Grieg: 4 Norwegian Dances Op.35 No.II Allegretto tranquillo e grazioso - wind dectet/bass

Edvard Grieg 4 Norwegian Dances Op.35

Arranged wind dectet/bass.

NB Clarinet parts are for CLARINET in A.

This is my arrangement of No 2

Thanks to Runyon programm notes for the following extract.....

 (https://www.runyanprogramnotes.com)

Grieg first wrote and published the Norwegian Dances as Piano duets in 1881.

There are 4 Dance movements.

The four movements are derived from traditional Norwegian folk tunes contained in a collection published in 1853 by Ludvig Mathias Lindemans, entitled, “Mountain Melodies Old and New.” 

They were not orchestrated by Grieg, but later, in 1888, Hans Sitt, a distinguished Czech violinist, did the honors. They have become orchestral chestnuts ever since.

Almost everyone has heard the demure, sly and winsome second dance - this one -it’s ubiquitous. A brief, but furious halling interrupts for just a few seconds, and then the familiar theme returns.

© 2015 William E. Runyan