Holberg Suite [SEP] instrumentation
movements of the suite are:
1. Praeludium (Allegro vivace)
2. Sarabande (Andante)
3. Gavotte (Allegretto)
4. Air (Andante religioso)
5. Rigaudon (Allegro con brio)
The "Holberg Suite" was originally composed for the piano, but a year later was adapted by Grieg himself for string orchestra. The suite consists of an introduction and a set of dances. It is an early essay in neoclassicism, an attempt to echo as much as was known
Holberg
Holberg may refer to:
- Holberg, British Columbia, a community in British Columbia
- Holberg (crater), a crater on Mercury
- Holberg Suite, a suite of five movements written by Edvard Grieg
- The Holberg Prize, established by the government of Norway
- The Holberg Medal, an award to a Danish author of fiction or writer on science
People with the surname.
- Brittany Holberg a woman currently on death row in the U.S. state of Texas.
- Christen