E-Z Play Today Volume 8-This second edition presents 22 songs of American pride including: America the Beautiful - Battle Hymn of the Republic - God Bless Americaö - God Bless the U.S.A. - My Country 'Tis of Thee (America) - The Star Spangled Banner - Stars and Stripes Forever - This Is My Country - When Johnny Comes Marching Home - You're a Grand Old Flag - and more.
SKU: HL.49041721
ISBN 9783254083753. German.
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) was a celebrated figure in the European music scene in his own lifetime. Warmly welcomed and recommended by Liszt and highly esteemed by Brahms and Tchaikovsky, he took the concert halls by storm with his compositions, influenced by the late-Romantic spirit and advancing as far as musical Impressionism, such the Piano Concerto, the music of Ibsen's Peer Gynt and numerous songs. His Lyrical Pieces delighted all piano-playing music lovers.Grieg had studied at the Leipzig Conservatoire and once called himself 'musically speaking, entirely German'. After his return to his home country, he listened with rapt attention to the songs and dances of the Norwegian farmers and developed his characteristic style on the basis of this music. To him, that was not only a musical, but also a political issue. Grieg, a master of poetry in music, was both an active democrat and a patriot, his ideals being justice and humanity.
