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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Holberg Suite canonical 1
Music for Holberg’s plays 1

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Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral work
piano composition
suite
alsoKnownAs Fra Holbergs tid
From Holberg’s Time
basedOn Baroque dance forms
composer Edvard Grieg
countryOfOrigin Norway
dedicatedTo Ludvig Holberg
form suite
genre Romantic music
neoclassical music
hasPart Air
Gavotte
Musette
Praeludium
Rigaudon
Sarabande
inspiredBy Ludvig Holberg
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edvard Grieg notableWork Holberg Suite
Johann Hartmann notableWork Music for Holberg’s plays
subject linked to: Johann Hartmann (composer)
linked to: Holberg Suite