Question

This composer claimed that the only pianist who played his transcriptions of peasant dances called slåtter ("SLOH-ter”) with the right feeling was his ardent champion Percy Grainger. This composer used a melody beginning "4 Gs, then G, E, F" in a collection's first and last pieces: (0[1])a waltz (20[1]0[1])called "Remembrances" (20[2])and an "Arietta." (20[3])An (20[1])A minor concerto by Robert Schumann inspired another by this composer (20[1])that ends with a (*) Halling dance and begins with a timpani roll (10[1])before the pianist (10[1])enters. This composer of Lyric Pieces wrote incidental music to a (10[1])scene (0[1])in which trolls try to kill and eat a character who later wakes up while “Morning Mood” plays. For 10 points, name this Norwegian composer of “In the Hall of the Mountain King”. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Edvard Grieg [or Edvard Hagerup Grieg]
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