Lyric Pieces, Op. 68

Composer: GRIEG, Edvard
  • Lyric Pieces, Op. 68 is a set of six piano miniatures written between 1897–9:
    1. Sailors’ Song (Matrosernes Opsang)
    2. Grandmother’s Minuet (Bestemors menuett)
    3. At your Feet (For dine Føtter)
    4. Evening in the Mountains (Aften på Højfjeldet)
    5. At the Cradle / Lullaby (Bådnlåt)
    6. Valse mélancolique
  • Grieg composed 10 sets of piano miniatures which he called Lyric Pieces (Op. 68 is Book 9). He is particularly well regarded for his work in this genre, for which he found inspiration both in the Romantic piano tradition of Schumann and Chopin, and in Norwegian folk music.
  • In 1899, Grieg orchestrated Nos. 4 (“Evening in the Mountains”) and 5 (“At the Cradle).1

Sources

  1. John Horton and Nils Grinde, “Grieg, Edvard,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed April 11, 2024, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000011757.

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