Download Erward Grieg

Municipal General Establishment
“Lyceum Vector”
Presentation executed by
Alexandra Retinskaya
11 A
Presentation supervised by
N.M.Zhuravlyova
Khabarovsk, 2009
Early years
Important periods of life
Famous pieces of music
Interesting fact
Used material
Questions
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Edvard Hagerup Grieg (June
15, 1843 – September 4,
1907) was a Norwegian
composer and pianist who
composed in the Romantic
period. He is best known for
his Piano Concerto in A
minor, for his incidental
music to Henrik Ibsen's play
Peer Gynt (which includes
Morning Mood and In the
Hall of the Mountain King),
and for his collection of
piano miniatures Lyric
Pieces.
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Grieg was born in Bergen, Norway
on 15 June 1843.His mother, Gesine
B. Hagerup, became his first piano
teacher, who taught him to play
from the age of 6. He studied in
several schools including Tank's
School, and often brought in
examples of his music to class.
Grieg enrolled in the conservatory,
concentrating on the piano, and
enjoyed the numerous concerts and
recitals given in Leipzig. He disliked
the discipline of the conservatory
course of study, yet he still achieved
very good grades in most areas
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In 1971 he organized a community of
musicians to increase the activity of
cultural life in the town. He wrote a
concerto for the pianoforte, the
Second Sonata for the violin and the
pianoforte, the first copybook of
Lyric Plays.
During these years Edward Grieg
wrote a lot of songs on texts of
Andersen, Ibsen.
In the beginning of the 70s Grieg
dreamed about composing an opera.
Musical dramas and the theatre were
the greatest wish to him.
A few years ago a composer got a
proposal to write a piece of music for
the drama “Peer Gynt”.
Communication with one of the
most talented writer of Norway
gave a big interest to Grieg
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The performance of “Peer
Gynt” in Christiania on 24th
February 1876 was a success.
Grieg’s music became
popular in Europe. A new
period of composition
began! He finished his work
as a conductor and started
writing songs. The most
famous are “In the forest”,
“Spring”, “The sea shines in
bright sky”, “Good morning”
and others.
In 1888 Grieg met
Tchaikovsky in Leipzig. It was
a great meeting!
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The last period of life was
full of pianoforte music and
songs. From 1891 till 1901
Grieg wrote six copybooks
of “Lyric plays”. Some vocal
cycles were perfomed
during those years.
The last great orchestral
work was “Symphony
dances” devoted to nation
and folk music.
In April of 1907 the
composer made a big tour
through Norway and
Germany
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Morning
In the hall of the Mountain King
Good morning
The first meeting
Kobold
A call from another world
Once Grieg gave his concert in a
town and decided to end it
with Beethoven's piece. The
next day a critic wrote a very
bad essay about his concert.
He wrote: “the last piece is
the worst in the world!”
Then Grieg called to that critic
and said: “I’m a spirit if
Beethoven. I must tell you
that the last piece in Grieg’s
concert was mine!”
Well, that critic got a fit…
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www.wikipedia.org
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1. What is the last big work of Edward Grieg?
2. What interesting fact connects Grieg and
Beethoven?