Grieg is an English word starting with the letter G, with synonyms like composer. With 10+ example sentences you'll see exactly how it works in context.
Synonyms of Grieg
Using Grieg
- Useful related words include: edvard grieg, edvard hagerup grieg, composer.
- In the example corpus, grieg often appears in combinations such as: edvard grieg, grieg museum, and grieg.
Context around Grieg
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Grieg
- In this selection, "grieg" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, edvard, troldhaugen, composer, museum, himself and 1843 stand out and add context to how "grieg" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1907 interview grieg stated i and admirer of grieg s music. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "grieg" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with grieg
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Laerum OD. Edvard Grieg's health and his physicians. (9 words)
Grieg himself recorded many of these piano works before his death in 1907. (13 words)
Spencer Myer is the featured soloist for the Norwegian composer Grieg’s Piano Concerto. (14 words)
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) forged a musical style that was compounded of his life experiences amidst the beauties of the Norwegian landscape; health issues and one major loss; and the tunes and folk songs he heard and made part of his very soul. (43 words)
His next play, Brand (1865), brought him the critical acclaim he sought, along with a measure of financial success, as did the following play, Peer Gynt (1867), to which Edvard Grieg famously composed incidental music and songs. (37 words)
In a 1907 interview, Grieg stated: “I have written Norwegian Peasant Dances that no one in my country can play, and here comes this Australian who plays them as they ought to be played! (34 words)
In a 1907 interview, Grieg stated: “I have written Norwegian Peasant Dances that no one in my country can play, and here comes this Australian who plays them as they ought to be played! (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
On Grieg's first visit, they went over Grieg's Violin Sonata No. 1, which pleased Liszt greatly.
The Edvard Grieg Museum in Troldhaugen (Grieg's former home in Bergen) is dedicated to his legacy.
Spencer Myer is the featured soloist for the Norwegian composer Grieg’s Piano Concerto.
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) forged a musical style that was compounded of his life experiences amidst the beauties of the Norwegian landscape; health issues and one major loss; and the tunes and folk songs he heard and made part of his very soul.
The evening continues with the dramatic and deeply heartfelt incidental music of Grieg’s Peer Gynt and concludes with the grandiose finale, Sibelius’ patriotic Second Symphony.
Piano Recital by Jeremy and Brian Heald who will present a delightful programme of popular classical music featuring works by Rachmaninov, JS Bach, Schubert, Gershwin, Tchaikovsky and Grieg.
After the Battle of Culloden in 1746, Grieg's great-grandfather, Alexander Greig, Nils Grinde.
Grainger was a great admirer of Grieg's music and a strong empathy was quickly established.
Grieg also made live-recording player piano music rolls for the Hupfeld Phonola piano-player system and Welte-Mignon reproducing system, all of which survive today and can be heard.
Grieg had close ties with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (Harmonien), and later became Music Director of the orchestra from 1880 to 1882.
Grieg himself recorded many of these piano works before his death in 1907.
Grieg himself was unable to be there due to conducting commitments in Christiania (as Oslo was then named).
Grieg studied in several schools, including Tanks Upper School, Tanks School and the N.P.S, Norwegian Private School.
Grieg was admitted many times to spas and sanatoria both in Norway and abroad.
His next play, Brand (1865), brought him the critical acclaim he sought, along with a measure of financial success, as did the following play, Peer Gynt (1867), to which Edvard Grieg famously composed incidental music and songs.
In a 1907 interview, Grieg stated: “I have written Norwegian Peasant Dances that no one in my country can play, and here comes this Australian who plays them as they ought to be played!
In Norway the work of collectors such as Ludvig Mathias Lindeman was extensively used by Edvard Grieg in his Lyric Pieces for piano and in other works, which became immensely popular.
In particular Arnulf Øverland 's Vi overlever alt (We survive everything) and Nordahl Grieg's Friheten (Freedom) were well received.
Laerum OD. Edvard Grieg's health and his physicians.
Later years Edvard Grieg Museum in Troldhaugen The Norwegian government provided him with a pension.
Common combinations with grieg
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: