Geirr Tveitt
Born: 19th October 1908, Bergen, Norway
Died: 1st February 1981, Oslo, Norway
Nationality: Norwegian
Geirr Tveitt was a Norwegian composer and pianist. Tveitt was a central figure of the national movement in Norwegian cultural life during the 1930s.
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Leif Ove Andsnes on Geirr Tveitt
20th May 2026
The Norwegian pianist discusses the music of his compatriot (who lost most of his unpublished manuscripts to a devastating house fire in 1970), including the extraordinary 'Sonata Etere' and the folk songs which he collected in his native Hardanger.
All Genres: Tveitt
Orchestral
Chamber
Instrumental
Ballet
Concertos
All Works: Tveitt
- 100 Folk-tunes from Hardanger - Suites 1 & 2 (1)
- 100 Hardanger Tunes, Op. 151: Suite No. 2: 15 Mountain Songs (2)
- 100 Hardanger Tunes, Op. 151: Suite No. 5: Troll-tunes (2)
- 100 Hardanger Tunes: Brudlaupssuiten (1)
- 100 Hardanger Tunes: Femtan Fjelltonar (1)
- 100 Hardanger Tunes: Suite No. 1, Op. 151 (2)
- 100 Hardanger Tunes: Suite No. 4, Op. 151, "Wedding Suite" (1)
- Baldur's Dreams (2)
- Barnefaren (The father of the child) Op.150 No. 38 (2)
- Bioluminescene (Morild) (1)
- Brudlaups-Klokkor (Wedding-Bells) (1963) (1)
- Concerto No. 1 for Hardanger Fiddle and Orchestra, Op. 163 (1)
- Concerto No. 2 for Hardanger Fiddle and Orchestra, Op. 252, ‘Three Fjords' (2)
- Dan fagraste viso pao jorae (The most beautiful song on earth) Op. 150 No. 9 (2)
- Dan långje långje vettranåttæ (The long, long winter night), Op.150 No. 37 (3)
- Danse du Dieu Soleil, Op. 91 No. 15 (1)
- Family Silver (Arvesylv) (2)
- Folk Tunes from Hardanger (50): selection (2)
- Four-part Invention in A major (Phrygian), Op. 4 No. 3 (1)
- Frå ei reisedagbok / From a Travel Diary - quartet for strings, 8 movements in suite form (1)
- Friar føter (A-wooing) No. 3 (3)
- From a Travel Diary: Via Appia (1)
- from Hundred Folk-tunes from Hardanger (1)
- Graott og laott aot ein baot (Tears and laughter for a boat) No.33 (2)
- Haring-Ol (1)
- Harp Concerto No. 2 (1)
- Hundrad hardingtonar (A Hundred Folk-tunes from Hardanger) Op. 151, Suites Nos. 4 'Wedding Suite' & 5 'Troll Tunes' (2)
- Hundrad Hardingtonar (excerpts) (1)
- Hundrad hardingtonar, Op. 151 (Folk Tunes from Hardanger), Nos. I, II, XI, XIV (1)
- Husguden / The household god, Op. 184 – ballet in 12 scenes (1)
- Jonsokkvelden / Midsummer's eve – septet for two violins, viola, cello, double bass, cor anglais and horn (1)
- Langeleikl (2)
- Minuet 'Hommage a Nadia Boulanger' (1)
- Morild/Sillage phosphorescants (1)
- Nykken, Op. 187 (1)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in F major, Op. 5 (4)
- Piano Concerto No. 3 'Hommage a Brahms' (1)
- Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 130 'Northern Lights' (2)
- Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 156 (2)
- Piano Sonata No. 29, Op. 139 (2)
- Poems by Aslaug Låstad Lygre (1)
- Poems by Aslaug Vaa (1)
- Poems by Olav H. Hauge (1)
- Prillar Op. 8 (1)
- Prinds Christian Frederiks Honnørmarch (1)
- Selections from Hundrad Hardingtonar, Op. 151 (Transcriptions by Stig Nordhagen) (1)
- Septet for two violins, viola, cello, double bass, oboe and horn (1)
- Sinfonietta di soffiatori, Op. 203 (2)
- Sonata No. 29, Op. 129 (2)
- Sun God Symphony Op. 81 (1)
- Telemarkin (1)
- The Old Mill on the Brook Op. 204 (2)
- The Turtle for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (1)
- Three-part Invention in B flat (Dorian), Op. 3 No. 5 (1)
- Tull til Tullemor (1)
- Two-part Inventions (12) (1)
- Two-part Inventions in the Lydian, Dorian & Phrygian modes (12), Op. 1 (1)
- Variations on a Folk-song from Hardanger for two pianos and orchestra (2)
- Velkomme (2)
