Edward Grieg: March of the Trolls / Hakon Austbo piano

[DrSnuggers]

Trolls of the internet, stand for your new anthem!

[cnd4747]

if you only put youtube.com/watch?v=gfbw2Nnf3d­Y18 you get 'A team of highly trained monkeys has been dispatched to deal with this situation.

If you see them, show them this information' With random numbers and letters after that.

[DellyDavis98]

I played the band version of this at band camp.

[TagaPasay]

Is this something to do with Internet Troll? Hehe, just kidding. =p

[HackerJake01]

Played for IMEA 2011 Great for large bands.

[Mileycyrusfan32115AK]

can someone PLEASEE tell me the time signautre, melody, rhythem, and beat for this piece of music? I have to write a report on the elements and I'm having a hard time figuring them out. Please help me out!

[koralsi]

@Mileycyrusfan32115AK It's in 4/4....not sure what you mean by melody, couldn't you just look up the sheet music? Rhythm has a lot of sixteenth-sixteenth-eighth rhythms and descending eighth runs....by beat I'm assuming you mean tempo, so: it starts at quarter note equals 138, at around measure 38 or so it changes to about 72, and then at 65-ish it goes back to 138.

[HarmoniousKeys]

This is a real interesting piece. Is there a specific reason why he threw in that softer part at 0:53?

[musiclover44596]

@HarmoniousKeys This is a Norwegian folk melody, many of which Grieg used in his compositions. Maybe the trolls were taking a nap in the forest. Little critters that run around making mischief called nisser (elves). Trolls are typically big and ugly. A famous fairytale is about the three billy goats encountering a terrible troll under a bridge on their way to their summer feeding grounds. I love to read it aloud (in Norwegian) to students beginning to study the language.

[musiclover44596]

@HarmoniousKeys This is a Norwegian folk melody, many of which Grieg used in his compositions. Maybe the trolls were taking a nap in the forest. Little critters that run around making mischief are called nisser (elves). Trolls are typically big and ugly. A famous fairytale is about the three billy goats encountering a terrible troll under a bridge on their way to their summer feeding grounds. I love to read it aloud (in Norwegian) to students beginning to study the language.

[HarmoniousKeys]

@musiclover44596 What a very interesting interpretation of the song. I've always liked how a song can tell a story.

[xAmandine]

@HarmoniousKeys i think the slow part is when the sun comes out and the trolls hide away from it, then at sunset they wake up again and run wild.. ;)

[HarmoniousKeys]

@xAmandine Really? How interesting. So, is this song supposed to tell some kind of specific story then?

[xAmandine]

@HarmoniousKeys i found that interpretation in the norwegian wikipedia. Grieg wrote 66 Lyric pieces released in several books from 1867 to 1901, many of them inspired by nature and norwegian folklore. The mountains in Norway are said to be inhabited by little goblins who run around at night, so that's what the music is about, i guess.

[HarmoniousKeys]

@xAmandine I see... Pretty interesting...

[TheSDMM]

@HarmoniousKeys Because it goes with the video.

[chair1234567]

Problem?

[FredTF2]

I hate trolls

[XxSeventhStormxX]

Love this piece~~ The pianist really knew what he was doing~~~

Trying to learn this, but my fingers aren't long enough for some parts ^^;

[bundeskanzlerinIslam]

derek paravicini



[darkblueangel1956]

Attualmente è la migliore incisione esistente, ma Hakon Austbo ha interpretato anche tante importanti opere pianistiche di Autori del '900, confermando di essere un inteprete di notevole livello, con un repertorio impegnativo e vasto !!! Questa "Marcia dei Trolls" mi è sempre piaciuta in modo particolare. Caratteristica, divertente, ma anche da "C'era una volta....", per bambini e adulti, di notte, davanti al camino acceso !!

[Kalaka239846]

Problem?

[imwhitennerdy]

"U Mad?" -- Edward Grieg,composer.

[ChristianneWiese]

I love this song!

[urzadek]

"I TROL U LOLOLOL" -- Grieg

[insertdelete080]

i love this

[12345cheffy]

HOWL!!!! sry wolves made me happy XD xoxo 12345cheffy

[DoctorSuperAwesome]

My 8th grade band is playing this 0.o so difficult

[pazzacalze]

@xAmandine

You made a good choice of images. Thanks for responding.

[pazzacalze]

I hadn't expected trolls to be that big. Or are the wolves toy sized?

[xAmandine]

@pazzacalze The pictures are from a book of fairy tales, they are not illustrations of Grieg’s music. I just think they fit together because of the atmosphere and the two artists (Grieg and Bauer) lived at the same time.

[333verissimo333]

@xAmandine makes total sense

[MrRboobooG]

@xAmandine Are you such as a Grieg fan ?

[SneakyOstrich]

@pazzacalze Oh, so you are a troll expert now are you?

[girgiii]

@pazzacalze Actually, trolls are GIANTS in Scandinavian mythology :) So yes, they ARE big. On the other hand, in my score this particular piece is named 'March of the DWARVES' (not trolls), which, in my opinion, fits better the lively character of the piece since dwarves are much smaller and lighter than trolls... :)

[Kiota]

@pazzacalze Trolls can be really big. Some of the myths in Norway says that some trolls have tree's growing on their shoulders or that some of the mountains is trolls who is sleeping, or been caught out in the sun and turned into stone :P so they can be really big.

[TheIrishTroll]

@pazzacalze In Norse mythology, it is said that trolls derive from giants. So yes, their size is accurate.

[NorwegianSportsGuy]

@pazzacalze there are different trolls, forest trolls, mountain trolls. Most of these trolls are forest trolls ;) Therefor a bit smaller ;)

[skadeavdeville]

@pazzacalze Trolls can be bigger than mountains or smaller than leafs. =) But they are usally figured as big, like a rising mountain, with trees and such growing on their head and shoulders.

[HaakonTheViking]

@pazzacalze Trolls come inn all shapes and sizes. From tiny creatures to collosal beings pretending to be mountains.

[GoldenBoyXCM]

@pazzacalze wtf trolls are huge! in many storys they sit on a stone 4 long time and change into a big mountain... trolls are allways huge. this troll is actually a small one

[TheBloodsoaker]

@pazzacalze Also, in Norwegian fairy tales, trolls are giant scary beings that will eat you if you for example try to chop down their forest :D (That is one of the things that happens in a story of "Espen Askeladd", which is oneof the most known tales.

[stellaluna92]

they used the piece in the Skeleton Dance 1929 cartoon

[erlend288]

I am learning it now ;)

[mistical528]

@erlend288 Same!

[alinnman]

Excellent rendition..

[dannydanboy]

Great!

[us8784]

Playing this in our middle school all-district band today.

Sounds great!

[xcisinsane]

We are actually playing this song in band class. It is a lot of fun!

[Legit73Resurected]

woke up listening to this on the classic music channel, ran over to my computer and favorited it

[noppy28]

thanks for posting !! i'm realy in the mood to read fairytales now : D

[suzettegm]

Lovely rendition, the performer actually lived and taught for quite some time in our country.

[AngelusExitium]

This song is so awesome. Thanks for posting a good version of it!

[sheepdog28]

i played this thing a long time ago and i remembered it few days ago. I go search it on youtube and find this great video! excellent, very good choosing of the pictures

bravo!

[xAmandine]

thank you! I am glad you liked the video - I like the piece too allthough I could never dream of playing it, I admire those who can :)

[HaYtMeorLuvmE]

ohhh thank u (^^,)! Grieg rox ;D

[krino2lino]

this is GREAT!!!:D:D thank you!!!

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Brava xAmandine, ever a pleasure to see your videos.