Holberg Suite, Op.40 (Grieg, Edvard)

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For Strings

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Cypressdome (2014/5/18)

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Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Vangi (2019/4/28)

Performer Pages London Symphony Orchestra (orchestra)
Publisher Info. Club National du Disque (Phonothèque de la Culture), 1963. P. 609.
Performers Alexander Paris (conductor)
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4 more: 2. Sarabande • 3. Gavotte • 4. Air • 5. Rigaudon

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Performer Pages Stuttgarter Kammerorchester (orchestra)
Karl Münchinger (conductor)
Publisher Info. London Records, 1960. STS 15044.
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Performer Pages Rudolph Ganz (conductor)
American Artists Symphony Orchestra (orchestra)
Publisher Info. Grand Award, 1955. G. A. 33-307.
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Performer Pages London String Orchestra (orchestra)
Walter Goehr (conductor)
Publisher Info. His Master's Voice, 1938. C 3059-3060.
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For Mixed Chorus and Organ (Stenov)

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Performer Pages Cantores Carmeli Linz (chorus)
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For Recorder Ensemble (Papalin)

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4 more: 2. Sarabande • 3. Gavotte • 4. Air • 5. Rigaudon

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For 4 Accordions and Bass Accordion (De Bra)

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Performers Professor P (Paul De Bra playing 4 different accordions and bass accordion)
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Michrond (2012/4/30)

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Feduol (2022/9/12)

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1884 (July).
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No.2151, n.d.[1884]. Plate 6827.
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Editor Hermann Kretzschmar (1848-1924)
Publisher. Info. Klavierwerke, Band III (pp.64-80)
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No.3100, n.d.[1907]. Plate 10038.
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Aldona (2013/3/30)

Editor Constantin von Sternberg (1852-1924)
Publisher. Info. Library of Musical Classics, Vol.812
New York: G. Schirmer, 1904. Plate 17135.
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Editor Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe (1926-2013)
Publisher. Info. Samlede verker, Band 2 (pp.118-35)
Frankfurt: C.F. Peters, 1986. Plate 31462.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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Arranger Joshua Choe
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Arranger Michel Rondeau
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For Strings (Grieg)

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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[1886]. Plate 6887, 6888.
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[1886]. Plate 6887, 6888.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A1042
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Although Hans Sitt arranged most of Grieg's popular pieces for violin and piano, he did not arrange this one.
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Ernst Eulenburg, n.d.(ca.1920). Plate E.E. 6053.
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Publisher. Info. Samlede verker, Band 9 (pp.106-22)
Frankfurt: C.F. Peters, 1978. Plate 31065.
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For 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons and 2 Horns (Clements)

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Arranger Patrick Clements (b. 1943)
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For Piano 4 hands (Kirchner)

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Arranger Theodor Kirchner (1823-1903)
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For Piano 4 hands

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Publisher. Info. Grieg — Oeuvres à quatre mains, Vol.2 (pp.50-71)
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For Saxophone and Organ (Legrand)

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For Cello and Piano

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Editor Alwin Schroeder (1855-1928)
Publisher. Info. Alwin Schroeder's Solo Concert Repertoire, Book IV
Boston: The Boston Music Company, 1928. Plate B.M.Co. 5837.
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Air (No.4)

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For Piano violin cello (Riesenfeld)

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Publisher. Info. New York: T.B. Harms, 1913.
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Free Recordings

Piano (original)
1. Praeludium
2. Sarabande
3. Gavotte
4. Air
5. Rigaudon
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General Information

Work Title Fra Holbergs tid, Suite i gammel stil
Alternative. Title Aus Holbergs Zeit, Suite im alten Stil ; From Holberg's Time, Holberg Suite
Name Translations Suite pour cordes du Temps de Holberg; Holberg Suite; Aus Holbergs Zeit; ホルベアの時代から; Suita "Z czasów Holberga"; Fra Holbergs tid; Fra Holbergs tid - Suite i gammel stil; Suite Holberg; Z časů Holbergových; Holbergsuiten; סוויטת הולברג; 霍尔堡组曲; Из времён Хольберга
Name Aliases ホルベルク組曲; ホルベアの時代より; ホルベルグ組曲; Holberg-suiten; Holberg-Suite
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 311796562; LCCN: n81073858; GND: 300062176
Composer Grieg, Edvard
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.40
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IEG 33
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 movements:
  1. Praeludium. Allegro vivace (G major)
  2. Sarabande. Andante espressivo  = 52 (G major)
  3. Gavotte. Allegretto  = 80 (G major) — Musette. Un poco più mosso (C major)
  4. Air. Andante religioso  = 54 (G minor)
  5. Rigaudon. Allegro con brio  = 144 (G major) — Trio. (G minor)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1884
First Publication. 1884 - Leipzig: Peters
Dedication Erika Lie-Nissen
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation piano
External Links Wikipedia article
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Extra Information Commissioned for a commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Ludwig Holberg's birth

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  • The work is originally for piano, although the composer's arrangement for string orchestra is more well-known.