Grieg, Edvard Hagerup

Grieg, Edvard Hagerup (1843-1907), Norwegian composer.

Edvard Grieg studied music at Leipzig in Germany.

When he returned to Norway, he made up his mind to write music in a Norwegian style and he learned all he could about old Norwegian songs.

Grieg wrote mainly songs and compositions for the piano and small orchestras.

His Piano Concerto in A minor and his music for a play by Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt, are well known and played throughout the world.

See Henry Theophilus Finck Edvard Grieg