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	Grieg's Home in 'Troll Country
		Bergen is famous for its old wooden houses, narrow alleyways, open-air fish market on the wharf in the middle of town, funiculars and cable cars to the tops of mountains, and a thriving cultural life.
		Troldhaugen (Hill of the Trolls) is about a half-hour from Bergen by bus or car.
		Built in 1885 on a hill that, according to local legend, was a haunt for trolls - the little fantasy folk of Norway - Troldhaugen served as a summer retreat for Grieg and his wife, Nina.
	www.simplysharing.com /grieg.htm (628 words)

	GoNorway - Famous Norwegians Edvard Grieg in Norway
		Luckily he was able to return to Norway and Troldhaugen for the summers, and through walks in the nature get his energy back before he left for Europe in the autumn.
		They had left Troldhaugen for the season and lodged at Hotel Norge in Bergen, waiting for the boat that should take them to England via the continent.
		Today, Troldhaugen is a living museum consisting of the Edvard Grieg Museum, the Villa, the Composer´s Hut, Edvard Grieg´s tomb and Troldsalen.
	www.gonorway.no /norway/articles/grieg/37/index.html (3236 words)

	Norway: Troldhaugen - The Home of Edvard Grieg - Troldhaugen - Edvard Grieg's hjem - Attractions and Events in Bergen - ...
		Troldhaugen - the home of Nina and Edvard Grieg is one of the great tourist attractions in Norway.
		Today Troldhaugen is a living museum, consisting of the Edvard Grieg Museum, the house, the composer’s cabin, the tomb and Troldsalen.
		The interior of the house and the composer’s cabin are authentic, and in the lounge the composer’s own Steinway, a gift on the occasion of the couple’s silver wedding anniversary in 1892, is still used for recitals during the Bergen International Festival and on special, occasions as well as for private recitals.
	www.bergen-guide.com /65.htm (484 words)

	Edvard Hagerup Grieg
		I 1855 flyttet Grieg til Troldhaugen hvor han og hans kone Nina bodde resten av deres liv.
		Den andre fiolin sonaten, skrevet i Norge, var den hvor det norske elementet virkelig kom inn i musikken.
		I 1885 flyttet Grieg inn i sitt nye hjem "Troldhaugen" hvor han og hans kone Nina bodde resten av deres liv.
	www.sheilascorner.com /norway.shtml (643 words)

	classical music - andante - revelations at the bergen festival
		And a few miles from the city center is the house he built in 1885, called Troldhaugen: a modest wooden villa on a hill-top overlooking lakes and trees.
		But this particular down-the-road pianist happened also to be the current master of the Grieg piano repertory, Leif Ove Andsnes: resident of Bergen, former student of the town conservatory and an artist whose international career began with performances in the town Festival.
		If you've heard his EMI recordings of the Lyric Pieces — the most recent of which was made at Troldhaugen on Grieg's Steinway — you'll appreciate the magnificence of scale he brings to these otherwise intimate scores, which were composed like diary sketches through extended periods of the composer's life.
	www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=17207&highlight=1&highlightterms=&lstKeywords= (1452 words)

	- Edvard Grieg Museum Troldhaugen
		Troldhaugen consists of the Edvard Grieg Museum, Grieg’s villa, the hut where he composed music and his gravesite.
		It also includes Troldsalen, a concert hall with seating for 200 visitors, which is the centre for Troldhougen’s extensive concert activity.
		Troldhaugen’s goal is to provide visitors with opportunities to learn about Edvard Grieg and to engage with his music.
	www.kunstmuseeneibergen.no /Default.asp?enhet=troldhaugen&sp=2 (98 words)

	Troldhaugen, Norway. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
		These urban outskirts are not in themselves appealing, but tucked away among them is Troldhaugen (Hill of the Trolls; May–Sept daily 9am–6pm; Oct & Nov Mon–Fri 10am–2pm, Sat & Sun noon–4pm; mid-Jan to April Mon–Fri 10am–2pm; www.troldhaugen.com; 50kr), Edvard Grieg's lakeside home and one of the region's most popular attractions.
		Located about 7km south of downtown off the E39, it's accessible by public transport, though this is a bit of a pain outside June to August, and there are organized excursions from Bergen too, from about 250kr.
		In summer the Attractions bus makes visiting Troldhaugen quick and straightforward, departing from outside the tourist office, amongst several central locations; tickets and bus route maps from either the driver or the tourist office.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/norway/troldhaugen (343 words)

	Vil frede Troldhaugen - Kultur - NRK Nyheter (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kari Hop Skiftesvik i Troldhaugens venner frykter at området blir ødelagt av båt- og veitrafikk rundt et boligkompleks på opptil seks etasjer.
		Kari Hop Skiftesvik frykter at Troldhaugen vil miste den freden og roen som Grieg satte sånn pris på.
		Planene for utbygging ved Troldhaugen er ute til høring fram til 22.
	www.nrk.no /nyheter/kultur/4607082.html (313 words)

	Edvard Grieg
		Edvard and Nina are buried in a cave on their estate Troldhaugen.
		Today, Troldhaugen is a museum where one can see the original furniture of the house, Grieg’s photo albums and the piano where he often played.
		Troldhaugen is one of the major tourist attraction sites in Bergen.
	library.thinkquest.org /18802/norgrieg.htm (698 words)

	NAHA // Norwegian-American Studies
		In the autobiography, too, is the story of his early experiences in the Scandinavian newspaper world in Minneapolis, where he went after coming from Norway to Chicago to report the World's Fair of 1893, and where he began an American career that he had not anticipated.
		The western hill back of the college, with the river below, is the scene of a sketch in which he gives the reader a glimpse of the loneliness of the immigrant's heart, a moment of sunset beauty.
		As much a part of the living room of Troldhaugen as the Stokkestad portrait was a woven tapestry characteristic of the Norwegian folk art that was carried on in modern Norway largely through the efforts of two of Prestgard's cousins.
	www.naha.stolaf.edu /pubs/nas/volume15/vol15_6.htm (2607 words)

	Transocean Cruises - Book
		This tour will introduce you to two of the city’s main attractions: Troldhaugen, the home of the composer Edvard Grieg, and the new Fantoft Stave Church.
		From the quayside, we drive through the busy harbour area, passing the German Pier ‘Bryggen’ with its old wooden warehouses from the Hanseatic period, and then pass by Grieg Hall, the concert hall that bears the composer’s name, as it was originally his idea to host an annual music festival in Bergen.
		Leaving the city centre, we continue through the countryside to Troldhaugen, for twenty-two years the home of Edvard Grieg, Norway’s most famous composer.
	www.transoceancruises.co.uk /excursion_detail.asp?id=200 (323 words)

	Crystal Cruises - Shore Excursion Details
		A minivan is provided to drive guests that have limited walking abilities from the bus parking lot to Troldhaugen grounds.
		The walk to Troldhaugen is approximately eight minutes over level, gravel surfaces.
		Summary of Highlights: Troldhaugen, including an exclusive piano recital at Troldsalen Concert Hall.
	www.crystalcruises.com /window_excursion.aspx?EX=BRG-B&CID=4220&CD=08/09/2004 (231 words)

	enghtml
		April 22.: Nina and Edvard move in at Troldhaugen.
		September 4.: Dies at the municipal hospital in Bergen.
		The exhibition aims to give an introduction to Edvard Grieg's life and music, as well as a presentation of his home at Troldhaugen.
	home.online.no /~trold/bios/enghtml.htm (283 words)

	Edvard Grieg Society - About Edvard Grieg
		Troldhaugen, Grieg's estate (The Edvard Grieg Museum, Norway)
		Edvard Grieg was born on June 15, 1843, in Bergen on the west coast of Norway and died in Bergen on September 4, 1907.
		Throughout his later years Grieg was a traveling ambassador for his own music, appearing before enthusiastic audiences as a conductor pianist in a number of European music centers, such as Amsterdam, Berlin, Birmingham, Cologne, Copenhagen, London, Munich, Paris, Prague, Stockholm, Vienna, and Warsaw.
	www.edvardgriegsociety.org /abouteg.html (472 words)

	About the museum - Edvard Grieg Museum Troldhaugen
		Edvard Grieg Museum Troldhaugen / About the museum /
		Nina and Edvard Grieg’s home was built in 1885, and the couple lived there the last 22 summers of Edvard Grieg’s life.
		In the latter building one can find the new permanent exhibition (opened in 2007), the museum shop, storage magazines, administration offices, a café and public facilities.
	www.kunstmuseeneibergen.no /default.asp?enhet=troldhaugen&kat=242&sp=2 (106 words)

	Troldhaugen Lodge in Jindabyne
		The Troldhaugen Lodge is centrally located in a quiet cul-de-sac street in Jindabyne.
		The Troldhaugen Lodge is great value accommodation and the friendly atmosphere you get when you stay here will see you coming back to the Troldhaugen year after year.
		Troldhaugen lodge rooms all have ensuites, heating and all linen and towels are supplied.
	www.snowholidays.com.au /Troldhaugen_Lodge.html (207 words)

	(GCHW6Z) Troldhaugen (sroib # 9) by Ole og Susanne
		I den vakre sveitservillaen bodde Edvard og Nina Grieg fra 1885 og til Edwards død i 1907.
		I dag er Troldhaugen et levende museum som omfatter villaen, komponisthytta, gravstedet og konsertsalen Troldsalen.
		We continued our cultural cache evening with a visit to Troldhaugen, yet another place which Pappa hasn't been, shame on him.
	www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCHW6Z (521 words)

	Borders - Store Inventory - Title Detail - Grieg: Lyric Pieces (Performed on Grieg's Piano)
		In other words, he is playing the instrument upon which these pieces were written played in the room in which they were written.
		From the early delicate Arietta (1867) through the sensuous Notturno (1883) and the aching Homesickness (1893) to the shimmering Evening in the Mountains (1898), Andsnes seems in complete sympathy with Grieg's exquisite miniatures.
		And when Grieg does ask for virtuoso technique as in the rapturously joyous Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Andsnes, the model of a modernist virtuoso, tears through it with ecstatic abandon.
	www.bordersstores.com /search/title_detail.jsp?id=53079627 (408 words)

	Norway Guide: Edvard Grieg Museum (Troldhaugen), Bergen - Top Tourist Attractions in Norway. Travel Europe
		Bergen: Troldhaugen will give you an introduction to the life and music of the composer Edvard Grieg and where he lived and worked.
		Troldhaugen is a living museum which comprises Edvard and Nina Grieg's villa, the composer's hut, the tomb, the Troldsalen concert hall and Edvard Grieg Museum.
		The old buildings and even the gardens are well preserved.
	www.norwayguide.no /ta/edvard-grieg.htm (279 words)

	Bergen : In Depth (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He'd married Nina Hagerup, the Norwegian soprano, and together they moved into Troldhaugen, their coastal home that today is one of the major sightseeing attractions of Bergen.
		It was at Troldhaugen that Grieg created such works as Piano Sonata for Violin and Piano in C minor, the Haugtussa Songs, and the Norwegian Peasant Dances.
		But he always came back to Troldhaugen for the summer.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=3082&catID=3082010012 (871 words)

	Tours (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Today Troldhaugen is a living museum, consisting of the house (villa), the composer's cabin, the tomb, the sod-roof concert hall Troldsalen, and he Edvard Grieg Museum (opened in 1995) housing a permanent exhibition,
		In the evening return to Troldhaugen for dinner and a private concert.
		In 1885, the same year Troldhaugen was built, Grieg went on a two week walking tour in Jotunheimen with a friend.
	www.norskedalen.org /tours.html (2599 words)

	About the Musicians (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sandra recently presented a short recital on the 1892 Steinway which belonged to the composer Edvard Grieg and which remains in the villa of his estate, Troldhaugen, in Bergen, Norway.
		In August of 2002 she performed again at Troldhaugen, presenting a recital of the music of both Edvard Grieg and the American composer Edward MacDowell on the summer concert series there.
		She was the first artist ever to play the music of MacDowell at Troldhaugen.
	www.frederickcollection.org /Carlock.html (364 words)

	Music
		Travels to Leipzig, London (2x), Copenhagen and Troldhaugen.
		Travels to Berlin, Leipzig, Manchester, London, Paris (2x), Bruxelles, Kristiania and Troldhaugen.
		Travels to Paris, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Berlin, Copenhagen, Kristiania, Troldhaugen (summer) and Copenhagen (winter stay).
	home.online.no /~brinchma/music.html (238 words)

	Troldhaugen - Reviews and Ratings of Sights in Bergen - New York Times Travel
		Troldhaugen - Reviews and Ratings of Sights in Bergen - New York Times Travel
		His Steinway grand piano is frequently used at concerts given in the house during the annual Bergen festival, and at Troldhaugen's summer concerts.
		Grieg and his wife, Nina, a Norwegian soprano, are buried in a cliff grotto on the estate.
	travel.nytimes.com /travel/guides/europe/norway/bergen/attraction-detail.html?vid=1154654623299 (171 words)

	Ref: P10103 - Cottage in Snowy Mountains Australia
		Skis and boots to suit all ages are also fitted by the local shop professional.
		As you enter you will be greeted by the warm atmosphere that is Troldhaugen.
		From the friendly hosts that see to all your needs, to the large relaxing areas that you soak up as your day unfolds.
	www.holidayhomesaus.com /properties/propDetails.php?id=10103 (330 words)

	Music listening Grieg4-Nina and Troldhaugen
		He wrote many pieces for her including a Silver Wedding anniversary surprise in 1892.
		had invited 100 guests to his home for supper at Troldhaugen, their house on the outskirts of Bergen, without first consulting Nina!
		Tastefully decorated internally with a grand piano in the lounge which was dominated by a Rose window he had bought for
	www.rondrew.co.uk /music/grieg/grieg4.htm (254 words)

Troldhaugen, Edvard Grieg's Home, Museums, Bergen

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