.55 No. 2 - Arabisk dans

Lyrical Pieces Op.54 No. 3 - Troldtog

Lyrical Pieces Op.54 No. 4 - Notturno

Lyrical Pieces Op.54 No. 5 -

Lyrical Pieces Op.57 No. 4 - Geheimnis

Lyrical Pieces Op.71 No. 3 - Smaatrold

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

Peer Gynt Op.23 No.13 - Morgenstemning - easy version

Lyrical Pieces Op.62 No. 6 - Hjemad

Lyrical Pieces Op.65 No. 2 - Bondens sang

Lyrical Pieces Op.68 No. 1 - Matrosernes opsang

Lyrical Pieces Op.38 No. 5 - Springtanz

norwegian Melody Op. 12 No. 6

Folk Melody Op.38 No. 2

Folk Tune Op.12 No. 5

Fairy-dance Op.12 No. 4

Leaping Dance Op.38 No. 5

Lyrical Pieces Op.47 No. 3 - Melodie

2 Elegische Melodien Op.34 No. 1 - Herzwunden