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Edvard GRIEG

15 June 1843 - 4 September 1907 (age 64)

portrait of Grieg

The above image is a portrait of Grieg from my series '52 Composers'. I made it using a combination of traditional and digital techniques.The background lists some of his best known works.I have made this portrait available in various formats and also on some gift items which will make unusual presents for music lovers.

You can buy a quality print of this image at imagekind

Family

Edvard Hagerup Grieg
Born: 15 June 1943 Bergen, Norway
Great-grandfather: Alexander Greig was from Scotland. British consul in Bergen
Father: Alexander Grieg
Mother: Gesine Judithe Hagerup
Siblings: 1 brother - John, 3 sisters: Maren, Ingeborg Benedicte, Elisabeth
Partners: wife - 1st cousin Nina Hagerup, a talented singer.
Children: 1 son Alexandra. Died of meningitis at 13 months.
Death: 4 September 1907, age 64. Heart attack.
Grave: Ashes (and those of his wife Nina) in a fjord cliffside at his home Troldhaugen.

Works

Master of piano and song.
- Over 150 piano compositions
- Over 140 songs
- Piano Concerto
- Cello Concerto
- 3 violin sonatas
- 2 Peer Gynt Suites
- Holberg Suite
- Lyric Pieces
- Elegaic Melodies