Major works of his include his series of Slatter dances, the Landsighting piece, the Haugtussa cycle, and the Holberg suite.  
He preferred writing for string orchestra, as exemplified by his elegiac melodies entitled "Heart Wounds" and "The Last Spring."  He studied at the Leipzig conservatory and soon after wrote his first piano concerto, which has been frequently criticized as an imitation of Schuman, though its piano part owes more to Liszt, the first musician of international stature to recognize his work.  Major works of his include his series of Slatter dances, the Landsighting piece, the Haugtussa cycle, and the Holberg suite.  FTP, name this composer, most famous for his Peer Gynt suite, which was inspired by a fellow Norwegian.
He preferred writing for string orchestra, as exemplified by his elegiac melodies entitled "Heart Wounds" and "The Last Spring."  
Edvard Hagerup Grieg