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Edvard Grieg

List of translations

Works by Grieg on these pages are generally given by English titles. Below is a list of selected translations.

Lyric Pieces
Lyric Pieces, Book 1, op. 12 · Lyriske stykker
- 2. Waltz · Vals
- 3. Watchman’s Song · Vektersang
- 4. Fairy Dance · Alfedans
- 5. Folk song · Folkevise
- 6. Norwegian · Norsk
- 7. Album Leaf · Albumblad
- 8. National Song · Fedrelangssang
Lyric Pieces, Book 2, op. 38 · Lyriske stykker
- 2. Folk song · Folkevise
- 3. Melody · Melodi
- 6. Elegy · Elegi
- 7. Waltz · Vals
- 8. Canon · Kanon
Lyric Pieces, Book 3, op. 43 · Lyriske stykker
- 1. Butterfly · Sommerfugl
- 2. Solitary Traveller · Ensom vandrer
- 3. In my Native Country · I hjemmet
- 4. Little Bird · Småfugl
- 5. Erotikon · Erotikk
- 6. To Spring · Til våren
Lyric Pieces, Book 4, op. 47 · Lyriske stykker
- 2. Album Leaf · Albumblad
- 3. Melody · Melodi
- 4. Halling · Halling
- 5. Melancholy · Melankoli
- 7. Elegy · Elegi
Lyric Pieces, Book 5, op. 54 · Lyriske stykker
- 1. Shepherd’s Boy · Gjetergutt
- 3. March of the Dwarfs · Trolltog
- 6. Bell Ringing · Klokkeklang
Lyric Pieces, Book 6, op. 57 · Lyriske stykker
- 1. Vanished Days · Svundne dager
- 3. Illusion · Illusjon
- 4. Secret · Hemmelighet
- 5. She Dances · Hun danser
- 6. Home-sickness · Hjemve
Lyric Pieces, Book 7, op. 62 · Lyriske stykker
- 1. Sylph · Sylfide
- 2. Gratitude · Takk
- 3. French Serenade · Fransk serenade
- 4. Brooklet · Bekken
- 5. Phantom · Drømmesyn
- 6. Homeward · Hjemad
Lyric Pieces, Book 8, op. 65 · Lyriske stykker
- 1. From Early Years · Fra ungdomsdagene
- 2. Peasant’s Song · Bondens sang
- 3. Melancholy · Tungsinn
- 4. Salon · Salong
- 5. Ballad · I balladetone
- 6. Wedding-day at Troldhaugen · Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen
Lyric Pieces, Book 9, op. 68 · Lyriske stykker
- 1. Sailor’s Song · Matrosenes oppsang
- 2. Grandmother’s Minuet · Bestemors menuett
- 3. At your Feet · For dine føtter
- 4. Evening in the Mountains · Aften på høyfjellet
- 5. At the Cradle · Bådnlåt
Lyric Pieces, Book 10, op. 71 · Lyriske stykker
- 1. Once upon a Time · Det var engang
- 2. Summer’s Eve · Sommeraften
- 3. Puck · Småtroll
- 4. Peace in the Woods · Skogstillhet
- 6. Gone · Forbi
- 7. Remembrances · Efterklang

Other original works
Poetical Tone-pictures, op. 3 · Poetiske Tonebilder
Humoresques, op. 6 · Humoresker
Pictures from Folk-life (Humoresques), op. 19 · Folkelivsbilder (Humoresker)
- 1. In the Mountains · Fjellslått
- 2. Bridal Procession · Brudefølget drar forbi
- 3. From the Carnival · Fra karnevalet
Four Album Leaves, op. 28 · Albumblad
From Holberg’s Time, op. 40 · Fra Holbergs tid
- 1. Prelude · Preludium
Moods, op. 73 · Stemninger
- 1. Resignation · Resignasjon
- 3. A Ride at Night · Nattlig ritt
- 4. Folk Melody · Folketone
- 5. Study (Hommage à Chopin) · Studie (Hommage à Chopin)
- 6. Student’s Serenade · Studentenes serenade
- 7. The Mountaineer’s Song · Lualåt
Three Pieces, EG 102
- 1. Longing · Lengsel
Nine Children’s Pieces, EG 103 · Barnestykker
- 2. Pearls · Perler
- 3. At Gellert’s Grave · Ved Gellerts grav
- 4. Prayer · Bønn
- 5. Loss · Tap
- 6. The Fifth Birthday · Femårsdagen
- 9. A Dream · En drøm
Twenty-three Short Pieces, EG 104 · Småstykker
- 2. Longing · Lengsel
- 7. A Dream · En drøm
- 9. Pearls · Perler
- 10. At Gellert’s Grave · Ved Gellerts grav
- 12. Prelude · Preludium
- 15. Two-part Prelude · Tostemmig preludium
- 18. The Fifth Birthday · Femårsdagen
- 19. Prayer · Bønn
- 21. Loss · Tap
Funeral March in Memory of Richard Nordraak, EG 107 · Sørgemarsj over Rikard Nordraak
Album Leaf, EG 109 · Albumblad
Three Pieces, EG 110–112
- 1. White Clouds · Hvite skyer
- 2. Procession of Gnomes · Tusselåt
- 3. In the Whirl of the Dance · Dansen går

Arrangements of folk music
Twenty-five Norwegian Folk Songs and Dances, op. 17 · Norske Folkeviser og Danser
- 2. The Swain · Ungersvennen
- 5. Dance from Jølster · Jølstring
- 6. Wedding Tune · Brurelåt
- 8. The Pig · Grisen
- 9. Religious Song · Når mitt øye
- 10. The Wooer’s Song · Friervise
- 11. Heroic Ballad · Kjempevise
- 12. Solfager and the Snake-King · Solfager og ormekongen
- 13. Wedding March · Reiselåt
- 14. I Sing with a Sorrowful Heart · Jeg sjunger med sorrigfullt hjerte
- 15. Last Saturday Evening · Den siste lørdagskvelden
- 16. I Know a Little Maiden · Eg veit ei lita jente
- 17. The Gadfly and the Fly · Kleggen og fluga
- 18. Peasant Dance · Stabbelåten
- 19. Hølje Dale · Hølje Dale
- 21. The Woman from Setesdal · Sæbygga
- 22. Cow-Call · Kulokk
- 23. Peasant Song · Såg du nokke kjerringa mi
- 24. Wedding Tune · Brurelåt
- 25. The Raven’s Wedding · Rabnabryllup
Improvisations on Two Norwegian Folk Songs, op. 29 · Improvisata over to norske folkeviser
Nineteen Norwegian Folk Songs, op. 66 · Norske folkeviser
- 1. Cow-Call · Kulokk
- 2. It is the Greatest Foolishness · Det er den største dårlighet
- 3. A King Ruled in the East · En konge hersket i Østerland
- 4. The Siri Dale Song · Siri Dale-visen
- 5. It was in my Youth · Det var i min ungdom
- 6. Cow-Call and Lullaby · Lokk og bådnlåt
- 7. Lullaby · Bådnlåt
- 8. Cow-Call · Lokk
- 9. Small was the Lad · Liten va guten
- 10. Tomorrow you Shall Marry Her · Morgo ska du få gifte deg
- 11. There Stood two Girls · Der stander to piger
- 13. A Little Grey Man · En liten grå mann
- 14. In Ola Valley, in Ola Lake · I Ola-dalom, i Ola-kjønn
- 15. Lullaby · Bådnlåt
- 16. Little Astrid · Ho vesle Astrid vår
- 17. Lullaby · Bådnlåt
- 18. I Wander Deep in Thought · Jeg går i tusen tanker
- 19. Gjendine’s Lullaby · Gjendines bådnlåt
Norwegian Peasant Dances, op. 72 · Slåtter
- 1. Gibøen’s Bridal March · Gibøens bruremarsj
- 2. Jon Vestafe’s Springdans · Jon Vestafes springdans
- 3. Bridal March from Telemark · Bruremarsj fra Telemark
- 4. Halling from the Fairy Hill · Haugelåt. Halling
- 5. The Prillar from Os Parish. Springdans · Prillaren fra Os prestegjeld. Springdans
- 6. Myllarguten’s Gangar · Gangar (etter Myllarguten)
- 8. Myllarguten’s Wedding March · Bruremarsj (etter Myllargutten)
- 9. Nils Rekve’s Halling · Nils Rekves halling
- 10. Knut Luråsen’s Halling I · Knut Luråsens halling I
- 11. Knut Luråsen’s Halling II · Knut Luråsens halling II
- 12. Myllarguten’s Springdans · Springdans (etter Myllarguten)
- 13. Håvard Gibøen’s Dream at the Oterholt Bridge. Springdans · Håvard Gibøens draum ved Oterholtsbrua. Springdans
- 14. The Goblins’ Bridal Procession at Vossevangen. Gangar · Tussebrureferda på Vossevangen. Gangar
- 15. The Skuldal Bride. Gangar · Skuldalsbrura. Gangar
- 16. The Maidens from Kivledal. Springdans · Kivlemøyane. Springdans
- 17. The Maidens from Kivledal. Gangar · Kivlemøyane. Gangar
Six Norwegian Mountain Melodies, EG 108 A · Norske fjellmelodier
- 2. Lullaby · Bådnlåt
- 4. Sjugurd and the Troll-Bride · Sjugurd og trollbrura
- 6. The Lad and the Lass in the Cow-Shed Loft · Guten og jenta på fjøshjellen

Arrangements of original works
Sigurd Jorsalfar, op. 22
- 1. Borghild’s Dream. Introduction and Melodrama · Borghilds drøm. Innledning og melodrama
- 2. At the Matching Game. March · Ved mannjevningen. Marsj
- 3. Homage March · Hyldningsmarsj
Peer Gynt, op. 23
- 1. The Death of Åse · Åses død
- 2. Arabian Dance · Arabisk dans
- 3. Anitra’s Dance · Anitras dans
- 4. Solveig’s Song · Solveigs sang
Two Elegiac Melodies, op. 34 · Elegiske melodier
- 1. The Wounded Heart · Hjertesår
- 2. Last Spring · Våren
Norwegian Dances, op. 35 · Norske danser
Waltz-Caprices, op. 37 · Valse-kapriser
Transcriptions of own Songs, op. 41 · Stykker etter egne sanger
- 1. Cradle Song · Vuggesang
- 2. Margaret’s Cradle Song · Lille Haakon
- 3. I Love Thee · Jeg elsker dig
- 4. My Love she was so pure · Hun er så hvid
- 5. The Princess · Prinsessen
- 6. To Springtime my Song I utter · Til våren
Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46
- 1. Morning Mood · Morgenstemning
- 2. The Death of Åse · Åses død
- 3. Anitra’s Dance · Anitras dans
- 4. In the Hall of the Mountain King · I Dovregubbens hall
Two Pieces from Olav Trygvason, op. 50 · Scener fra Olav Trygvason
- 1. Prayer · Bønn
- 2. Temple Dance · Tempeldans
Transcriptions of own Songs, op. 52 · Stykker etter egne sanger
- 1. A Mother’s Grief · Modersorg
- 2. The First Meeting · Det første møte
- 3. The Poet’s Heart · Du fatter ej bølgernes evige gang
- 4. Solveig’s Song · Solveigs sang
- 5. Love · Kjærlighed
- 6. The Old Mother · The Old Mother
Two Melodies for String Orchestra, op. 53 · Melodier
- 1. Norwegian · Norsk
- 2. The First Meeting · Det første møte
Peer Gynt Suite no. 2, op. 55
- 1. The Abduction of the Bride. Ingrid’s Lament · Bruderovet. Ingrids klage
- 2. Arabian Dance · Arabisk dans
- 3. Peer Gynt’s Homecoming (Stormy Evening on the Sea) · Peer Gynts hjemfart (Stormfull aften på havet)
- 4. Solveig’s Song · Solveigs sang
- 5. Dance of the Mountain King’s Daughter · Dans av Dovregubbens datter
Three Orchestral Pieces from Sigurd Jorsalfar, op. 56
- 1. Introduction. At the Matching Game · Forspill. Ved mannjevningen
- 2. Intermezzo. Borghild’s Dream · Intermezzo. Borghilds drøm
- 3. Homage March · Hyldningsmarsj
Two Nordic Melodies for String Orchestra, op. 63 · Nordiske melodier
- 1. In Folk Style · I folketonestil
- 2. Cow-call – Peasant Dance · Kulokk – Stabbelåten
At the Halfdan Kjerulf Statue, EG 167 · Ved Halfdan Kjerulfs mindestøtte
Entry of the Boyars, EG 183 · Bojarenes Indtogsmarsch