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Peer Gynt, Op. 23, is the incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's 1867 play Peer Gynt, written by the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg in 1875. It premiered along with the play on 24 February 1876 in Christiania (now Oslo).
Peer Gynt (/ p ɪər ˈ ɡ ɪ n t /, Norwegian: [peːr ˈjʏnt,-ˈɡʏnt]) [a] is a five-act play in verse written in 1867 by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. It is one of Ibsen's best known and most widely performed plays. Peer Gynt chronicles the journey of its title character from the Norwegian mountains to the North African desert and ...
Title/Work: Peer Gynt, Op. 23 Content: Peer Gynt Suite - Part 2: Death of Ase Composer: Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Conductor: Leo Blech (1871-1958) Genre: Incidental music (Compositions for symphonic orchestra) First recording date: 1921. First release date: 1921
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Swinging Suites by Edward E. & Edward G. (also known as Peer Gynt Suite/Suite Thursday) is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Columbia label in 1960 featuring a jazz interpretation of Peer Gynt by Grieg and Ellington's tribute to John Steinbeck's Sweet Thursday, co-written by Billy Strayhorn. [2]
Further celebrations of Grieg and his music were held in 2007, the 100th anniversary of his death. Bosnia and Herzegovina held a large-scale celebration, featuring Peer Gynt and the Piano Concerto in a public concert for children and adults. [2] [3] The July 2007 Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference featured Grieg's works. [4]
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Peer Gynt: Peer Gynt: Incidental music to the play by Henrik Ibsen: Piano: Op. 24: 1875–1876: Ballade i form av variasjoner over en norsk folkevise i g-moll: Ballade in the Form of Variations on a Norwegian Folk Song in G minor: Vocal: Op. 25: 1876: Sex Digte af Ibsens