It's all GRIEG to me
Grieg never studied with this German Romanticist, but his influence is evident in Grieg's piano music, especially his "Lyric Pieces," of which there are 66.
Who is Robert Schumann?
Gesamtkunstwerk
Who is Wagner?
Treatise on Instrumentation and Orchestration
Who is Hector Berlioz?
This prince was Haydn's employer during the most productive period of his career, and was famed for his opulent lifestyle and the palace where he lived it.
Who is Prince Nicholas Esterhazy? (the "magnificent" or "ostentatious")
Primitivism
Who is Stravinsky or Milhaud? (and others)
Grieg wrote few large-form works, but those are arguably his most famous pieces. Foremost among them is the Peer Gynt suite, the fruit of collaboration with this Norwegian playwright, who is often called the "father of modern drama."
Who is Henrik Ibsen?
Trivia: Grieg himself declared that it was easier to make music "out of his own head" than strictly following suggestions made by Ibsen. For instance, Ibsen wanted music that would characterize the "international" friends in the fourth act, by melding the said national anthems (Norwegian, Swedish, German, French and English). Reportedly, Grieg was not in the right mood for this task.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Who is Anton Webern?
Heiligenstadt Testament
Who is Luigi Beethoven?
This man led the Ballets Russes and brought Stravinsky to Paris for provide new ballet music for his company.
Who is Sergei Diaghilev?
Tintinnabular(ism)
Who is Arvo Part?
You probably also know Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor, which was once sightread by this piano virtuoso (including the orchestral arrangement) in Rome to the delight of a captive audience.
Grieg complained that this pianist/composer played the first movement too fast; the pianist also gave Grieg recommendations on orchestration, which we chose not to implement.
Who is Franz Liszt?
Developing variation
Who is Brahms OR Schoenberg?
The Artwork of the Future
Who is Wagner?
And this man choreographed the succès de scandale which became Le sacre du printemps
Who is Vaslav Nijinsky?
Minimalism
Who is Reich, Eastman, Adams, Riley, or Glass?
Grieg was reluctant to infuse his music with Norwegian nationalism. He said this about probably his most famous piece, which has appeared in countless films and TV shows: "I have also written something for ________ – something that I literally can't bear listening to because it absolutely reeks of cow-pies, exaggerated Norwegian nationalism, and trollish self-satisfaction! But I have a hunch that the irony will be discernible."
What is the Hall of the Mountain King?
Musique concrete
Who is Pierre Schaefer?
The libretto to Wozzeck
Who is Alban Berg?
No discussion of the "Riot of Spring" would be complete without this charlatan, the so-called anthropologist and mystic who provided the scenario and set designs.
Who is Nicholas Roerich?
Late Romantic Maximalism
Who is Strauss or Mahler?
This Norwegian violin virtuoso, whom Schumann compared favorably to Paganini, convinced Edvard's parents to send him to the Leipzig Conservatory when he was only 15.
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Who is Ole Bull?
Empfindsamer stihl
Who is CPE Bach?
Gradus ad Parnassum
Who is Mozart or Beethoven or Haydn?
The choreographer of Copland's Appalachian Spring, which he simply titled "Ballet for _______."
Who is Martha Graham?
Dadaism
Who is Satie?