Watchman's Song, Op. 12, No. 3

Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)

Grieg composed this Watchman's Song after a performance of Shakespeare's Macbeth (Intermediate)!

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Includes : One solo score (4 pages)

Difficulty level : Grade 5/12

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Sheet music details :

WATCHMAN'S SONG, OP. 12, NO. 3

(from *Lyric Pieces*)
Composer :	Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)	Opus/catalog number :	Opus 12, No. 3
Movements :	Molto andante e semplice - Intermezzo (Spirits of the Night)	Composition/First publication :	Copenhagen, 1867
Instrumentation :	Piano	Style :	Romantic (1815-1910)
Key :	E Major	Duration :	02:17
Edition :	Edited by M.A. Caux	Difficulty :	Grade 5/12

Sources :

Edvard Grieg, Lyric Pieces Op. 12 [Lyriske smastykker] (Copenhagen, 1867).

Program Notes :

Edvard Grieg's Watchman's Song, Op. 12, No. 3 is part of the composer's Lyric Pieces.

Grieg composed this Watchman's Song after a performance of Shakespeare's Macbeth.

This piano piece has an A-B-A' musical form :

A : The theme of this first section could very well depict the watchman being on the look-out (mm. 1-24)
B : Intermezzo Spirits of the Night : Here, Grieg imitates the drums (low half-notes in the left hand) and the horns (triadic arpeggios), alternating with the watchman's frightful shivers (pianissimo arpeggios in the right hand) (mm. 25-39)
A': Return of the first section, shortened and slightly modified (mm. 40-52)

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