"Arietta" is the first of many piano pieces by Edvard Grieg from the collection known as the "Lyric Pieces", which are similar in concept to Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words. Many classical piano students will come across the "Lyric Pieces" in the course of there studies and find various challenges to help improve their technique. While this piece looks deceptively simple, the challenge is to get good phrasing in all the voices to make the overall piece "lyrical".
The audio controls below allow you to play the mp3 version of Grieg's Arietta (Lyric Piece Op.12 No.1) for piano or you can download the MP3 file. You can also download the midi version of Grieg's Arietta (Lyric Piece Op.12 No.1) for piano.
The image below is the first page of the sheet music, and here you can download the full sheet music for Grieg's Arietta (Lyric Piece Op.12 No.1) for piano in PDF format.
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