Anitras Dance

Peer Gynt, Op. 23 is the incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play of the same name, written the Receiver (Tjuven og heilaren); Arabian Dance (Arabisk dans) ; Anitra's Dance (Anitras dans); Peer Gynt's Serenade (Peer Gynts serenade).
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  1. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1.
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Some of these movements have received coverage in popular culture; see Grieg's music in popular culture. Edvard Grieg was one of the definitive leaders of Scandinavian music and his influence was great. Although composing many short piano pieces and chamber works, the work Grieg did for Henrik Ibsen stood out.

Originally composing 90 minutes of orchestral music for the play, he later went back and extracted certain sections for the suites.

Anitra's Dance by Grieg for piano duet

Peer Gynt's travels around the world and distant lands are represented by the instruments Grieg chooses to use. The Peer Gynt suites are among his best-known works, however they initially began as incidental compositions. When Ibsen asked Grieg to write music for the play in , he enthusiastically agreed.

However, it was much more difficult for Grieg than he imagined. It is a terribly unmanageable subject. In no case had I opportunity to write as I wanted Hence the brevity of the pieces," he said.


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For many years, the suites were the only parts of the music that were available, as the original score was not published until , 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 selections; [5] the recording conducted by Ole Kristian Ruud is split into 49 items.

Edvard Grieg Anitra's Dance

The original score contains 26 movements: Anitra was the retarded infant daughter of the main character; but at least he used the name. Anitra was the hawk belonging to one of the central characters in the novel Windhaven by George R.

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