- Grieg composed his concert overture I höst (In Autumn) in 1866, and revised it in 1887.1
- Apparently Grieg revised the piece because Niels Gade saw the first version and referred to it as “trash.”2
- Grieg based this piece on Efteraarsstormen (Autumn Storms) Op.18, No.4, a song from a cycle he’d begun composing in 1865.3
- The song’s text and translation are available on p. 24 of this booklet.
- The overture’s coda also makes use of a tune the Grieg’s brother had sent him. Grieg and his brother believed the melody to be a Norwegian folk tune celebrating the harvest.4
Sources
- John Horton and Nils Grinde, “Grieg, Edvard,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed September 29, 2021, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000011757.
- Bjarte Engeset, trans. Susan Askvik, liner notes to Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op. 16, Symphonic Dances, In Autumn, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bjarte Engeset, Naxos 5.110060, CD, 2004.
- John Horton and Nils Grinde, “Grieg, Edvard,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed September 29, 2021, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000011757.
- Engeset, liner notes to Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op. 16, Symphonic Dances, In Autumn.
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