Holberg Suite

"Holberg Suite, Op.40" more properly "From Holberg's Time", (German: "Aus Holbergs Zeit", Norwegian: "Fra Holbergs tid"), but originally called "Suite in old style" ( _no. Suite i gammel 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 Danish-Norwegian playwright Ludvig Holberg.

It is an example of a piece of nineteenth century music which makes use of musical styles and forms from the preceding century. It can be compared with Franz Liszt's À la Chapelle Sixtine (1862) and contrasted with later neoclassical works.

This suite is not as famous as the incidental music from Peer Gynt, which is usually performed as arranged in a pair of suites itself, but many critics see them as equal. Fact|date=February 2007

The movements of the suite are:
#Praeludium
#Sarabande
#Gavotte
#Air (Andante religioso)
#Rigaudon

Though originally composed for the piano, the version most well known today is the arrangement by the composer for string orchestra.

External links

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* Performance in MP3 format at [http://www.logoslibrary.org/classical/grieg/index.html