Edvard Grieg

Edvard Hagerup Grieg (June 15, 1843–September 4, 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, and for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt.

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Grieg was born in Bergen, and was of partial Scottish descent; the original family name was spelt "Greig". After the Battle of Culloden in 1746, his great-grandfather immigrated to various places, settling in Norway around 1770 as a businessman in Bergen. Edvard was brought up in a musical home. His mother, Gesine, became his first piano teacher.

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