Holberg Suite

The Holberg Suite, Op. 40, more properly "From Holberg's Time"
Holberg Suite, Op. 40
(Norwegian: Fra Holbergs tid, German: Aus Holbergs Zeit), subtitled
1. Praeludium
"Suite in olden style" (Norwegian: Suite i gammel stil, German: Suite
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im alten 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 2. Sarabande
playwright Ludvig Holberg.
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It exemplifies nineteenth century music which makes use of musical

styles and forms from the preceding century
. 3. Gavotte-Musette-Gavotte
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The movements of the suite are:

1. Praeludium (Allegro vivace)

4. Air
2. Sarabande (Andante)
3. Gavotte (Allegretto) 0:00
4. Air (Andante religioso)
5. Rigaudon (Allegro con brio)
5. Rigaudon
The Holberg Suite was originally composed for the piano, but a year
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later was adapted by Grieg himself for string orchestra. The suite
consists of an introduction and a set of dances. It is an early essay in Performed by a
computer/synthesizer.
neoclassicism, an attempt to echo as much as was known in Grieg's
time of the music of Holberg's era.[1]
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Although it is not as famous as Grieg's incidental music from Peer
[2]
Gynt, which is itself usually performed as arranged in a pair of suites, many critics regard the works as of equal merit.

Notes
1. Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusick, Serenata of London, from the CD booklet written by Leonard Burkat, 1987, MCD
Records (barcode 0-7674-25162-2-2)
2. Krellmann, Hanspeter. Edvard Grieg (1999), Reinbek: Rowohlt ISBN 978-3-499-50430-3

External links
Holberg Suite: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project(IMSLP)
Performance of string orchestra versionby A Far Cry from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museumin MP3 format
Holberg Suite playlist on YouTube, piano version by Joel Hastings

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