Grieg: Complete Piano Works - Performance and Interpretation

Slight damage to the cover. There are sun-fading marks on the spine. I checked the inside thoroughly, but found no writing. Please forgive any minor oversights.

Author: Einar Steen-Nøkleberg
Translator: Shozo Otsuka
Publisher: Ongaku no Tomo Sha

Author Steen-Nøkleberg is a leading figure in the Norwegian composition world and has also achieved outstanding results as a pianist. In particular, his "Complete Recordings of Grieg's Piano Works" has received high praise. This book is a collection of the author's many years of familiarity with Grieg's works and performances, written for pianists and students as a culmination of his experience in interpreting the music. It does not aim to be a biography or an essay on art, but rather avoids academic analysis, focusing on the scores themselves that Grieg left behind, and attempting to approach Grieg's own compositional methods through performance. It can be said to be a "moral guide" for understanding Grieg, and is a valuable book that is essential for pianists, Grieg music researchers, and fans.

Four Piano Pieces
Six Piano Pieces, Poetic Pictures
Humoresques
Funeral March for Rikard Nordraak
Piano Sonata
Piano Concerto
Scenes from the Life of the People
Ballade
Album Leaves
Improvisations on Two Norwegian Folk Tunes
Holberg Suite
25 Norwegian Folk Songs and Dances
19 Norwegian Folk Tunes (based on tradition)
Six Norwegian Mountain Melodies
Lyric Pieces
17 Slåtter (Norwegian Peasant Dances)
Moods

Steen-Nøkleberg, Einar
One of Norway's leading pianists. A leading authority on the interpretation of Grieg's music. He showed his talent in performance and music education at a young age, and became the youngest professor at a music academy in all of Germany. He is currently a professor at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media in Germany and the Norwegian Academy of Music. He has won various awards, including a critic's award for his performance of Grieg's works at the Bergen International Festival, and the BBC Record Award for his performance with the London Symphony Orchestra. Honorary Chairman of the Japan Grieg Society.

Shozo Otsuka
Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. Studied vocal music with Dina Notarjácomo and Jeanne Faure-Bada, and music theory with Tomojiro Ikenouchi, and joined the Nordic Culture Association to study Swedish. Since the 1960s, he has been performing Nordic songs and researching Nordic music, and organized the Nordic Chorus, performing in the Nordic countries five times from 1968 to 1999. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Japan Grieg Society, the Representative of the Nordic Music Association, the director of the Nordic Chorus, and a director of the Nordic Culture Association. In 2001, he received the Knight of the Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Norway, First Class.

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