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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., 1809 – 1894
Edvard Hagerup Grieg biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Edvard Hagerup Grieg

Author Name:

Edvard Hagerup Grieg

Born As:

Edvard Hagerup Grieg

Other Names:

Born:

15 Jun 1843

Died:

04 Sep 1907




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Composer and pianist                          
Selected Works:

Piano Sonata in E minor, Op. 7
Violin Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 8
Concert Overture In Autumn, Op. 11
Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op. 13
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Incidental music to Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's play Sigurd Jorsalfar, Op. 22
Incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt, Op. 23
Ballade in the Form of Variations on a Norwegian Folk Song in G minor, Op. 24
String Quartet in G minor, Op. 27
Album for Male Chorus, Op. 30
Two Elegiac Melodies for Strings, Op. 34
Four Norwegian Dances for piano four hands, Op. 35 (later orchestrated)
Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36
Holberg Suite for piano, later arr. for string orchestra, Op. 40
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
Lyric Suite for Orchestra, Op. 54 (orchestration of four Lyric Pieces)
Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55
Suite from Sigurd Jorsalfar, Op. 56
Four Symphonic Dances for piano, later arr. for orchestra, Op. 64
Haugtussa Song Cycle after Arne Garborg, Op. 67
Slåtter (Peasant Dances) for piano, Op. 72
Sixty-six Lyric Pieces for piano in ten books, Opp. 12, 38, 43, 47, 54, 57, 62, 65, 68 and 71, including: Arietta, To the Spring, Little Bird, Butterfly, Notturno, Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, At Your Feet, Longing For Home, March of the Dwarfs, Poème érotique and Gone.                                                                                      
Mother – Gesine Judithe Hagerup (1814–1875)
Father – Alexander Grieg (1806–1875)                                                                  
                                                                                      
The original family name was spelled Greig, originally from Scotland.