Grieg

American  

[greeg, grig] / grig, grɪg /

noun

1. Edvard 1843–1907, Norwegian composer.

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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

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Example Sentences

Guest soloist Alexander Wasserman practiced the Grieg concerto, chords like thunderclaps resonating from the grand piano, a gorgeous black-lacquer Shigeru Kawai donated for this performance.

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

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

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

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