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Publisher. Info.
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Holograph manuscript, 1884.
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Misc. Notes
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Color scan. Date on cover is not date of composition, it is date of premiere- see Wikipedia.
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Editor
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Dan Fog
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Publisher. Info.
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Samlede verker, Band 17: Choral Music without Orchestra Original Compositions and Arrangements of Own Works. Frankfurt: C.F. Peters, 1985. Plate 31300.
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scan: score scanned at 600dpi (High Quality Scanning)
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General Information
Work Title
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Holberg Cantata
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Alternative. Title
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Kantate ved Holbergmonumentet Afsløring
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Composer
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Grieg, Edvard
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Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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EG 171
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IEG 32
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Key
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B-flat major
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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4 movements
- Allegro con brio = 100 — Allegro marcato = 66 — Andante = 66 — Allegro marcato — Andantino (Soli eller Dobbelkvartet) (B♭ major)
- Molto Andante = 88 (G minor)
- Allegro molto vivace = 132 (B♭ major)
- Allegro moderato e maestoso = 92 (B♭ major)
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1884
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First Performance.
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1884 December 3
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First Publication.
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1972
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Librettist
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Nordahl Rolfsen
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Language
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Norwegian (Bokmal)
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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Piece Style
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Romantic
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Instrumentation
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baritone, male chorus (TTBB)
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External Links
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Wikipedia article (Dutch)
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Navigation etc.
Premiere of concert contained also premiere of the string orchestra version of the From Holberg's Time suite.
Wikipedia gives mixed chorus, not men's chorus but seems here to be mistaken.
Published in 1972 in a book "Four unknown cantatas by Grieg" but it seems not earlier.