Air and Rigaudon -from Holberg Suite
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Product ID: HE2 SO 23348
By Edvard Grieg
Publisher:
Highland Etling
Arranger:
McBrien
Series:
The Highland/Etling String Orchestra Series
Line Up:
String Orchestra
Duration:
7:00
Level: 4
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Holberg Suite was composed in the Baroque dance-suite style, and consists of five movements, with the "Air and Rigaudon" comprising the fourth and fifth of these. In this arrangement, careful attention has been paid to the original intentions in Grieg's masterpiece. All dynamics, accents and stylistic markings should be observed in preparing this work, as it will bring out the wonderful subtleties in Grieg's writing.
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Composer
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Edvard Hagerup Grieg (15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt (which includes Morning Mood and In the Hall of the Mountain King), and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.
Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in Bergen, Norway on 15 June 1843. His parents were Alexander Grieg (1806–1875), a merchant and vice consul in Bergen, and Gesine Judithe Hagerup (1814–1875), a music teacher and daughter of Edvard Hagerup.[2][3] The family name, originally spelled Greig, has Scottish origins. After the Battle of Culloden in 1746, however, Grieg's great-grandfather traveled widely, settling in Norway about 1770, and establishing business interests in Bergen.
Grieg is renowned as a nationalist composer, drawing inspiration from Norwegian folk music. Early works include a symphony (which he later suppressed) and a piano sonata. He also wrote three sonatas for violin and piano and a cello sonata
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