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    • The Holberg Suite, Op. 40, more properly From Holberg's Time (Norwegian: Fra Holbergs tid), subtitled "Suite in olden style" (Norwegian: Suite i gammel stil), is a suite of five movements based on eighteenth-century dance forms, written by Edvard Grieg in 1884 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Dano-Norwegian humanist playwright Ludvig … See more

    Background

    The Holberg Suite was originally composed for the piano, but a year later was adapted by Grieg himself for See more

    Structure

    The movements of the suite are:
    1. Praeludium (Allegro vivace)
    2. Sarabande (Andante)
    3. Gavotte (Allegretto)
    4. Air (Andante religioso) … See more

    Piano version and string orchestration

    "The music is thought out most idiomatically for both forces." However, the version for string orchestra differs in a number of respects from the solo piano original. The prelude in the piano version opens with a series of … See more

    Notes

    1. ^ Krellmann, Hanspeter. Edvard Grieg (1999), Reinbek: Rowohlt ISBN 978-3-499-50430-3
    2. ^ Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Serenata of London, from the CD booklet by Leonard Burkat, 1987, MCD Records (b… See more

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