Grieg's smaller piano works, especially the 66 Lyric Pieces, brought his music into homes worldwide due to their captivating melodies and colorful harmonic progressions.
Compositional Technique
Grieg's original contributions to harmony and his impulses to Debussy's impressionism and Bartok's use of folk music elements are now more recognized.
Composition History
Grieg developed a new style by integrating folk music elements, influenced by his friend Rikard Nordraak's (1842-66) ideas about independent Norwegian music.
Cultural Impact
Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16, was one of the most frequently performed romantic piano concertos during his lifetime.
Compositional Technique
Grieg's final period of piano music, including 19 Norske folkeviser Op.66 and 17 Slatter Op.72, shows a fusion of advanced chromaticism and modality with free dissonance.
Composer Biography
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) is considered the foremost composer of keyboard music in the Nordic countries.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Grieg considered the world of harmony his dream world and explored the 'unrealized harmonic possibilities' and 'hidden harmonies' in Norwegian folk music.
