Strings — Practical study pieces
Romantic · 1884

Holberg Suite — Praeludium

E. GriegOp. 40 No. 1

Key
G
Time
C
Tempo
♩=132
AO focus
AO3

Incipit

Form

Praeludium opening Grieg's neo-Baroque suite for string orchestra. Five movements.

Teaching points

  • Neo-Baroque pastiche
  • G major sparkling string writing
  • AO3: 19th-century historicism
Full score ↓Public domain

Peters + Bärenreiter, PD.

Topic T11Topic T9