Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2

Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg originally wrote Peer Gynt as the incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's 1867 play of the same name, which premiered in 1876. Later, in 1888 and 1891, Grieg extractedeightmovements to make two four-movement suites: Suite No. 1, Op. 46 (Morning, The death of Åse, Anitra's dance, and In the hall of the mountain king), and Suite No. 2, Op. 55 (The abduction of the bride,Arabiandance, Peer Gynt's homecoming (stormy evening on the sea) and Solveig's song). Some of these movements have received coverage in popular culture, and are thus well-recognised everywhere.

This edition of thePeer GyntSuites is arranged for Grade 8 Piano solo.