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Bibb Graves (1873–1942), Governor of Alabama, and his first cousin, politician Dixie Bibb (1882–1965) Edvard Grieg (1843–1907), Norwegian composer and pianist, and his first cousin, Danish–Norwegian lyric soprano Nina Hagerup (1845-1935) [21] H. Sir Henry Halford, 2nd Baronet and his first cousin, Barbara Vaughan
Nina Grieg, née Hagerup (24 November 1845 – 9 December 1935) ... She was the first cousin of composer Edvard Grieg, whom she married in 1867. [1] Career
Edvard Hagerup Grieg (/ ɡ r iː ɡ / GREEG, Norwegian: [ˈɛ̀dvɑʈ ˈhɑ̀ːɡərʉp ˈɡrɪɡː]; 15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist.He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide.
Both of Storm's grandfathers were nephews of the Norwegian violinist Ole Bull and were also first cousins of the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg. [2] [3] In 1919, Storm Bull began his formal musical training at the Laboratory Schools of the University of Chicago, the American Conservatory of Music, and the Chicago Musical College.
Edvard and Nina Grieg lived in Troldhaugen when he was home in Norway, mostly in the summer. Troldhaugen was the home of Edvard Grieg from April 1885 to his death. After the death of her husband in 1907, Nina Grieg moved to Denmark, where she spent the remainder of her life. Grieg's and his wife's ashes rest inside a mountain tomb near the ...
Grieg is a Norwegian surname originating from the Scottish surname Greig, [1] notably Alexander Greig, great-grandfather of Edvard Grieg. The spelling "Grieg" reflects the Scots pronunciation of "Greig" at the time the name migrated. (In Scots, ei is regularly pronounced 'ee', e.g. heid [=head].) Notable people with this surname include the ...
Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer Nina Grieg, Norwegian singer, cousin and wife of Edvard Grieg Edvard Grieg, arr. Robert Wright and George Forrest: Song of Norway; Gen Leslie Groves, American military officer John Adams: Doctor Atomic; Matthias Grünewald, German renaissance painter Paul Hindemith: Mathis der Maler
Song of Norway is a 1970 American biographical drama musical film adaptation of the successful operetta of the same name, directed by Andrew L. Stone.. Like the play from which it derived, the film tells of the early struggles of composer Edvard Grieg and his attempts to develop an authentic Norwegian national music.