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suites are among his best-known works, although they began as incidental compositions. Suite No. 1, Op. 46 was published in 1888, and Suite No. 2, Op. 55 was published in 1893. A typical rendition of both suites lasts 20 to 35 minutes.
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The more he saturated his mind with the powerful poem, the more clearly he saw that he was the right man for a work of such witchery and so permeated with the
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to end the second Suite, and he also wondered about including
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certain sections for the suites. Peer Gynt's travels around the world and distant lands are represented by the instruments Grieg chooses to use.
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111:Performed
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565:trumpets
557:bassoons
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382:Act III
213:—
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312:Act II
298:Halling
127:Scoring
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