A portrait of Norway in music: Grieg violin-piano sonatas at the Athenaeum

San Diego Union-Tribune

By MARCUS OVERTON

In his own country, in his lifetime, Edvard Grieg struggled for recognition. Even though he had studied with the foremost Nordic composer of the previous generation — the Danish master Niels Gade — Grieg had left the north for additional training in Germany. This was a transgression his compatriots found hard to overlook.

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