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Grieg

American  
[greeg, grig] / grig, grɪg /

noun

  1. Edvard 1843–1907, Norwegian composer.


Grieg British  
/ ɡriːɡ /

noun

  1. Edvard ( Hagerup ) (ˈɛdvard). 1843–1907, Norwegian composer. His works, often inspired by Norwegian folk music, include the incidental music for Peer Gynt (1876), a piano concerto, and many songs

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Kelsie Grieg, or Kels as she's known in the gaming world, made history when she became the first female to qualify for the Call of Duty Challengers Elite tournament.

From BBC Mar. 29, 2023

So, in July, activists contacted Grieg Green, a Norwegian company that had put together the ship’s inventory of hazardous materials, known as an I.H.M.

From New York Times Feb. 2, 2023

Cut through Grieg Garden, named for Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, whose bust holds the small, quiet greenspace together.

From Seattle Times Apr. 4, 2022

She played part of the Grieg piano concerto as her talent offering and placed in the top five, earning a $1,000-scholarship.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 27, 2021

It has changed, certainly, and it is now experienced in all sorts of ways that would have surprised, for instance, Edvard Grieg, the Norwegian composer who died a few months after that historic transmission.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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