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Peer Gynt, Op. 23, is the incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's 1867 play Peer Gynt, written by the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg in 1875. It premiered along with the play on 24 February 1876 in Christiania (now Oslo).
Peer Gynt ( / pɪər ˈɡɪnt /, Norwegian: [peːr ˈjʏnt, - ˈɡʏnt]) [ a] is a five- act play in verse written in 1867 by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. It is one of Ibsen's best known and most widely performed plays. Peer Gynt chronicles the journey of its title character from the Norwegian mountains to the North African desert and ...
See media help. " In the Hall of the Mountain King " (Norwegian: I Dovregubbens hall, lit. 'In the Dovre man's hall') is a piece of orchestral music composed by Edvard Grieg in 1875 as incidental music for the sixth scene of act 2 in Henrik Ibsen 's 1867 play Peer Gynt. It was originally part of Opus 23 but was later extracted as the final ...
See media help. " Morning Mood " (Norwegian: Morgenstemning i ørkenen, lit. 'Morning mood in the desert') [citation needed] is part of Edvard Grieg 's Peer Gynt, Op. 23, written in 1875 as incidental music to Henrik Ibsen 's play of the same name, and was also included as the first of four movements in Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 .
Henrik Johan Ibsen (/ ˈ ɪ b s ən /; [1] Norwegian: [ˈhɛ̀nrɪk ˈɪ̀psn̩]; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director.As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and the most influential playwright of the 19th century, as well of one of the most influential playwrights in Western literature ...
Harald Sigurd Johan Sæverud (17 April 1897 – 27 March 1992) was a Norwegian composer. [ 1] He is most known for his music to Henrik Ibsen 's Peer Gynt, Rondo Amoroso, and the Ballad of Revolt ( Norwegian: Kjempeviseslåtten ). Sæverud wrote nine symphonies and a large number of pieces for solo piano. He was a frequent guest conductor of his ...
Peer Gynt (Grieg) (5 P) Pages in category "Orchestral compositions by Edvard Grieg" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Peer Gynt is a 1938 opera by Werner Egk to a libretto after the play Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen. The premiere took place on 24 November 1938 at the Berliner Staatsoper where Egk was the conductor at the time. [1] The opera was controversial in the Nazi press. This criticism was quashed when Adolf Hitler, an attendee at the performance, allegedly ...