Definition of Edvard grieg

1. Noun. Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907).

Exact synonyms: Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Grieg
Generic synonyms: Composer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Edvard Grieg

Edna O'Brien
Edna Saint Vincent Millay
Edo
Edom
Edomite
Edomites
Edouard Lemaitre
Edouard Manet
Edouard Vuillard
Edridge-Green lamp
Edronax
Edsel Bryant Ford
Eduard Buchner
Education Department
Education Secretary
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Hagerup Grieg
Edvard Munch
Edward
Edward Albee
Edward Antony Richard Louis
Edward Appleton
Edward Benjamin Britten
Edward Bouverie Pusey
Edward Calvin Kendall
Edward Durell Stone
Edward Estlin Cummings
Edward Everett Hale
Edward Fitzgerald

Literary usage of Edvard grieg

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. From Grieg to Brahms: Studies of Some Modern Composers and Their Art by Daniel Gregory Mason (1902)
"... edvard grieg O the musical amateur no contemporary composer is better known than Grieg. ... edvard grieg."

2. In Viking Land: Norway: Its Peoples, Its Fjords and Its Fjelds by Will Seymour Monroe (1908)
"... Nordraak, Winter-Hjelm, and Christian Sinding — Women composers — edvard grieg the greatest of Norwegian creative tone-artists — His early training and ..."

3. The Appreciation of Music, Vol. II: Great Modern Composers by Daniel Gregory Mason, Mary L. Mason (1916)
"CHAPTER VIII edvard grieg HE intense spirit of nationalism which swept over the people of Europe in the late sixties and the early seventies was felt and ..."

4. The Lure of Music: Depicting the Human Side of Great Composers, with Stories by Olin Downes, Columbia Graphophone Company (U.S.) (1918)
"These things are told in the music of edvard grieg. Grieg came of Scotch ancestry. His great-grandfather's name was Greig, ..."

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