Edvard Hagerup Grieg (/ɡriːɡ/ GREEG, Norwegian: [ˈɛ̀dvɑʈ ˈhɑ̀ːɡərʉp ˈɡrɪɡː]; 15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He...
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the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg in 1875. It premiered along with the play on 24 February 1876 in Christiania (now Oslo). Grieg later created two suites...
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Edvard Grieg in 1868, was the only concerto Grieg completed. It is one of his most popular works, and is among the most popular of the genre. Grieg,...
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The following is a sortable list of compositions by Edvard Grieg (1843–1907). The works are categorized by genre, catalogue number, date of composition...
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The music of the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg has been used extensively in media, music education, and popular music. Norway organized a 1993 celebration...
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Troldhaugen (redirect from Edvard Grieg House)
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...
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Luise Adeline Werligh, née Falck. She was the first cousin of composer Edvard Grieg, whom she married in 1867. The couple often performed concerts together...
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Grieg Hall (Norwegian: Grieghallen) is a 1,500 seat concert hall located on Edvard Griegs' square in Bergen, Norway. Grieghallen was named in honor of...
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A bronze bust of Edvard Grieg by Finn Frolich is installed in Grieg Garden on the University of Washington campus in Seattle's University District, in...
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the brother of Norwegian publisher Harald Grieg (1894–1972) and was distantly related to composer Edvard Grieg. In 1940, he married actress Gerd Egede-Nissen...
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In the Hall of the Mountain King (category Peer Gynt (Grieg))
'In the Dovre man's hall') is a piece of orchestral music composed by Edvard Grieg in 1875 as incidental music for the sixth scene of act 2 in Henrik Ibsen's...
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Morning Mood (category Peer Gynt (Grieg))
ørkenen, lit. 'Morning mood in the desert')[citation needed] is part of Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt, Op. 23, written in 1875 as incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's...
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Peer Gynt (section Grieg's music)
Christiania (now Oslo) on 24 February 1876, with original music composed by Edvard Grieg that includes some of today's most recognised classical pieces, "In the...
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tradition exemplified by Edvard Grieg though written in a distinctive style marked by innovative orchestration. Halvorsen married Grieg's niece, and orchestrated...
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Song of Norway (category Edvard Grieg)
1944 by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from the music of Edvard Grieg and the book by Milton Lazarus and Homer Curran. A very loose film adaptation...
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Lyric Pieces (redirect from Lyric pieces (grieg))
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)...
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Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg wrote three violin sonatas. They are all examples of his musical nationalism, since they all contain references or similarities...
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higher education music programs in Bergen, Norway (birthplace of composer Edvard Grieg), as well as various collaborations across music institutions in Bergen...
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SS Edvard Grieg was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Edvard Grieg, a Norwegian composer and pianist....
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Holberg Suite (category Suites by Edvard Grieg)
of five movements based on eighteenth-century dance forms, written by Edvard Grieg in 1884 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Dano-Norwegian...
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Grieg is a Norwegian surname originating from the Scottish surname Greig, notably Alexander Greig, great-grandfather of Edvard Grieg. The spelling "Grieg"...
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spent over three days as one of the top 10 classical albums on iTunes. Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 op. 46: Morning Mood Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony...
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Edvard Grieg's String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27, is the second of three string quartets written by the composer. The first, in D minor, was an early...
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Song of Norway (film) (category Edvard Grieg)
struggles of composer Edvard Grieg and his attempts to develop an authentic Norwegian national music. It stars Toralv Maurstad as Grieg and features an international...
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Edvard Grieg's Lyric Suite is an orchestration of four of the six piano pieces from Book V of his Lyric Pieces, Op. 54. Both Grieg and the Austro-Hungarian...
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Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (category Solo piano compositions by Edvard Grieg)
"Wedding Anniversary at Troldhaugen") is a composition for piano by Edvard Grieg. It is the sixth piano piece in the eighth book of his Lyric Pieces,...
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to be of high standards. In this era both prominent composers (like Edvard Grieg and Johan Svendsen) and performers combined the European traditions with...
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The Edvard Grieg oil field (known until 2012 as Luno oil field) is an oil field on the Utsira High. It was discovered in 2007 and expected to hold around...
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List of program music (section Edvard Grieg)
Program music is a term applied to any musical composition on the classical music tradition in which the piece is designed according to some preconceived...
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The four Symphonic Dances Op. 64 by the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg were written c. 1896 and published in 1897. They draw their inspiration from the...
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