Ingrid's Lament, the Abduction of the Bride
Arabian Dance, the Salute to Peer
Peer Gynt's Return Home, the Home Coming
Solvejg's Song, the Heroine
Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite was written as Incidental Music in 1875 to a play of the same name by a Norwegian playright Henrik Isben, which was based on Norse Fairy Tales
The plot concerns a young Norwegian "Peer Gynt" who dreams of becoming Emperor of the World. His adventures include abducting a bride to be during her wedding, later abandoning her for another woman and being tormented and chased by gnomes and trolls. He travels to Morocco where he poses as a "Prophet", where is double crossed by an Arabian Princess. Finally, he returns to Norway to the land of the Trolls and the Old Man of Dovre, whose daughter and Kingdom he wants for himself
In 1888 and 1891, Grieg combined eight pieces into two Suites with four pieces each, the first Suite being Opus 46
