Edvard Grieg

Biography by David Brensilver

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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	12:30	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
Ballade for piano in G minor ("In the Form of Variations on a Norwegian Melody"), Op. 24	1875	17:47	Keyboard
Stimmungen (Moods) (7) for piano, Op. 73	1898	12:15	Keyboard
Symphonic Dances (4) for orchestra (or piano, 4 hands), Op. 64	1896	28:06	Orchestral
Sigurd Jorsalfar, suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands), Op. 56	1872	16:17	Orchestral
Peer Gynt, incidental music, Op. 23	1874	40:11	Orchestral
String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27	1877	34:35	Chamber Music
Lyric Suite for orchestra (orchestration of Op. 54)	1904	11:24	Orchestral
Sonata for violin & piano No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45	1886	23:41	Chamber Music
Elegiac Melodies (2) for orchestra (or piano), Op. 34	1880	07:49	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
Våren (Last Spring), song for voice & piano, Op. 33/2	1873	04:52	Vocal Music
Erotik, lyric piece for piano, Op. 43/5	1886	02:51	Keyboard
Sonata for violin & piano No. 2 in G major, Op. 13	1867	20:28	Chamber Music
Bådnlåt (At the Cradle), lyric piece for piano, Op. 68/5	1897	02:53	Keyboard
Våren (Last Spring), elegiac melody for orchestra (or piano) No. 2, Op. 34/2	1880	05:11	Orchestral