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[[Image:Grieg.jpg|thumb|Edvard Grieg]]

[[Image:Grieg.jpg|thumb|Edvard Grieg]]

'''Edvard Grieg''' (1843 – 1907) was a [[Norwegian]] composer and pianist.  

'''Edvard Grieg''' (Bergen, Norway, 1843 – Troldhaugen, Norway, 1907) was a [[Norwegian]] composer and pianist.  

''Grieg is the greatest composer Norway has fostered... his music became immensely popular. Around the turn of the (XX) century, it was performed the world over, not only in the great concert halls, but in cafés and restaurants everywhere.'' [http://www.mnc.net/norway/GRIEG.HTM]

''Grieg is the greatest composer Norway has fostered... his music became immensely popular. Around the turn of the (XX) century, it was performed the world over, not only in the great concert halls, but in cafés and restaurants everywhere.'' [http://www.mnc.net/norway/GRIEG.HTM]

In 1826, [[Maurice Ravel]] said: " The generation of French composers to which I belong has been strongly attracted to his music. There is no composer to whom I feel a closer affinity -- besides Debussy -- than Grieg."

In 1826, [[Maurice Ravel]] said: " The generation of French composers to which I belong has been strongly attracted to his music. There is no composer to whom I feel a closer affinity -- besides Debussy -- than Grieg."

== Some works ==

== Some works ==

*[http://www.mnc.net/norway/EHG.htm Edvard Grieg]

*[http://www.mnc.net/norway/EHG.htm Edvard Grieg]

*[http://www.edvardgriegsociety.org/ Edvard Grieg Society]

*[http://www.edvardgriegsociety.org/ Edvard Grieg Society]

 

[[Category:Composers|Grieg, Edvard]]

[[Category:Composers|Grieg, Edvard]]