Edvard Grieg

Name: Edvard Hagerup Grieg
Born: 15 June 1843, in his family’s home in Strandgaten 152, Bergen, Norway
Dead: 4 September 1907
Parents: Alexander Grieg (father) and Gesine Judithe Hagerup (mother)
Family: Married in Copenhagen 11 June 1867 with his first cousin Nina Hagerup. 1 child:
- Alexandra Grieg (1868 – 1869) dead from meningites

Famous compositions:Piano Concerto in a minor, Incidental music for Ibsen’s drama “Peer Gynt” (Morning Mood, In the Hall of the Mountain King, Solveig’s Song a.o.), Lyric Pieces for piano, Holberg Suite, Last Spring

By: Monica Jangaard
14-7 2008

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