Norwegian Legend

Edvard Grieg

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General Info

Year: 1876 /
Duration: c . 3:10
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Grand Mesa Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $40.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This work combines two melodies from Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite: In the Hall of the Mountain King and Ase's Death.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Holliday High School Wind Ensemble (Mike Ary, conductor) – 2002

State Ratings

Louisiana: I
Texas: I. Complete

Performances

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Mineola (Tx.) Middle School Symphonic Band (Melissa Fisher, conductor) - 10 February 2017 (2017 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
Oak Crest Middle School (Encinitas, Calif.) Symphonic Band - 2013
Holliday (Tx.) High School Wind Ensemble (Mike Ary, conductor) – 20 December 2002 (2002 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

In the Hall of the Mountain King (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1876/2005)
Norwegian Songs (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Haan) (1999)
Puck and Elfin Dance (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Marlatt) (2020)

All Wind Works

Air (arr. Hautvast)
Anitra's Tanz (arr. Williams) (1875/1965)
Concerto for Piano and Symphonic Band, 1st Movement (arr. Bain) (1946)
Concerto for Piano and Symphonic Band, 1st Movement (arr. Oliver) (1946/2006)
Four Movements from the "Holberg Suite" (arr. Thorne) (1884/2010)
Funeral March ("Sørgemarsch Over Rikard Nordraak") (arr. Andersen) (1866/2010)
Funeral March ("Sørgemarsch Over Rikard Nordraak") (arr. Emerson) (1866/1971)
Funeral March ("Sørgemarsch Over Rikard Nordraak") (arr. Erickson) (1866/xxx)
Funeral March ("Sørgemarsch Over Rikard Nordraak") (arr. Fennell) (1866/1989)
Grieg Highlights (as arranger) (2018)
In My Native County (Karrick) (1886/1999)
In the Hall of the Mountain King (arr. Conley) (1876/1983)
In the Hall of the Mountain King (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1876/2005)
Kantate ved Afsløringen af Christies Monument i Bergen (1868)
Last Spring, The (arr. Curnow) (ca. 1880/1997)
March of the Dwarfs (arr. Story) (1891/2014)
March of the Trolls (arr. Beck) (1891/2010)
Norwegian Dance no 2 (arr. Story)
Norwegian Dances (arr. Litago) (1883/)
Norwegian Legend (arr. Forsblad) (1876/)
Norwegian Songs (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Haan) (1999)
Peer Gynt Suite (adapt. Sousa) (1875/1892)
Peer Gynt Suite no 1 (arr. Tobani) (1875/1898)
Peer Gynt Suite II (arr. Van Mever) (1891/1958)
Puck and Elfin Dance (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Marlatt) (2020)
Solvejg’s Lied (arr. Hautvast) (1891/2008)
Symphonic Dance No. 1 (arr. Ragsdale) (1896-98/2005)
Temple Dance from "Olav Trygvason" (arr. Ragsdale) (1872/2008)
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (tr. Dubois) (1896/2019)

Resources

None discovered thus far.