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Arietta op. 12,1
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Edvard Grieg

Most important Norwegian composer of the nineteenth century and promoter of Norwegian folk music. His lyrical character pieces in particular are well known.

1843Born in Bergen on June 15, the son of a merchant and British consul; early piano lessons with his mother, who was a pianist.
1858–62Studies at the Leipzig Conservatory.
1862Concerts in Norway.
1863Copenhagen, with the support of Niels W. Gade.
from 1864Interest in Norwegian folk music, which finds its way into his compositions.
1866Breakthrough with a concert of Norwegian music. Conductor of the Philharmonic Society.
1867The first of a total of ten volumes of Lyric Pieces for piano, Op. 12, with relatively simple piano settings.
1868/69Composition of the Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, which is based on Schumann’s piano concerto.
1869“25 Norwegian Folk Melodies and Dances,” Op. 17, for piano.
1873Begins work on the opera “Olav Trygvason,” Op. 50, after Bjørnson, which is never completed.
1874Composition stipend from the state.
1874/75Composition of incidental music to Ibsen’s “Peer Gynt,” Op. 23, the basis for the Peer Gynt Suites.
1876Attends the premiere of Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen” in Bayreuth.
1880–82Conductor of the “Harmonien” musical society in Bergen. Thereafter he accepted no other positions.
1883Visit to Bayreuth; he hears Wagner’s “Parsifal.”
1884Composition of “From Holberg’s Time,” Op. 40, his most popular work.
from 1885He moves into his villa “Troldhaugen” (near Bergen). Composition and revision of older works in spring and summer, concert tours in fall and winter.
1891Composition of the “Lyric Suite,” Op. 54, orchestrated in 1905.
1907Death in Bergen on September 4.

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About the Authors

Ernst-Günter Heinemann (Editor)

Dr. Ernst-Günter Heinemann, born in 1945 in Bad Marienberg (Westerwald), completed his schooling in Gießen and read musicology, philosophy and German in Marburg and Frankfurt/Main and also for some time Protestant church music. He did his doctorate on “Franz Liszts geistliche Musik. Zum Konflikt von Kunst und Engagement”.

From 1978–2010 Heinemann worked as an editor at G. Henle Publishers (in 1978 in Duisburg, from 1979 onwards in Munich). He edited a great many Urtext editions for the publishing house, including “Das Wohltemperierte Klavier”, Volume 1 by Bach and all of Debussy’s piano works. In addition, he wrote essays on Debussy, Grieg, Liszt, Mendelssohn and questions concerning general editing, as well as giving seminars on editorial practice for musicology students in Munich.

Man wird dankbar sein für diese schöne Ausgabe von Griegs meistgespieltem Opus, dem der Herausgeber gut durchdachte Fingersätze beigefügt hat.

Schweizer Musikzeitung

In typical fashion, G. Henle Verlag, has published this work that demonstrate and reinforce that this publisher is the yardstick/benchmark for other publishers of classical repertoire. Apart from being Urtext editions, I have not seen better notational type-setting in terms of the clear arrangement of bars on the page, the width of the staves, the sizes of the notes and the quality of the off-white parchment which is always a pleasure to read from -- visual accessibility and integrity are never compromised. Apart from the type-setting; I personally find that the G. Henle Verlag editions are excellent in terms of convenient fingerings that are logically and clearly set out -- again it is a joy not to be overly cluttered with editorial markings. Essential publications for the shelves of any serious performer.

Australian Music Teacher

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