Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak

Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak

Edvard Grieg composed a funeral march, or "Sørgemarsj", in memory of Rikard Nordraak, a fellow Norwegian composer who died at the age of 23. Grieg deeply respected his fellow musician and took no delay in producing the work. The march was originally written in 1866 as a piano piece in A minor, though Grieg also produced a transcription of it for brass choir, in G minor.

Grieg valued the work greatly, bringing it along on all of his travels. In one letter he made it clear that he wished the piece to be played at his own funeral, "as best as possible". It was, in an orchestration by Grieg's friend and colleague Johan Halvorsen.

The work has a few arrangements by later musicians, aside from Halvorsen's, including one by Geoffrey Emerson. The work lasts six to eight minutes, depending on the arrangement and tempo.

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