Grieg, Edvard
(1843–1907)> COMPOSER
Grieg, Edvard (15 June 1843, Bergen; 4 September 1907, Bergen), composer, received his first piano instruction from his mother before he left his native city to study under Moscheles , Reinecke , and Wenzel at Leipzig. He went to Copenhagen in 1863 and returned to Norway finally in 1866 to found a Norwegian Academy of Music. Grieg now joined forces with Ibsen and Björnson to enrich and to spread the culture of his homeland, and he displayed an active interest in the stage by doing the music for…