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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). [1] Grieg later created two suites from his Peer Gynt music.
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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Reportedly, Grieg was not in the right mood for this task. [citation needed] The music of these suites, especially "Morning Mood" starting the first suite, "In the Hall of the Mountain King", and the string lament "Åse's Death" later reappeared in numerous arrangements, soundtracks, etc.
The following is a sortable list of compositions by Edvard Grieg (1843–1907). [1] The works are categorized by genre, catalogue number, date of composition and titles. Catalogue numbers (Cat. No.) of compositions by Edvard Grieg include, according to the catalogue compiled by Dan Fog and the Edvard Grieg Committee: [2] Opus numbers (Op.) 1–74
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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Alistair Hinton: Variations and Fugue on a theme of Grieg, Op. 16 (piano, 1970–78; on "The Death of Ase" from Peer Gynt) [14] Nikolai Myaskovsky: The final movement of his String Quartet No. 3 is a set of variations on a theme of Grieg; Maurice Ravel: Variations on a Theme of Grieg ("The Death of Ase" from Peer Gynt; piano; 1888) (lost)