General
Early Life and Images
Adult Life
Music
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Why was his mother important in his early musical life?
She was his first piano teacher.
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Where was Greig born
Bergen Norway
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Who did Grieg Marry?
On 11 June 1867, Grieg married his first cousin, Nina Hagerup (1845–1935), a lyric soprano
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True or false: Greig's music was only written for piano.
False. While piano was his primary instrument, he wrote many symphonies as well.
200
Grieg had a pet statue of a _________. What did he use it for?
A frog. He rubbed it for good luck before concerts.
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In what city did Grieg study in a music conservatory?
Leipzig Germany
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What type of music was Grieg's Music inspired by and make popular?
Norwegian Folk Music
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Under what music era does Grieg's music fall?
Romantic era
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In what country in the Grieg Academy of Music?
Norway
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Who did Grieg meet that helped get into conservatory?
Famous violinist ole Bull who was also a family friend.
300
In what European city did Grieg meet composer Franz List and gain fame?
Rome
300
For which play did Grieg compose "Hall of the Mountain King"?
Peer Gynt
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What was Grieg's family original name? Where were they from?
Scotland and their name was Greg after clan Gregor
400
Greig hated school. He just wanted to play music. What did he do to get out of school?
He walked in the rain so that he would be soaked, and teachers would send him home to change.
400
Greig was given honorary doctorates by which two prestigious English Universities?
Oxford and Cambridge.
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Who wrote "Peer Gynt"?
Famous Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen
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How did Grieg die?
He had many lung complications his whole life, after a terrible infection when he was young. But eventually he travelled and pushed himself too much, he died from extreme exhaustion in 1907.
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Left.
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How did Grieg's daughter die?
Meningitis
500
What British rock band has their own version of Grieg's work?
The Who