Ballade in G minor

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Romantic-era composition piano composition theme and variations

The Ballade in G minor is a large-scale, virtuosic piano work by Edvard Grieg that develops a Norwegian folk melody through a series of dramatic and lyrical variations.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Ballade in G minor, Op. 118 No. 3	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Romantic-era composition ⓘ piano composition ⓘ theme and variations ⓘ
approximateCompositionPeriod	mid-1870s ⓘ
basedOn	Norwegian folk melody ⓘ folk song "Den nordlandske bondestand" NERFINISHED ⓘ
cataloguedAs	Ballade in G minor, Op. 24 NERFINISHED ⓘ
catalogueNumber	EG 129 (sometimes cited in thematic catalogues) ⓘ
composer	Edvard Grieg NERFINISHED ⓘ
compositionEndYear	1876 ⓘ
compositionStartYear	1875 ⓘ
countryOfOriginOfComposer	Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Niels Gade NERFINISHED ⓘ
duration	approximately 18 minutes ⓘ
firstPublicationYear	1876 ⓘ
formOfTheme	simple folk-like melody ⓘ
genre	ballade ⓘ
historicalSignificance	one of Grieg's most substantial solo piano works ⓘ
instrumentation	solo piano ⓘ
key	G minor ⓘ
languageOfFolkSong	Norwegian ⓘ
movementCount	1 ⓘ
nationalStyle	Norwegian ⓘ
notableFeature	demanding piano technique ⓘ dramatic contrasts between variations ⓘ large-scale single-movement form ⓘ rich Romantic harmony ⓘ use of Norwegian folk material ⓘ
numberOfVariations	14 ⓘ
opusNumber	Op. 24 ⓘ
period	Romantic period ⓘ
publisher	Peters NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure	theme and variations ⓘ
style	dramatic ⓘ lyrical ⓘ virtuosic ⓘ
technicalDifficulty	advanced ⓘ virtuosic ⓘ
tempoCharacter	varied ⓘ
tonalCenter	G minor ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext	concert hall ⓘ piano recital ⓘ
usesVariationTechniques	dynamic contrast ⓘ harmonic variation ⓘ register changes ⓘ rhythmic transformation ⓘ textural variation ⓘ
workOfComposer	Edvard Grieg NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Edvard Grieg → notableWork → Ballade in G minor ⓘ

Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 → contains → Ballade in G minor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ballade in G minor, Op. 118 No. 3