Richard Aaker Trythall Richard Aaker Trythall Richard Aaker Trythall (born July 25, 1939) is an American and Italian composer and pianist of contemporary classical music. Trythall was born on July 25, 1939 in Knoxville, Tennessee, the younger brother of composer Gilbert Harry Trythall. His family, related to composer Edvard Grieg, has Welsh and Norwegian ancestry, and moved to the United States from Norway. He attended Central High School in Knoxville and in 1958 he enrolled at the University of Tennessee, where he studied under David Van Vactor graduating with a Bachelor of Music in 1961. His interest in composition was fostered by Van
Cello Sonata (Grieg) amateur cellist.Friedrich Ludwig Grützmacher premièred the work with Grieg at the piano on 22 October 1883 in Dresden. The sonata has three movements: The work takes approximately 26 minutes to perform. Cello Sonata (Grieg) Edvard Grieg composed the Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36 for cello and piano, and his only work for this combination, in 1882–83, marking a return to composition following a period when he had been preoccupied with his conducting duties at the Bergen Symphony Orchestra as well as illness. The work borrows themes from Grieg's own "Trauermarsch zum Andenken an Richard Nordraak (Funeral March in