Edvard Grieg
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Norwegian composer and pianist
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Why Is Edvard Grieg Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Edvard Hagerup Grieg 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. His use of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions brought the music of Norway to fame, as well as helping to develop a national identity, much as Jean Sibelius did in Finland and Bedřich Smetana in Bohemia.
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