Grieg, Nina (née Hagerup)

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Grieg, Nina (née Hagerup)

Grieg, Nina, (née Hagerup), Norwegian soprano; b. near Bergen, Nov. 24, 1845; d. Copenhagen, Dec. 9, 1935. Her father, Herman Hagerup, was a brother of Grieg’s mother. Nina Hagerup studied singing with Helsted; she met Edvard Grieg in Copenhagen, and married him on June 11, 1867. Her interpretations of his songs elicited much praise from the critics.

Bibliography

I. Haavet, N. G.: Kunstner og kunstnerhustru (Oslo, 1998).

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire

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