Edvard Grieg and Agathe Backer Grøndahl
ANNA HERSEY
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Agathe Backer Grøndahl, often called “The Clara Schumann of Norway,” was born in 1847 into an affluent family in Holmestrand. She and her three sisters received training in both music and art, and at age 10 she moved with the rest of her family to Oslo (at the time Christiania) so that she could receive more advanced training in piano and composition.
It is unknown how the 20-year-old pianist Agathe Backer came to Edvard Grieg’s a
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