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Edvard Grieg

1843 - 1907

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Edvard Hagerup Grieg (Bergen, 15 giugno 1843 – Bergen, 4 settembre 1907) è stato un compositore e pianista norvegese. È considerato il più grande compositore norvegese, conosciuto in particolare per il Concerto per pianoforte in La minore, le musiche di scena per il Peer Gynt di Henrik Ibsen (trasposte successivamente in due suite), per la Suite Holberg e per molti dei suoi Pezzi lirici. Questi ultimi, composti tra il 1867 e il 1901 e raccolti in dieci quaderni, sono da considerarsi come il suo capolavoro. Leggi di più su Wikipedia

His biography is available in 98 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 97 in 2024). Edvard Grieg is the 21st most popular compositore (down from 17th in 2024), the 8th most popular biography from Norway (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Compositore.

Edvard Grieg is most famous for his compositions for the piano, including "Piano Concerto in A Minor," "Piano Concerto in E Minor," and "Peer Gynt Suite."

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Among Compositores

Among compositores, Edvard Grieg ranks 21 out of 1,451. Before him are Giacomo Puccini, Antonín Dvořák, Johann Strauss II, Robert Schumann, Gioachino Rossini, and Felix Mendelssohn. After him are Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Claudio Monteverdi, Maurice Ravel, Hector Berlioz, Georges Bizet, and Claude Debussy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, Edvard Grieg ranks 2. Before him is William McKinley. After him are Robert Koch, Bertha von Suttner, Charles Albert Gobat, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Camillo Golgi, Louis Renault, Frederick VIII of Denmark, Georg von Hertling, Henry James, and Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1907, Edvard Grieg ranks 2. Before him is Dmitri Mendeleev. After him are William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Klara Hitler, Sully Prudhomme, Oscar II of Sweden, Henri Moissan, Giosuè Carducci, Asaph Hall, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Hector Malot, and Alfred Jarry.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Edvard Grieg ranks 8 out of 1,039. Before him are Harald V of Norway (1937), Roald Amundsen (1872), Harald Hardrada (1015), Henrik Ibsen (1828), Ragnar Lodbrok (850), and Rollo (846). After him are Anni-Frid Lyngstad (1945), Knut Hamsun (1859), Olaf II of Norway (993), Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832), Fridtjof Nansen (1861), and Magnus the Good (1024).

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Among Compositores In Norway

Among compositores born in Norway, Edvard Grieg ranks 1. After him are Johan Halvorsen (1864), Johan Svendsen (1840), Rikard Nordraak (1842), Christian Sinding (1856), Knut Nystedt (1915), Harald Sæverud (1897), Halfdan Kjerulf (1815), Fartein Valen (1887), Klaus Egge (1906), Geirr Tveitt (1908), and Thomas Bergersen (1980).

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