Grieg's Piano Music Style And Performance Interpretation

“Ballade-G minor”,as Edvard Grieg's only piano ballade,is his longest piano solo with the grandest structure,and it also has a distinct flavor of Norwegian folk music.Though “Ballade-G minor” is one of the most important piano works of Grieg,it is seldomly played in domestic and international piano converts.As there is little academic material of “Ballade-G minor” available in China,as well as it being one of the musicl pieces in my graduation concert,I have developed strong interest in studying Grieg's “Ballade-G minor”.Based on Grieg's piano music,this thesis intends to thoroughly explore the influence of Norwegian culture and folk music on Grieg's music style.This thesis is consisit of the following three parts: Norwegian history,culture and the features of its folk music at Grieg's time;Grieg's music style;as well as the performance interpretation of “Ballade-G minor op 24”.This research is an in-depth comprehensive interpretation of “Ballade-G minor”,which enables us to better grasp the performance style of Grieg's piano pieces,and to offer effective guidance to their performing practice.