Piano Sonata (Grieg)

Piano Sonata (Grieg)

Edvard Grieg's Piano Sonata in E minor, Op. 7 was written in 1865 when Grieg was only 22 years old. [cite book|last=Layton|first=Robert|title=Grieg|pages=p. 155
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=kslb68hA70EC&pg=PA155&dq=grieg+sonata+1887&lr=&ei=5N66R8HlHozGyATI87HsBw&sig=Z2js0vBp2pvdKbSKtqN6NSsmj0U#PPA155,M1
date=1998|publisher=Omnibus Press|accessdate=2008-02-19|location=London|isbn=0-7119-4811-9|oclc=40498189] The sonata was published a year later and revised in 1887. The work was Grieg's only piano sonata and was dedicated to Danish composer Niels Wilhelm Gade. A 1903 recording exists of Grieg performing his own sonata, showing that he was an accomplished pianist. The sonata has four movements with the following tempo markings:

# Allegro moderato
# Andante molto
# Alla Menuetto, ma poco più lento
# Finale: Molto allegro

A typical performance lasts just under 20 minutes.

In a 1944 letter to Ella Grainger, Percy Grainger mentioned planning to orchestrate the sonata. He apparently did so, but only a sketch is extant. [cite book|title=The All-Round Man: Selected Letters of Percy Grainger, 1914-1961|last=Grainger|first=Percy|coauthors=Gillies, Malcolm; Pear, David|pages=196|isbn=0-19-816377-0|oclc=30547744|location=Oxford, UK|publisher=Clarendon Press|date=1994
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accessdate=2008-02-19]

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