Edvard Grieg

Norway, 1862–1907

Norwegian composer (1843-1907). The Piano Concerto in A minor and the Peer Gynt music draw on Norwegian folk melody, largely in short lyric forms.

MusicRoots documents 2 artists who influenced Edvard Grieg and 0 artists Edvard Grieg influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Edvard Grieg?

• Robert Schumann — Grieg was trained at Leipzig in the Schumann tradition; his Piano Concerto is openly modelled on Schumann's in the same key.
• Frédéric Chopin — Chopin's poetic miniatures were the model for Grieg's Lyric Pieces — critics dubbed him 'the Chopin of the North'.