Grieg
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Norway
Although it is not a musical "superpower",
Norway gained its uniqueness in the world of symphonic music thanks to
its national composer - Grieg.
Grieg saw it as his obligation to incorporate Norwegian
folk music in his composition, in order to face up to the Danish
cultural influence of his days. He
arranged many of the popular songs and dances, and combined tunes in his
people's spirit's in his works. A very good example of this deployment
is his suite
"Peer-Gynt"
- a series of short movements written for a play by the famous dramatist
Ibsen. "Norwegian
country dances" are also clearly among the most famous national
pieces Grieg wrote for piano.
It is no coincidence, that Grieg, who made Norwegian
folk music world famous, became a national hero in his life, yet after
his death Norway returned to its anonymity, to a great extent.
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