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Edvard Hagerup Grieg (15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. 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 is renowned as a nationalist composer, drawing inspiration from Norwegian folk music. Early works include a symphony
(which he later suppressed) and a piano sonata. He also wrote three sonatas for violin and piano and a cello sonata. His
many short piec ...read more
Edvard Hagerup Grieg (15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. 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 is renowned as a nationalist composer, drawing inspiration from Norwegian folk music. Early works include a symphony
(which he later suppressed) and a piano sonata. He also wrote three sonatas for violin and piano and a cello sonata. His
many short pieces for piano – often based on Norwegian folk tunes and dances – led some to call him the "Chopin of the
North".
The Piano Concerto is his most popular work. Its champions have included the pianist and composer Percy Grainger, a
personal friend of Grieg who played the concerto frequently during his long career. An arrangement of part of the work made
an iconic television comedy appearance in the Christmas 1971 Morecambe and Wise Show, conducted by André Previn.
Some of the Lyric Pieces (for piano) are also well-known, as is the incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt, a play
that Grieg found to be an arduous work to score properly. In a 1874 letter to his friend Frants Beyer, Grieg expressed his
unhappiness with what is now considered one of his most popular compositions from Peer Gynt, In the Hall of the Mountain
King: "I have also written something for the scene in the hall of the mountain King – something that I literally can't bear
listening to because it absolutely reeks of cow-pies, exaggerated Norwegian nationalism, and trollish self-satisfaction! But I
have a hunch that the irony will be discernible." « hide |
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| LPs |  | Lyric Pieces - Book I, Op. 12
2016
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 | Peer Gynt Suite, No. 2, Op. 55
1891
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| Lyric Pieces - Book IV, Op. 47
1888
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 | Peer Gynt Suite, No. 1, Op. 46
1888
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 | Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45
1887
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| Lyric Pieces - Book III, Op. 43
1886
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 | Holberg Suite, Op. 40 (String Orchestra Version)
1885
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 | Holberg Suite, Op. 40 (Piano Version)
1884
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| Lyric Pieces - Book II, Op. 38
1883
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 | Peer Gynt, Op. 23
1876
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 | Piano Concerto in A Minor
1869
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 | Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op. 13
1867
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 | Violin Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 8
1865
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| EPs |  | Symphonic Dances, Op.64
1897
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| Compilations |  | Very Best of Grieg
2006
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 | Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1
1996
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