Morgenstimmung peer gynt edvard grieg biography

Orchestral piece by Edvard Grieg

"Morning Mood" (Norwegian: Morgenstemning i ørkenen, lit. 'Morning mood in the desert')^{[citation needed]} is part of Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt, Op.

23, written in 1875 as incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play of the same name, and was also included as the first of four movements in Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46.

Music

Written in E major, the melody uses the pentatonic scale and alternates between flute and oboe.

Unusually, the climax occurs early in the piece at the first forte which signifies the sun breaking through.^[1] The time signature is ⁶
₈ and the tempo instruction is Allegretto pastorale.

Morgenstimmung peer gynt edvard grieg biography norway

It is orchestrated for flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, timpani, and string section. A performance takes about four minutes.

Setting

The piece depicts the rising of the sun during Act 4, scene 4, of Ibsen's play, which finds Peer Gynt stranded in the Mor