Grieg's little romantic masterpiece
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- Опубліковано 27 січ 2024
- The very first lyric piece in Grieg's famous sets of piano pieces, Arietta op12 no.1, and perhaps we could say the very last as well since he'd liked the melody so much he wrote it again in the form of a waltz as the very last lyric piece, Remembrances op71 no.7. (Definitely go listen to it if you haven't already!)
The piano accompaniment and child-like character is quite similar to Schumann's Von fremden Ländern und Menschen, while his harmonic language has hints of Liszt and Chopin.
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I can't seem to find an adequate term to describe the effect of omitting the accompaniment for the melody to be sung solo at 0:23 . Best I can think of is "cadenza-like" or "recitative" but it doesn't quite fit the bill either, I'm sure it has its roots in the aria tradition and opera but I'm not too sure. The effect can be found in quite a number of piano pieces by Liszt as well, even his Liebesträume although it more closely resembles a cadenza there. Do write a comment if you have any ideas on a certain term that could be used, greatly appreciated thanks!
Beethoven did something similar in the first movement of his tempest, perhaps you could find some term in an analysis of that sonata
I reminds me of the final cadenza before coda on Chopin’s prelude no 15. It’s so beautiful… the accompaniment vanishes and it all feels like time has stoped.
exactly!
perhaps monophony would be a good term to use.
just a bridge
I teach a jazz band at my school. My piano player is blind, and learns entirely by ear and touch. I was reading through this little gem the other day, and he stopped at the door, just entranced. His piano teacher contacted me, and I ended up sending him home with the sheet. This little piece of music transcends. It speaks to the soul.
How is he gonna read the sheet?
@@g-man2351 Probably his piano teacher will teach it to him, I assume.
The presence of Schumann looms large…
Absolutely
Exactly right!!
And Mendelssohn!
Omg how many times have I played this piece without realizing that
It reminds me of Liszt
Beautiful piece. I played it when I was 12 years old. Now it has even more "nostalgia" to me.
bruh, this is my college piano final dont say that. lol
When I returned to playing the piano more frequently, I would always start with this every session. The best memories!
Wish it was longer tho
Well the ending makes it so you can loop the piece multiple times if you wish 😄
Griegs final Lyric piece is actually an expansion of this one, in a waltz form. You should give that a listen if you like this one! 🙌🏽
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That’s what she said
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Grieg might well be my favourite composer. His Lyric Pieces are gorgeous. I feel like they should be far more well known, but also kind of like that they're these hidden gems that a lot of people don't know about.
Thanks for having notes so readable, and chords as well.
I love the beautiful melodies you post. Melody is everything.
You can say that again. Melody is everything
what a little gem. i should listen to more Grieg...thank you...
That's sweet how it returns to the opening phrase & fades out....
What's really beautiful is how be references it many many works later in the final book of Lyric Pieces
*he
Amazing! I also love his Nocturne (op. 54, no. 4) from the Lyric Pieces book 5
Beautiful piece !
Repost because of a change in the harmonic analysis - thanks @anled.composition for pointing it out!
My pleasure !
Beautiful. Thx for sharing.
Thanks for the section descriptions.
Beautiful
Love your content
Thanks for this. As you point out, the last piece in the last set of Lyric Pieces (Book X, 1901) was this melody arranged as a waltz. Its Norwegian title Efterklang means ‘echo’ or ‘reverberation’. An appropriate close to the 19th Century!
Didn't know that! Thanks for the interesting detail
He wrote an arrangement of / homage to this as one of the last Lyric Pieces, as a waltz.
I’m not sure how we found each other. This piece speaks to me. Subscribed
The very beginning is similar to the Aria from Holberg Suite, which is extremely beautiful as well
I love the holberg!
the very beginning also made me think about liszt b minor sonata
I had a feeling it would be this piece!
I LOVE it! I played it for a recital.
Hugely helpful, thanks
Thank you!
Like these Grieg Lyric Pieces.
Poor Herr Benda and his little daughter. One of the saddest episodes in Babylon Berlin
Grieg is amazing
Thanks awfully. Subscribed.
What is it about E flat major that always fills me with a rosy, nostalgic glow?
thanks do more
This is indeed a very nice piece! To me, the final bar actually feels quite unresolved, even though it closes on the I chord. I think this is due to the following:
- The melody overall has stayed on the G (3^), instead of descending conclusively to the more stable Eb (1^). Thus, there is an avoidance of a traditional melodic closure.
- The lack of a V7 before the final I. Even though the previous I64 is less contrapuntally stable than the root position I, and thus some tension release occurs between these two chords, these two bars also have very strong harmonic stabillity since they are both I chords.
- Rhythmically and texturally, the ascending arpeggios throughout the piece seem to me to point to (in a sense, "resolve") the next downbeat/melodic note. Rhythmically, because the 4 sixteenth notes always land on the following downbeat, at which point a new group of 4 sixteenth notes simultaneausly starts. Texturally, because the arpeggios with their ascending direction point to an arrival on the next note of the melody. On the very last bar, however, both these tendencies are interrupted right after the 4th sixteenth note, because there is no final downbeat+melodic note (it would have ocurred on the "following" bar after the last one)
What do you think @skylarlimex?
That was beautiful.
0:17 that parallel fifth is based!
P5 followed by a dim 5
@@Organic_Organist oh yes you’re right. Still it is non standard voice leading as it is not advisable to reach a perfect consonance through similar motion
They're both p5s no? In any case it's an interesting choice but eventually you can consider Eb and G as held notes and two separate voices, if it were the same voice it would indeed break some rules but here they act more as an accompaniment like a held chord
Un petit air de famille avec un thème de la Sonate de Liszt ✨
Vous avez raison, en effet c'est très similaire !
Exactly what I was thinking!!
Je pense, à vérifier, que la progression harmonique est la même
Here monsieur Grieg makes the case with compelling evidence that “life is such a fleeting thing.”
One of my favourite pieces
An impressive composition, Sibelius also has these little compositions.
Oh yeah plenty everywhere, wonder if we'll get some from like, Lyadov even
@@betula2137 Yes maybe less. - Ljadow reminds me of prelude Op. 11 nr. 1. and Grimace 1. Are absolutely brilliant.
Grieg is underrated.
Yes longer
In a Horowitz documentary, he said none of us will admit we play Grieg but we all do.
Never knew that but it's quite funny hahaha
Lyrics, 'It's so so so cold outside, so so so so cold outside. can't bend my fingers or toes, not arthritis though you know. Can't move to leave this scene, too late now I've gone gangrene'.
What do you think about ever making a video on Chopin's 4th ballade, especially the second half?
It's probably on the list somewhere 😅
Tiene aire del observatorio de Majora's Mask. No me sorprende de donde saco esa música del observatorio.
Analyzing the piece to death
I heard a very very similar melody in a Roblox game, but with less arpeggios and more chords in the left hand, no idea where to find the songs source though…
It's Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, isn't it?
cute
Just a question: at measure 10, first beat, isn’t that a viio42 in g minor resolving to an Eb chord making it a deceptive cadence in g minor?
Yup that's fair
Thanks so much!
Liszt sonata resemblance ❤
Masterpiece is not a simple title and isn't able to easly apply anywhere.
that right hand is pretty much a variation of the "twinkle, twinkle, little star" melody.
i just checked and - much to my surprise - copilot tells me that melody did NOT originate with mozart.
this is lovely, nonetheless.
Is that all there is?
sounds like nocturne
What do you mean by “deceptive cadence”? Seems like a quite typical/obvious cadence to me
Which one are you referring to?
@@skylarlimex1:01 on the vii43/vi
@@jamesceroneyou could look at it two ways I guess...in the context of Eb major it's still moving towards the vi and I hear it as a deceptive cadence with the usual V chord substituted with the dim chord😊
@@skylarlimexeveryone expects there some kind of bdom7, james just tryna pretend to be some jazz snob, who wasnt deceived at all get outta here🤣🤣
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This sounds like Liszt's Sonata in B minor
I thought it was Liszt's sonata in B minor 😅
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