Edvard Grieg (Bergen, 15 June 1843 – Bergen, 4 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist.

After Ibsen asked Edvard Grieg to compose the incidental music for his drama, the musical score soon took its own independent path. From the 22 pieces of the score intended for the Theater (op. 23) Grieg decided to derive the two Symphonic Suites of four episodes each (op. 46 and op. 55), which became his most popular Compositions and have thus come down to us.

Parts of this Suite op. 46, p...