Sigurd Jorsalfar (Grieg) Sigurd Jorsalfar (Grieg) Sigurd Jorsalfar is a work of incidental music composed by Edvard Grieg for a play by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson celebrating King Sigurd I of Norway. The incidental music, published as Op. 22, was first performed in Christiania on 10 April 1872. An orchestral suite compiled by Grieg from the main work and published as Op. 56 was premiered in Oslo on 5 November 1892 and revised by the composer the same year. The full work consists of nine parts; five are purely orchestral, and four are scored for tenor or baritone, male chorus, and orchestra. Three of the
Ballade in the Form of Variations on a Norwegian Folk Song Ballade in the Form of Variations on a Norwegian Folk Song "Ballade in the Form of Variations on a Norwegian Folk Song" in G minor, Op. 24, is a large scale work for piano by Edvard Grieg. It is in the form of theme and variations, the theme being the Norwegian folk song "Mountain Song". A performance usually lasts around 20 minutes. The "Ballade" was one of the works played by Percy Grainger at his 1901 London debut at Steinway Hall. This was four years before he met Grieg, who was to become Grainger's greatest champion. The Norwegian composer Geirr