"Wedding Day at Troldhaugen" (Norwegian: "") is a composition for piano by Edvard Grieg. It is the sixth piano piece in the eighth book of his ''

Lyric Pieces ''Lyric Pieces'' ( no, Lyriske stykker) is a collection of 66 short pieces for solo piano written by Edvard Grieg. They were published in 10 volumes, from 1867 ( Op. 12) to 1901 (Op. 71). The collection includes several of his best known pieces, ...

'', bearing the

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65. There has been some discussionabout the quality and proportion of this composition in relation to the whole book.

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Originally called "" (The well-wishers are coming), it was written in 1896 as a memorial of the 25th wedding anniversary of Grieg and his wife

Nina Nina may refer to: * Nina (name), a feminine given name and surname Acronyms *National Iraqi News Agency, a news service in Iraq * Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, on the campus of Norwegian University of Science and Technology *No income, ...

. "Wedding marches also appear among the ''Lyric Pieces'', not least "" (Wedding Day at Troldhaugen), Op. 65/6 (written to celebrate Grieg's own silver wedding anniversary)." The anniversary celebration had been held in the

Fossli Hotel Fossli Hotel is a hotel situated at Vøringsfossen on top of Måbødalen, in the municipality of Eidfjord in Vestland county, Norway. Fossli Hotel is situated just off Rv7 on top of the mountain, overlooking the Måbødalen valley and the Vøri ...

near the Vøringfossen waterfall in June 1896. Grieg and his wife celebrated their wedding anniversary with Børre and Nancy Giertsen. Nancy was the sister of Marie Beyer, then married to

Frants Beyer Frants Diecke Cappelen Beyer (9 May 1851 – 10 November 1918) was a Norwegian average adjuster, tax inspector and composer. He is particularly known for his long-term close friendship with composer Edvard Grieg. A large portion of the letter c ...

, Grieg's best friend. She belonged to their closest circle of friends at

Troldhaugen Troldhaugen is the former home of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg and his wife Nina Grieg. Troldhaugen is located in Bergen, Norway and consists of the Edvard Grieg Museum, Grieg's villa, the hut where he composed music, and his and his wife's g ...

. During the occasion a guest book was ready to take contributions from all the guests. Grieg gave the work its final title in 1897 when he compiled Book VIII, Op. 65, of his ''Lyric Pieces''. The work's festive march-like first section, describes congratulations and best wishes that are given by the guests to the newly-weds; the second section is reflective and subdued. Most performances of this piece take about 5 to 6 minutes.

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