Edvard Grieg

Biography by David Brensilver

Norway's most famous composer, Grieg was one of the late Romantics whose music was infused with the folk tradition of his homeland.
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Composition Highlights

Title	Year	Genre
Peer Gynt Suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 1, Op. 46	1874	Orchestral
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16	1868	Concerto
Peer Gynt, incidental music, Op. 23	1874	Orchestral
Fra Holbergs tid (From Holberg’s Time), for string orchestra ("Holberg Suite"), Op. 40	1885	Orchestral
Peer Gynt Suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 2, Op. 55	1874	Orchestral
Elegiac Melodies (2) for orchestra (or piano), Op. 34	1880	Orchestral
Jeg elsker dig! (I Love Thee!), song for voice & piano, Op. 5/3	1864	Vocal Music
Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen (Wedding Day at Troldhaugen), lyric piece for piano, Op. 65/6	1896	Keyboard
Lyric Suite for orchestra (orchestration of Op. 54)	1904	Orchestral
Sonata for violin & piano No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45	1886	Chamber Music
Lyric Pieces (6) for piano, Book 3, Op. 43	1886	Keyboard
An den Frühling (To Spring), lyric piece for piano, Op. 43/6	1886	Keyboard
Sigurd Jorsalfar, suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands), Op. 56	1872	Orchestral
Våren (Last Spring), elegiac melody for orchestra (or piano) No. 2, Op. 34/2	1880	Orchestral
Lyric Pieces (6) for piano, Book 5, Op. 54	1889	Keyboard
Symphonic Dances (4) for orchestra (or piano, 4 hands), Op. 64	1896	Orchestral
Nocturne, lyric piece for piano, Op. 54/4	1889	Keyboard
String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27	1877	Chamber Music
Slåtter (Norwegian Peasant Dances) (17) for piano, Op. 72	1902	Keyboard
Ballade for piano in G minor ("In the Form of Variations on a Norwegian Melody"), Op. 24	1875	Keyboard