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COMPOSER

Edvard Grieg

1843 - 1907

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Edvard Hagerup Grieg ( GREEG, Norwegian: [ˈɛ̀dvɑʈ ˈhɑ̀ːɡərʉp ˈɡrɪɡː]; 15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edvard Grieg has received more than 2,602,744 page views. His biography is available in 97 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 95 in 2019). Edvard Grieg is the 19th most popular composer (down from 15th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Norway and the most popular Norwegian Composer.

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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  • 97

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Edvard Grieg ranks 19 out of 1,216. Before him are Giacomo Puccini, Gustav Mahler, Robert Schumann, Antonín Dvořák, Gioachino Rossini, and Igor Stravinsky. After him are Felix Mendelssohn, Claudio Monteverdi, Georges Bizet, Claude Debussy, Hector Berlioz, and Bedřich Smetana.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Edvard Grieg ranks 4 out of 927. Before him are Edvard Munch (1863), Ragnar Lodbrok (850), and Roald Amundsen (1872). After him are Henrik Ibsen (1828), Harald V of Norway (1937), Knut Hamsun (1859), Anni-Frid Lyngstad (1945), Harald Fairhair (850), Rollo (846), Fridtjof Nansen (1861), and Erik the Red (950).

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Among COMPOSERS In Norway

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

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