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 Avg. Duration Genre
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 1868 28:54 Concerto
Peer Gynt Suite, for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 1, Op. 46 1874 12:31 Orchestral
Fra Holbergs tid (From Holberg’s Time), for string orchestra ("Holberg Suite"), Op. 40 1885 19:42 Orchestral
Melodies (12) after Poems by Vinje, for voice & piano, Op. 33 1873 26:31 Vocal Music
Sigurd Jorsalfar, suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands), Op. 56 1872 16:17 Orchestral
Peer Gynt, incidental music, Op. 23 1874 40:34 Orchestral
Ballade for piano in G minor ("In the Form of Variations on a Norwegian Melody"), Op. 24 1875 17:57 Keyboard
Symphonic Dances (4) for orchestra (or piano, 4 hands), Op. 64 1896 28:08 Orchestral
Stimmungen (Moods) (7) for piano, Op. 73 1898 12:15 Keyboard
Lyric Suite for orchestra (orchestration of Op. 54) 1904 11:24 Orchestral
String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27 1877 34:35 Chamber Music
Sonata for violin & piano No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45 1886 23:42 Chamber Music
Elegiac Melodies (2) for orchestra (or piano), Op. 34 1880 07:50 Orchestral
Melodies (2) for string orchestra (or piano), Op. 53 1890 08:13 Orchestral
Peer Gynt Suite, for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 2, Op. 55 1874 15:05 Orchestral
Schmetterling (Butterfly), lyric piece for piano, Op. 43/1 1886 01:52 Keyboard
Arietta, lyric piece for piano, Op. 12/1 1864 01:29 Keyboard
Norwegian Dances (4) for piano, 4 hands (or solo piano), Op. 35 1880 15:37 Keyboard
Nocturne, lyric piece for piano, Op. 54/4 1889 04:01 Keyboard
Bådnlåt (At the Cradle), lyric piece for piano, Op. 68/5 1897 02:53 Keyboard
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1890s - 1900s

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Post-Romantic, Romantic

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