Edvard Grieg Quotes


I have not the least doubt that school developed in me nothing but what was evil and left the good untouched.


Citations

Grieg, Edvard. "My First Success." The Contemporary Review, vol. 88, July 1905, p. 36.

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Edvard Grieg
Edvard Grieg
  • Born: June 15, 1843
  • Died: September 4, 1907
  • Nationality: Norwegian
  • Profession: Composer, Pianist

Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the main Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use and development of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions brought the music of Norway to international consciousness, as well as helping to develop a national identity, much as Jean Sibelius did in Finland and Bedřich Smetana did in Bohemia.