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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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He thought of the program he had planned back in December: the Taras Bulba Overture by Mykola Lysenko, a concerto by Edvard Grieg and César Franck’s Symphony in D Minor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2025

Karen Grieg, of gift shop Destined for Home in Leith, said the disruption had been hard on her business.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2023

This play from David Grieg is adapted from Stanisław Lem’s 1961 novel of the same name, a novel that was also adapted into a 2002 movie starring George Clooney and directed by Steven Soderbergh.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2022

The plaque bore poetry by Nordahl Grieg, a celebrated writer who had visited the brigades on the frontline.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 22, 2020

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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