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Offline makivka

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Swedish piano pieces?
on: November 02, 2021, 06:35:41 PM
I've been tasked of finding some Swedish music to learn on the piano. I'm open to anything (classical/folk/pop). I tried to find something of pop, but I wasn't able to find any sheet music. Please help  ;D

(I've played more for more than 10 years, so any suggestions of any difficulty are welcome)

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Re: Swedish piano pieces?
Reply #1 on: November 02, 2021, 07:01:11 PM

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Re: Swedish piano pieces?
Reply #2 on: November 02, 2021, 09:42:51 PM
These are pretty famous, especially the first one:



Not too difficult to play either. It sounds more impressive and difficult than it is.

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Re: Swedish piano pieces?
Reply #3 on: November 03, 2021, 09:06:30 AM
These are pretty famous, especially the first one:



Not too difficult to play either. It sounds more impressive and difficult than it is.

Those are great! Too bad the pianist plays in a sort of bangy and mechanical way, I see a lot of moments in the score he could take better care of, making the pieces more dynamic.

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Re: Swedish piano pieces?
Reply #4 on: November 12, 2021, 10:50:31 AM
If you're willing to venture to Norway, Tveit was a really good piano composer.

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Re: Swedish piano pieces?
Reply #5 on: December 30, 2021, 03:16:34 PM
There are 2 amazing concerti by Wilhelm Stenhammar (I apologize in case the spelling is wrong), you might want to check it out. :)

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Re: Swedish piano pieces?
Reply #6 on: January 12, 2022, 03:36:30 AM
Stenhammar is great, probably the finest swedish composer. Peterson-Berger and Hugo Alfven are famous too, both inspired by swedish folk music.

Here is Summersong by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger.



Free high quality scores of swedish composers:

https://www.levandemusikarv.se/tonsattare/peterson-berger-wilhelm/SMH-W1158-Frosoblomster_8_atta_melodier_for_piano_hafte_I

Choose ”Tonsättare” and type the name of the composer or just browse on the first letter.

Intåg i sommarhagen is nice too:



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