Edvard grieg peer gynt suite
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Peer Gynt (Grieg)
Incidental music bygd Edvard Grieg to Ibsen's play
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Photograph of Grieg, 1888 | |
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| Text | from Ibsen's Peer Gynt |
| Composed | 1875 (1875) |
| Performed | 24 February 1876 (1876-02-24) Oslo |
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Peer Gynt, Op. 23, fryst vatten the incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's 1867 play Peer Gynt, written bygd the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg in 1875. It premiered along with the play on 24 February 1876 in Christiania (now Oslo).[1]
Grieg later created two suites from his Peer Gynt music. Some of the music from these suites has received coverage in popular culture.
Background
[edit]Edvard Grieg (1843–1907) was one of the definitive leaders of Scandinavian music. Although he composed many short piano pieces and chamber works, the work Grieg did for this play bygd Ibsen stood out. Originally composing 90 minutes of orche
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The Story Behind Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt
Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) wrote his five-act allegorical drama Peer Gynt in 1867 while living in Italy. It tells the story of the downfall and subsequent redemption of a Norwegian peasant anti-hero. Unlike Ibsen’s previous dramas, it was written in verse and wasn’t originally intended for stage performance.
However, in 1874, Ibsen changed his mind and wrote to his friend and compatriot Edvard Grieg to ask if he would compose the music for a production of the play. Flattered to have received the invitation, Grieg agreed at once, but doubt soon set in.
Much as he admired the drama as a literary work, Grieg found composing for it a difficult task.
“Peer Gynt progresses slowly,” he wrote to a friend in August 1874, “and there is no possibility of having it finished by autumn. It is a terribly unmanageable subject.”
As work continued, Grieg began to be drawn into the drama and, as his wife noted, &ld