This is a new printing of the original edition (with the reissue cover) on sturdy acid-free paper. 28 pages. We include a capsule biography of Grieg and notes on the music. Also, there is a capsule biography of Harvey Gaul, a photo, and his organ opus list. Highest quality guaranteed. Size of music is 9.5" x 12.5". $15.00.

Harvey B Gaul (1881-1945), student of Buck, Guilmant and Widor, is best known for his prolific output of compositions and transcriptions. He was also known for his scholarly writing, and I include a sample article he wrote in 1916 on Easter organ music. (Read an example from 1918.) “Peer Gynt” was written by the great Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen, and it was Ibsen who asked Grieg to write 32 pieces of incidental music for the play. He completed the set in 1876 and selected four of them in 1888 as the First Peer Gynt Suite, Opus 46. The titles are: “Morning Mood,” “The Death of Åse,” “Anitra’s Dance,” and “In the Hall of the Mountain King.” Much of this will be recognizable to your audience and it’s great fun for the organist. Moderately difficult.