Edvard Grieg

Edvard Hagerup Grieg (Norwegian: Edvard Hagerup Grieg, June 15, 1843 - September 4, 1907) was a Norwegian composer and one of the important composers of the Romantic music period. He is often called one of the three masters of Nordic music, together with Denmark's Carl Nielsen and Finland's Sibelius. Edvard Grieg was born in Bergen. His ancestors were Scottish and he had nationalistic and patriotic ideological tendencies. He was discovered and funded by his uncle's brother, the Norwegian violinist and composer Ole Bull, to study abroad. Most of his works are based on customary life, Nordic folklore, literary works or natural scenery. They have a distinctive national style and are a figure in the Norwegian national music school. He deliberately avoids writing standard classical music genres, such as refusing to write operas. He only has one symphony that was banned by him for decades, and concertos. In fact, only one piano concerto was completed and made public during his lifetime, and the creation of another symphony and two concertos was suspended. He mostly wrote piano sketches or stage play scores, as well as independent orchestral overtures. However, it is different from the earlier generation of Danish composer Hans Christian Lumbae, who adopted a commercial style dominated by dance music, similar to what later generations considered light music, folk music and pop music. And still maintains the conventional advantages of classical music, such as depth and abstraction. His representative works include "Piano Concerto in A minor", "Peer Gynt Suite", "Holberg Suite", "Piano Lyrical Suite" and so on.