Grieg's music in popular culture Piano Concerto in a sketch on the 1971 Morecambe and Wise Christmas special that featured Andre Previn. Grieg's music in popular culture The music of the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg has been used extensively in media, music education, and popular music. For the 150th anniversary of his birth, Norway organized a huge celebration, "Grieg in the Schools", which included programs for children from pre-school to secondary school in 1993. The programs were repeated in 1996 in Germany, and called "Grieg in der Schule", in which over a thousand students participated. There were Grieg observances in 39 countries, from Mexico to
Harald Grieg 1964, he was chairman of the Foundation for Swedish-Norwegian Cooperation ("Fondet for svensk-norsk samarbeid"). Grieg was the Commander of the Order of St. Olav (1962), Commander of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star, Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland and of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog. In 1958 he was awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize. Harald Grieg Harald Grieg (3 August 1894 – 6 October 1972) was a Norwegian publisher. He was director of Gyldendal Norsk Forlag and for many years was a leading figure in the Norwegian book industry. Grieg was born