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Solveig's Song, Op. 55 No. 4 (from Peer Gynt, arr. Sauret)
Edvard Grieg · 1843–1907
Level 3 · Upper intermediate — about ABRSM 6 · RCM 7
Listen
- Type
- Short piece
- Setting
- Piano
- Length
- About 5 min
- Era
- Late Romantic
- Nationality
- Norwegian
- Exam lists
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Notes
Sustained cantabile; Norwegian folk inflection, tone colour
About this work
- Composed
- 1891
- The Abduction of the Bride. Ingrid's Lament. Allegro furioso — Andante — Allegro furioso — Andante doloroso — Allegro furioso — Andante — Allegro furioso — Andante; Bruderovet. Ingrids klage / Der Brautraub. Ingrids Klage / La plainte d'Ingrid
- Arabian Dance. Allegretto vivace; Arabisk dans / Arabischer Tanz
- Peer Gynt's Homecoming (Stormy Evening on the Sea). Allegro agitato (f#); Peer Gynts hjemfart (Stormfull aften på havet) / Peer Gynts Heimkehr (Stürmischer Abend auf dem Meer) / Repatriement de Peer Gynt (Orage)
- Solveig's Song. Andante — Allegretto tranquillamente — Andante (Tempo I) — Allegretto tranquillamente — Andante (Tempo I); Solveigs sang / Solveigs Lied / Chanson de Solvejg