Grieg

Bergen-born Romantic composer

Edvard Grieg was a Norwegian composer of the Romantic era, best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor and the incidental music for Ibsen's *Peer Gynt*, including "In the Hall of the Mountain King." His work draws heavily on Norwegian folk melodies and is central to Scandinavian classical music.

We're playing some Grieg at the recital.

composer

Norwegian

From Oslo's homeland

pianistOne who plays piano
nationalismDevotion to one's country
LeipzigMajor Saxon metropolis

Bergen · orchestration · lieder · sonatas · concerto · miniatures · incidental · composition · nineteenth-century · Scandinavia

Norwegian

folk music

Community-born acoustic songs

fjordGlacially carved coastal inlet
trollsDeliberate online agitators
nationalismDevotion to one's country

Bergen · Norse · homeland · landscape · mountains · traditional · melodies · national identity · Nordic · Scandinavian

works

incidental music

Accompanying theatrical composition

Categories

Nordic ComposersSibelius, Nielsen, Bull
ComposersBach, Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Haydn
NorwayOslo, Bergen, Trondheim, fjord, fjords
ScandinaviaNorway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland
European MusiciansBach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Brahms
Classical Pianopiano, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin

Opposites

musical scale and form

Austrian composer-conductor

Bruckner · symphonist · Beethoven · Brahms · Wagner

national/cultural identity

GriegVerdi

Italian opera composer

Puccini · Rimsky-Korsakov · Dvořák · Italian opera

musical character and temperament

German Romantic opera composer

Liszt · Berlioz · Mahler · Beethoven · Verdi

Phrases

Edvard GriegPeer Gynt composer

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