Rock N Pop What Is Your Opinion Of Edvard Grieg

What are some rock, pop, hip-hop, folk, or country songs with melodies based off of classical music?

Can't Help Falling In Love With You, famously performed by Elvis Pressley and many other pop artists, was originally composed in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini as Plasir d'amour. It was a pop love song of its time, not exactly classical.The Sweetest Sounds from the 1962 musical No Strings is based on a melody from the final movement of the Piano Concerto No.2 by Brahms.Till the End of Time, a hit song in 1945, is based on the melody of the Polonaise in A-flat by Frédéric Chopin.I'm Always Chasing Rainbows was a popular song for many years of the twentieth century. It used the melody of the Fantaisie-Impromptu in C#minor by Frédéric Chopin.Many bluegrass and country artists perform a 1902 German military march, Under the Double Eagle by Joseph Wagner. Among the performers who have played it were Roy Clark and Chet Atkins. That's somewhat ironic, because many German things were banned in the United States during the World Wars as being unpatriotic. (Sauerkraut was renamed "liberty cabbage.")On the first Emerson, Lake and Palmer album, Keith Emerson recorded a keyboard piece he called The Barbarian and credited it to himself. This was a rendition of a piano piece by Béla Bartok titled Allegro Barbaroso. At that time (1970) Bartók was dead, but his widow phoned Lake (the producer) to complain, but she was ignored. Finally, the Bartók Foundation sued, and won a substantial settlement.ELP later did many more rock arrangements of classical pieces, including Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition suite, the Hoedown from Rodeo and Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copland (this time used with permission) and several others.Manfred Mann's Earth Band played the melody from Jupiter from The Planets (1914) by Gustav Holst.The entire Broadway musical Kismet is based on the music of Alexander Borodin. It includes the popular hit, “Stranger in Paradise.”The SRC from Detroit often played In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg, and so do bands of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra franchise as well as other bands I've never heard of before.I disagree that A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum is based on the Air (on G-string) from Bach's Suite No. 3. It isn't.

Which are the most known Norwegian philosophers, artists, writers, poets, musicians, composers, and other personalities that define the Norwegian culture?

I would nominate six names as the most internationally well-known and influential culture personalities in Norwegian history.Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906)Ibsen is considered the father of the modern drama and is widely regarded as the world’s greatest playwright post-Shakespeare. He is Norway’s most famous writer and arguably our most famous cultural figure.Famous works: Brand (1866), Peer Gynt (1867), A Doll’s House (1879), Ghosts (1881), The Wild Duck (1884), Hedda Gabler (1890).Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)Grieg is one of the most well-known Romantic composers and was a leading figure in the Norwegian romantic nationalism movement of the late 1800s. Some of his music is instantly recognizable throughout the world.Famous works: The Peer Gynt Suite (1875), including iconic movements like In the Hall of the Mountain King and Morning Mood. Also, the Holberg Suite (1884).Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944)Munch was one of the most influential painters of modern art and inspired the German Expressionist movement. He was a pioneer in using abstract, psychological themes in his work. The Scream is an iconic painting.Famous works: The Scream (1893), Madonna (1892–1895).Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952)Hamsun’s career spanned over 70 years and many different genres. He pioneered a psychological style of writing and practically invented the stream of consciousness narrative technique. He won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1920. Although his reputation was blemished by his nazi support during the war, Hamsun’s books remain popular.Famous works: Hunger (1890), Growth of the Soil (1917), On Overgrown Paths (1949).Kirsten Flagstad (1895 - 1962)Flagstad is widely regarded as the greatest dramatic soprano ever, and has been called “the voice of the 20th century”. She became world-famous when touring the United States in the 1930s, performing in Wagnerian operas.Famous works: Isolde in Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde at the Metropolitan Opera.Liv Ullmann (1938 - )Norway’s most famous actress ever is best known for her roles in Ingmar Bergman movies in the 1970s. Ullmann was nominated for two Academy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards, winning one for The Emigrants in 1972. She is also a renowned film director.Famous works: The Emigrants (1971), Scenes From a Marriage (1973), Face to Face (1976).