Visual Timeline: Edvard Grieg

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1843 CE - 1907 CE: The life of the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg.
 
1843 CE: Edvard Grieg is born in Bergen, Norway.
 
1858 CE: Edvard Grieg enrols at the Leipzig Conservatory.
 
1863 CE: Edvard Grieg moves to Copenhagen.
 
1867 CE: Edvard Grieg moves to the Norwegian capital Christiania (now Oslo).
 
1867 CE: Edvard Grieg marries his cousin Nina Hagerup.
 
1868 CE: Edvard Grieg completes his Piano Concerto.
 
1872 CE: The first performance of Sigurd Jorsalfar, written by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and with instrumental music by Edvard Grieg.
 
1876 CE: The first performance of Peer Gynt, written by Henrik Ibsen with instrumental music by Edvard Grieg.
 
1884 CE: Edvard Grieg completes his Holberg Suite.
 
1885 CE: Edvard Grieg begins to spend summers at Troldhaugen, his villa near Bergen.
 
1897 CE: Edvard Grieg completes his Slåtter (Norwegian Dances).
 
1906 CE: Edvard Grieg undertakes his final concert tour in England.
 
1907 CE: Edvard Grieg dies of lung disease in Bergen, Norway.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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