Composer Study - Edward Grieg

Edward Grieg

"Artists like Bach and Beethoven erected churches and temples on the heights. I only wanted to build dwellings for men in which they might feel happy and at home"

Edward Grieg (1843 – 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist of the Romantic period. He survived two life threatening diseases (pleurisy and TB) in his teen years. He gave his first concert at age 18. Grieg became friends with poets, doctors and even Franz Liszt. His music helped shape Norwegian identity, especially with his most famous work, the Peer Gynt suite. The Peer Gynt suite (including In the Hall of the Mountain King) for the play, Peer Gynt by Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen.

Grieg’s Norwegian Sandnotter Cookies

Learn how to make this Norwegian dessert. Click on the picture below to go to the recipe.

Grieg’s Music

Song 1: In the hall of the mountain Kind

Music Class

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SONG 2: In the hall of the mountain king body percussion

Science Song

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Song 3: Norwegian Dances

Art Song

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Song 4: Lonely Wanderer

Literature Song

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Song 5: Solveig’s Song

History Song

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