Edvard grieg facts
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Edvard Grieg facts for kids
"Grieg" redirects here. For other uses, see Grieg (disambiguation).
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Grieg in 1888, with signature, portrait published in The Leisure Hour (1889) | |
| Born | (1843-06-15)15 June 1843 Bergen, Sweden-Norway |
| Died | 4 September 1907(1907-09-04) (aged 64) Bergen, Norway |
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Works | List of compositions |
| Spouse(s) | Nina Grieg (née Hagerup) |
Edvard Hagerup Grieg (greeg, Norwegian: [ˈɛ̀dvɑʈ ˈhɑ̀ːɡərʉp ˈɡrɪɡː]; 15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions brought the music of Norway to fame, as well as helping to develop a national identity, much as Jean Sibelius did in Finland and Bedřich Smetana in Bohemia.
Grieg is the most celebrated person from the city of Bergen, with n
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The composer Edvard Grieg - 10 facts about Norway's greatest composer
Edvard Grieg is the most famous and internationally successful Norwegian composer. He spent a lot of time travelling around Europe to perform his music, but he always longed for Troldhaugen in Bergen, the home that he shared with his wife Nina.
1. When was Edvard Grieg born?
Grieg was born in Bergen 15 June 1843, and died of emphysema on 4 September 1907, aged 64 years. He was the seventh person to be cremated in Norway, and the urns that hold the ashes of him and his wife are located on his property called Troldhaugen.
Read more about Troldhaugen Home of composer Edvard Grieg in Bergen.
2. Where was Edvard Grieg born?
Edvard Grieg was born in Bergen (Norway) in Strandgaten 152.
3. Troldhaugen Home of composer Edvard Grieg
Troldhaugen was the home of Edvard and his wife Nina from the villa was completed in 1886 until his death in 1907. This was Edvard and Nina home when he w
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Grieg: 15 facts about the great composer
Edvard Grieg is to Norway what Shakespeare is to England: his country's most celebrated son. Find out more about the composer of Peer Gynt and a legendary Piano Concerto.
1. A Norwegian - or Scottish? - prodigy
Born on 15 June 1843, Edvard Grieg is Norway’s most famous musical son, although the Scots could lay claim to him being one of their own. His Scottish great-grandfather emigrated to Scandinavia after the Battle of Culloden.
2. Young Edvard Grieg
The young Edvard Grieg was desperately unhappy at school, regularly suffering torment and abuse from his fellow students. But from an early age he was a highly proficient pianist, taught bygd his mother.
3. At Leipzig Conservatory
A fortuitous encounter with a family friend, the violin virtuoso Ole Bull, resulted in the 15-year-old Grieg's immediate transfer to the Leipzig Conservatory. Yet in his own words, he left the Conservatory ‘as stupid as when I entered