Einar Steen-Nøkleberg

Grieg's celebrated Piano Concerto turns out to be an editor's nightmare. Even during the composer's lifetime the work was so famous that it had to be reprinted over and over again, each time with revi...

Edvard Grieg's only Cello Sonata remains one of the best kept secrets among cellists. Grieg wrote it for his brother John, an accomplished player of the instrument. Though not a string player himself,...

Of Grieg's three violin sonatas, the great C-minor Sonata op. 45 is the best known today. And unjustly so, because the two early sonatas are captivating in their joy to play and their fresh, youthful...

> Additional piece in the appendix that has been printed again for the first time in 120 years > With the cooperation of the Norwegian pianist and Grieg expert Einar Steen-Noekleberg Grieg's incidenta...

> Additional piece in the appendix that has been printed again for the first time in 120 years > With the cooperation of the Norwegian pianist and Grieg expert Einar Steen-Noekleberg Grieg's incidenta...

The decisive role that Norwegian folk music played for Edvard Grieg can be felt in almost all of his works. The Norwegian Dances op. 35 of 1880, presented here in an Urtext edition, are arrangements f...

In 1884 Grieg composed a suite in Baroque style on the occasion of the 200th birthday of the poet Ludvig Holberg, who was very well-known in Norway. Taking inspiration from Holberg's time there are da...

After intensive sketching work, Grieg sends the neatly written autograph engraving to his publisher. The first edition (1891) corresponds to the text of this autograph. Interestingly, Grieg changes so...

The decisive role that Norwegian folk music played for Edvard Grieg can be felt in almost all of his works. For his Norwegian Dances op. 35, presented here in an Urtext edition, Grieg took old folk tu...

With his 66 Lyric Pieces Edvard Grieg created a multifaceted treasury of piano miniatures and character pieces. Many have become piano classics, none more so than The Wedding at Troldhaugen, which Hen...

With his 'Lyric Pieces', Edvard Grieg was writing a kind of poetic piano diary: between 1867 and 1901 he composed 66 short character pieces, published in ten books. Pieces such as 'Wedding Day at Tro...

The op. 7 Sonata was Grieg's first major piano work. While traditional in form and structure, its originality is expressed through the incorporation of elements from Scandinavian dances and folk tunes...

The 'Little Lyrical Pieces' - which is how the title still reads in the earliest editions - rank among Grieg's most popular works. He had just turned 24 when these delightful and easily playable minia...

Grieg's second book of Lyric Pieces was published 16 years after its predecessor, but immediately reprised the huge success of the former collection. Interestingly enough, the original title pages of...

The extraordinary popularity of the first two books of Lyric Pieces (opp. 12 and 38) was interpreted differently by Grieg and his publisher. Whereas Grieg would have liked to call his third book 'Spri...

Grieg's successful series of Lyric Pieces reaches a unique climax in the eighth book. After the publisher almost had to force him - Grieg was at the point of becoming tired of composing Lyric Pieces -...

Grieg's first Violin Sonata breathes youthful freshness and captivates with its Norwegian folk style. In terms of technique, it makes far fewer demands than Grieg's later violin sonatas and is thus al...

Grieg’s violin sonatas are a firm staple of violin repertoire and are popular with amateurs and professionals alike. G. Henle Publishers takes this into account with a practical single-volume edition...

Edvard Grieg used Norwegian folk music to help him develop his own Nordic tonal language, and this often gives his music a folk-like character. His 'Peasant Dances' ('Slåtter') op. 72 for piano first...

With his 'Lyric Pieces', Edvard Grieg was writing a kind of poetic piano diary: between 1867 and 1901 he composed 66 short character pieces, published in ten books. Pieces such as 'Wedding Day at Trol...

An ancient melody, probably from the 16th century, is the basis for Grieg's op. 24. This 'Ballade in Variation Form' was written in winter and spring 1875/76, in the months following his parents' deat...