Morning Mood
"Morning Mood"(Norwegian:Morgenstemning i ørkenen,lit. 'Morning mood in the desert') is part ofEdvard Grieg'sPeer Gynt,Op.23, written in 1875 asincidental musictoHenrik Ibsen'splay of the same name,and was also included as the first of fourmovementsinPeer Gynt Suite No. 1,Op. 46.
Music[edit]
Written inE major,themelodyuses thepentatonic scaleand alternates betweenfluteandoboe.Unusually, the climax occurs early in the piece at the firstfortewhich signifies the sun breaking through.[1]Thetime signatureis6
8and the tempo instruction isAllegretto pastorale.It isorchestratedforflutes,oboes,clarinets,bassoons,horns,trumpets,timpani,andstring section.A performance takes about four minutes.
Setting[edit]
The piece depicts therising of the sunduring Act 4, scene 4, of Ibsen's play, which finds Peer Gynt stranded in the Moroccan desert after his companions took hisyachtand abandoned him there while he slept. The scene begins with the following description: "Dawn.Acaciasandpalm trees.Peer [Gynt] is sitting in his tree using a wrenched-off branch to defend himself against a group of monkeys. "[2]
As thePeer Gyntsuitestake their pieces out of the original context of the play, "Morning Mood" is not widely known in its original setting, and images of Grieg'sScandinavianorigins more frequently spring to the minds of its listeners than those of thedesertit was written to depict.[3]
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References[edit]
- ^Edvard Grieg (1843–1907) Vol. 4: Peer Gynt Suites; Orchestral Songs,Naxos Records,liner notes byBjarte Engeset
- ^Ibsen, Henrik (2016). "Act 4, Scene 4".Peer Gynt[Peer Gynt and Brand]. Translated byHill, Geoffrey.Penguin.
- ^Jeal, Erica (2001-08-11)."Prom 27:Peer Gynt".The Guardian.Archivedfrom the original on 2013-10-02.Retrieved2012-01-02.
one listened differently to "Morning" on discovering that it doesn't illustrate dawn in the fjords but a hazy sunrise in the middle of the Sahara.
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