EDVARD GRIEG: PIANO CONCERTO

MS 5278
MS Short Title EDVARD GRIEG: PIANO CONCERTO
Text 1. EDVARD GRIEG: PIANO CONCERTO IN A-MINOR OP. 16, OPENING OF 1ST MOVEMENT IN FULL SCORE LESS PIANO AND STRINGS, AND VIOLA PART OF THE ANDANTE MAESTOSO OF THE FINALE 
2. LETTER FROM EDVARD GRIEG TO JOHANNE STOCKMARR, LEIPZIG, 11 APRIL 1906, WITH CORRECTIONS IN THE SCORE FOR ALL 3 MOVEMENTS OF THE PIANO CONCERTO IN A-MINOR: THE ORCHESTRATION OF THE OPENING OF 1ST MOVEMENT, THE MIDDLE OF 2ND MOVEMENT WERE THE PIANO HAS THE THEME IN FORTISSIMO, THE VIOLA PART OF THE LAST MAESTOSO OF THE 3RD MOVEMENT, AND THE HORN PARTS IN ALL 3 MOVEMENTS 
3. EDVARD GRIEG TO JOHANNE STOCKMARR, 2 POSTCARDS DATED LONDON 14 AND 25 MAY 1906, CONCERNING HER PLAYING THE PIANO IN THE CONCERT WITH THE GRIEG CONCERTO, PERFORMED BY THE QUEENS HALL ORCHESTRA; WITH 9 LETTERS BY NINA GRIEG TO JOHANNE STOCKMARR MOSTLY CONCERNING THE SAME TOPIC, DATED LONDON, KRISTIANIA, LOFTHUS AND TROLDHAUGEN, 1906, 1926 AND 1928
Description MS in Norwegian and Italian (text 1) on paper, Bergen, 1906; text 1: 2 partial ff., 22x7 cm, 16 staves, and 7x27 cm, 4 staves music notation, autograph; text 2: 4 pp., 22x14 cm, 25 lines in cursive script, autograph, signed; text 3: 4 pp., 11 lines in cursive script, autograph, signed by Edvard Grieg; and 22 pp., 22x14 cm, up to 31 lines in cursive script, autograph by Nina Grieg, London, Kristiania, Lofthus and Troldhaugen, 1906, 1926 and 1928, with 2 photographs of Edvard and Nina Grieg, 1 with "Hofpianistinde" Johanne Stockmarr, dated 28 February 1928.
Provenance 1. Bruun Rasmussen, København, auction 19.4.2005:4200.
Commentary The piano concerto in a-minor op. 16 by the Norwegian composer, Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), is one of the most popular concertos ever written. It was composed in Denmark in 1868. The original autograph score is in Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek. The present extensive corrections are hitherto unknown and unpublished.
Place of origin Bergen
Dates 1906