Holberg Suite

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Holberg Suite is a popular orchestral and piano suite by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg that evokes Baroque dance forms through a Romantic-era lens.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral work
piano composition
suite
alsoKnownAs Fra Holbergs tid NERFINISHED
From Holberg’s Time
basedOn Baroque dance forms
composer Edvard Grieg NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Norway
dedicatedTo Ludvig Holberg NERFINISHED
form suite
genre Romantic music
neoclassical music
hasPart Air NERFINISHED
Gavotte
Musette NERFINISHED
Praeludium NERFINISHED
Rigaudon NERFINISHED
Sarabande NERFINISHED
inspiredBy Ludvig Holberg NERFINISHED
language instrumental
laterInstrumentation string orchestra
movementType air
gavotte
prelude
rigaudon
sarabande
notableFor evoking Baroque dance forms through a Romantic lens
popularity in the string orchestra repertoire
numberOfMovements 5
originalInstrumentation piano
period Romantic era
style Baroque pastiche
typicalEnsemble chamber orchestra
string orchestra

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Edvard Grieg notableWork Holberg Suite