Grieg's music drew on the Norwegian folk tunes of his homeland. He wrote many songs and piano miniatures. He was a leading composer of the Romantic era and brought the music of Norway to an ...

A violist, Code also specializes in the performance of Norwegian folk music and dance and has taught at the International Workshops in Stavanger, Norway.

Grieg’s music is Norway in just the same way that Elgar and Vaughan Williams are England. It is full of the idioms of Norwegian folk music synthesised with the German Romantic tradition. Like Chopin, ...

It eschewed the tradition of American jazz standards and often used Norwegian folk music as the basis for its compositions.

Grieg's music drew on the Norwegian folk tunes of his homeland. He wrote many songs and piano miniatures. He was a leading composer of the Romantic era and brought the music of Norway to an ...