Edvard Grieg

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Bergen, Norway (1843 – 1907)

Edvard Hagerup Grieg (15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist who composed in the romantic period. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt (which includes Morning Mood and In the Hall of the Mountain King), and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.

Grieg was born in Bergen, Norway on 15 June 1843. His ancestors were Scottish people, the original family name was spelled “Greig.” After the Battle of Culloden in 1746, his great-grandfather travelled widely, settling in Norway around 1770, and establishing business interests in Bergen. Grieg was raised in a musical home. His mother, Gesine, became his first piano teacher. He studied in several schools including Tank’s School, and often brought in examples of his music to class.

In the summer of 1858, Grieg met the eminent Norwegian violinist Ole Bull, who was a friend of the family, and whose brother was married to Grieg’s aunt. Bull noticed the 15-year-old boy’s talent and persuaded his parents to send him to further develop his talents at the Leipzig Conservatory, then directed by Ignaz Moscheles.

Grieg enrolled in the conservatory, concentrating on the piano, and enjoyed the numerous concerts and recitals given in Leipzig. He disliked the discipline of the conservatory course of study, yet he still achieved very good grades in most areas, the exception being the organ, which was mandatory for piano students at the time.

1	In the Hall of the Mountain King full track	884
2	Peer Gynt - Suite No.1	440
3	Morning full track	383
4	Morning Mood full track	329
5	Anitra's Dance full track	263
6	Solveig's Song full track	191
7	Arabian Dance full track	168
8	Nocturno	146
9	Peer Gynt-Suite	116
10	Piano Concerto in A minor (2nd Movement) {14}	85
11	Verletztes Herz	73
12	Aase's Death full track	72
13	I. Prelude: Allegro vivace full track	47
13	Ich Liebe Dich (piano solo)	47
13	Jeg eisker Dig	47

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Victoria58 wrote:
yesterday evening

Alton Towers would be nothing without this guy.

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ser640048 wrote:
8 days ago

Nadie en español

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JoJodingens wrote:
8 days ago

music like life. like solveigs song: easy and hard, sad and happy, quiet and noisy...ageless piece of music, great for heartache, let you see the relations clear :)

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Haregewoini wrote:
15 days ago

holy shit man look at that picture. Grieg was a P.I.M.P.

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n0win0u wrote:
19 days ago

owns !

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Distrigor wrote:
last month

Why is Solveigs song suddenly just a peview and not longer available as full track?

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naama_is_fine wrote:
last month

I want my husband to look exactly like him! What a face!! I have to hug this guy!

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ennagirl wrote:
last month

1 of the kewelest romantic composers ever.

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Sandkamp wrote:
last month

Morning Mood <<3

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Botoft wrote:
last month

Epic

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Wild-Storm wrote:
last month

grieg owns

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Kovale wrote:
last month

I wholeheartedly concur with the previous statement.

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Eun3R wrote:
last month

Grieg ist Krieg!!

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Gurthaur wrote:
last month

you fail, bloodaxis.

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ravschmidt-sas wrote:
last month

Grieg is god.

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Aragorn_54 wrote:
June 2008

Interesting journal entry by some guy about last.fm tags for classical music in general : see here. If enough people start tagging this way, maybe we will soon have classical radios without pop music inside ;) (for the 'romantic' tag :p).

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peterbucky wrote:
June 2008

grieg is the master

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MathiasPage wrote:
June 2008

Grieg is the shit.

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RodWillLeeds wrote:
June 2008

Dudo que alguien me entienda pero no se puede escuchar el Concierto para piano en La menor almenos no lo veo y arriva las chivas y si sois gringos arriba las chivas USA gays americanos amantes de lo clasico

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Botoft wrote:
May 2008

Peer Gynt Suites is amazing.

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