Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces Op. 65 No. 6)

Edvard Grieg · Level 5 (Advanced) · Romantic · Piano

Written for Grieg’s silver wedding anniversary (1896): a festive procession march framing a dreamy central episode. A piece by Grieg, steeped in Norwegian melodies and dances. D major, 4/4, 179 bars (about 10 minutes), complete score.

▶ Play this piece with the interactive score

How to practise it

• Listen first: the site plays it while the score scrolls.
• Wait mode: the score waits for you at every note, at your own pace.
• Tempo challenge: play in time, with a score and a map of the bars you got right.
• The appoggiaturas of the source are not written here. Keep a firm march pulse and prepare the large rolled chords. One hand sometimes plays two voices: hold the long notes for their full value and let the main line sing louder than the accompaniment. Triplets and other tuplets must be perfectly even: count them aloud with the metronome. The left hand makes wide leaps: look at the landing note in advance and move early, without rushing the rhythm.

More pieces by Edvard Grieg

• Album Leaf Op. 12 No. 7
• Troldtog (March of the Dwarfs) (Op. 54, No. 3)
• The Death of Åse (Peer Gynt Op. 46 No. 2)
• The Mountaineer’s Song Op. 73 No. 7
• Arietta (Lyric Pieces Op. 12 No. 1)
• In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt), theme
• Folk Melody (Lyric Pieces Op. 12 No. 5)
• Morning Mood (Peer Gynt), theme

Source : Mutopia Project · Public Domain