The Incidental music to Peer Gynt, Op. 23, was written in 1875 by Edvard Grieg for Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's play of the same name. It premiered along with the play on 24 February 1876 in Christiania (now Oslo).
Later, in 1888 and 1891, Grieg extracted eight movements to make two four-movement suites:
For many years, the suites were the only parts of the music that were available, as the original score was not published before 1908, one...
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The Incidental music to Peer Gynt, Op. 23, was written in 1875 by Edvard Grieg for Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's play of the same name. It premiered along with the play on 24 February 1876 in Christiania (now Oslo).
Later, in 1888 and 1891, Grieg extracted eight movements to make two four-movement suites:
For many years, the suites were the only parts of the music that were available, as the original score was not published before 1908, one year after Grieg's death, by Johan Halvorsen.
Various recordings have been made of this music. Some recordings that claim to contain the complete incidental music have 33 cuts, however, that conducted by Ola Kristian Ruud is split into 49 cuts. However, both recordings include several verses from the drama, read by actors.
The original score contains 26 movements:
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