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Bringing Folk Music to Life: Grieg’s Lyric Pieces

by Maureen Buja November 25th, 2024 Tags: Grieg

Edvard Grieg (1843 – 1907) invented the idea of Lyric Pieces, but it’s really part of a long list of character pieces for the piano. With the rise of the home piano, there was an immediate market for music for

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Further Study: Saint-Saëns’ Étude en forme de valse
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Saint-Saëns: Étude en forme de valse, Op. 52
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New from Old: Taneyev’s Prelude and Fugue, Op. 29
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Taneyev: Prelude and Fugue, Op. 29
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The Bright Southern Lands: Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 “Italian” - I. Allegro vivace
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The Weeping Mother – Boccherini’s Stabat Mater
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Boccherini: Stabat mater, G. 532 (1781 version): Stabat mater dolorosa (Dominique Labelle, soprano; Sarasa Ensemble)
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Watching the Caravan: Borodin’s In the Steppes of Central Asia
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Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
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The Temperate Virtuoso – Wieniawski’s Polonaise Brillante No. 2
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Wieniawski: Polonaise Brillante No. 2 in A major, Op. 21
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Tower of Destruction – Balakirev’s Tamara
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Balakirev: Tamara, Symphonic poem
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Beatrice and Her Brothers
Schumann’s Die Braut von Messina
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Schumann: Die Braut Von Messina Overture, Op. 100
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