Gerd Grieg Gerd Grieg Gerd Grieg, née Egede-Nissen (21 April 1895 – 9 August 1988) was a Norwegian stage and film actress. She was born in Bergen, Norway. Her parents were Georga Wilhelma Ellertsen (1871-1959) and politician Adam Egede-Nissen (1868-1953). Her siblings Aud Egede-Nissen, Ada Kramm, Stig Egede-Nissen, Lill Egede-Nissen and Gøril Havrevold became actors as well. Gerd Grieg made her acting début at the Nationaltheatret in 1910. During the German occupation of Norway, Gerd Grieg was active in supporting the Norwegian war effort from exile. Gerd Grieg mostly stayed in the United States and the United Kingdom, "entertaining Norwegian seamen like
Lyric Suite (Grieg) from Book IX, Op. 68. Lyric Suite (Grieg) Edvard Grieg's Lyric Suite is an orchestration of four of the six piano pieces from Book V of his "Lyric Pieces", Op. 54. Both Grieg and the Austro-Hungarian conductor Anton Seidl had a hand in the orchestration. It consists of three pieces revised by Grieg from Seidl's arrangements, and one piece arranged by Grieg alone. Grieg wrote the six "Lyric Pieces" of Book V for piano in 1891. The original order was: In 1894, Anton Seidl, the conductor of the New York Philharmonic, orchestrated four of the pieces for his orchestra to