Edvard Grieg’s Sailor’s Song, Op. 68 No. 1, is one of his many lyric pieces for piano. He wrote these short character pieces all throughout his life. At a time where any respectfull middle-class home had a piano, Grieg's pieces where widespread and well-known. Theses pieces were often based on folk songs and dance tunes Grieg had collected on his travels, but were more than mere arrangements of these melodies. They often featured elegant harmonies, innovative bass movement and nuanced tone color. Difficulty grade 2