Edvard Grieg
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Hagerup Griegwas 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 and development of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions put the music of Norway in the international spectrum, as well as helping to develop a national identity, much as Jean Sibelius and Antonín Dvořák did in Finland and Bohemia, respectively. Grieg is regarded as simultaneously nationalistic and...
NationalityNorwegian
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth15 June 1843
CityBergen, Norway
CountryNorway