Edvard Grieg
<p><strong>Edvard Hagerup Grieg</strong> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a title="Help:IPA/English" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English">/<span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span>/</a></span></span> <a title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key"><em title="English pronunciation respelling">GREEG</em></a>, <span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Norwegian:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="no-Latn-fonipa"><a title="Help:IPA/Norwegian" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Norwegian">[ˈɛdvaʁd<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈhɑ̀ːɡəʁʉp<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈɡʁɪgː]</a></span>; 15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907) was a Norwegian <a title="Composer" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composer">composer</a> and <a title="Pianist" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pianist">pianist</a>. He is widely considered one of the leading <a title="Romantic music" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic_music">Romantic era</a> composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use of <a title="Music of Norway" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Norway">Norwegian folk music</a> in his own compositions brought the music of Norway to fame, as well as helping to develop a <a title="Norwegian romantic nationalism" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_romantic_nationalism">national identity</a>, much as <a title="Jean Sibelius" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Sibelius">Jean Sibelius</a> did in <a title="Finland" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland">Finland</a> and <a title="Bedřich Smetana" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed%C5%99ich_Smetana">Bedřich Smetana</a> in <a title="Bohemia" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemia">Bohemia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-isbn1-84383-210-0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Grieg#cite_note-isbn1-84383-210-0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Grieg is the most celebrated person from the city of <a title="Bergen" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen">Bergen</a>, with numerous statues that depict his image and many cultural entities named after him: the city's largest concert building (<a title="Grieg Hall" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grieg_Hall">Grieg Hall</a>), its most advanced music school (<a title="Grieg Academy" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grieg_Academy">Grieg Academy</a>) and its professional choir (Edvard Grieg Kor). The Edvard Grieg Museum at Grieg's former home, <a title="Troldhaugen" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troldhaugen">Troldhaugen</a>, is dedicated to his legacy.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Grieg#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Grieg#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Grieg#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Grieg#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p>