This composer wrote 14 variations on a folk song for his Opus 24 Ballade in G minor and used a three-note motif representing his initials to begin the melody of the first movement of his only piano sonata.
This composer wrote 14 variations on a folk song for his Opus 24 Ballade in G minor and used a three-note motif representing his initials to begin the melody of the first movement of his only piano sonata. A performance of Macbeth inspired his "Watchman's Song", which appears in a collection whose final piece, "Remembrances", contains a joking waltz quoting the theme of its first piece, "Arietta". Another work by this composer opens with (*) bassoons and pizzicato cellos playing a theme based on the first five notes of a minor scale and closes with a B-minor chord signifying a triumphant escape. This composer of Lyric Pieces also wrote a suite containing "Anitra's Dance" and "Morning Mood". For 10 points, name this man who composed "In the Hall of the Mountain King" for his incidental music to Peer Gynt and hailed from Norway.
This composer wrote 14 variations on a folk song for his Opus 24 Ballade in G minor and used a three-note motif representing his initials to begin the melody of the first movement of his only piano sonata.
Edvard Hagerup Grieg