Edvard Grieg (1843 – 1907)
From Holberg's Time op. 40
Suite in the Old Style Version for String Orchestra
string orchestra
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Details
- For
- string orchestra
- Product Type
- Score (Urtext edition)
- Author / Composer
- Edvard Grieg
- Editor
- Ernst-Günter Heinemann
- Product number
- 1781493
- Release Year
- 2024
Description
The occasion for the composition, described as a “suite in the old style”, was the 200th birthday of the Norwegian-Danish poet Ludvik Holberg (1684–1754), which was celebrated in Bergen with several festive events. Initially, a piano version of the work was written in August 1884, but the composer already had the arrangement for string orchestra in mind, which he made just one month later. As a starting point, Grieg chose baroque dance movements from Holberg’s era, but skilfully combined them wi...
Content
- Prelude op. 40,1
- Sarabande op. 40,2
- Gavotte op. 40,3
- Air op. 40,4
- Rigaudon op. 40,5