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Peer Gynt
Single· 1988

Peer Gynt

Edvard Grieg

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Tracklist

  • 1Arabischer Tanz5:01
  • 2Der Brautraub4:32

About This Album

Peer Gynt (Norwegian pronunciation: ; English: /ˈpɪər ˈɡɪnt/) is a five-act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, loosely based on the fairy tale Per Gynt. Interpreted in its day as a satire on the Norwegian personality, Peer Gynt is the story of a life based on avoidance. Ibsen asked Edvard Grieg to compose incidental music for the play. Grieg composed a score that plays approximately ninety minutes. Grieg extracted two suites of four pieces each from the incidental music (Opus 46 and Opus 55), which became very popular as concert music. Only one of the sung parts

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