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{{short description|Orchestral piece by Edvard Grieg}}
{{short description|Orchestral piece by Edvard Grieg}}
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"'''Morning Mood'''" ({{lang-no|Morgenstemning i ørkenen|translation=Morning mood in the desert|link=no|italic=no}}) is part of [[Edvard Grieg]]'s ''[[Peer Gynt (Grieg)|Peer Gynt]]'', [[Opus number|Op.]] 23, written in 1875 as [[incidental music]] to [[Henrik Ibsen]]'s [[Peer Gynt|play of the same name]], and was also included as the first of four [[Movement (music)|movements]] in [[Peer Gynt (Grieg)#Suite No. 1, Op. 46|''Peer Gynt Suite No. 1'', Op. 46]].
"'''Morning Mood'''" ({{langx|no|Morgenstemning i ørkenen|translation=Morning mood in the desert|link=no|italic=no}}){{citation needed|date=July 2024|reason="Morgenstemning i ørkenen" name not mentioned at nowiki, also quoted google search in Norwegian TLD has almost no hits}} is part of [[Edvard Grieg]]'s ''[[Peer Gynt (Grieg)|Peer Gynt]]'', [[Opus number|Op.]] 23, written in 1875 as [[incidental music]] to [[Henrik Ibsen]]'s [[Peer Gynt|play of the same name]], and was also included as the first of four [[Movement (music)|movements]] in [[Peer Gynt (Grieg)#Suite No. 1, Op. 46|''Peer Gynt Suite No. 1'', Op. 46]].


==Music==
==Music==
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==Setting==
==Setting==
The piece depicts the [[Sunrise|rising of the sun]] during Act 4, scene 1, of Ibsen's play, which finds Peer Gynt stranded in the Moroccan desert after his companions took his [[yacht]] and abandoned him there while he slept. The scene begins with the following description: "Dawn. [[Acacia]]s and [[Arecaceae|palm trees]]. Peer [Gynt] is sitting in his tree using a wrenched-off branch to defend himself against a group of monkeys."<ref>{{cite book| first=Henrik | last=Ibsen | translator-first=Geoffrey | translator-last=Hill | title=Peer Gynt | trans-title=Peer Gynt and Brand | translator-link=Geoffrey Hill | chapter=Act 4, Scene 4 | publisher=Penguin | publication-date=2016 }}</ref>
The piece depicts the [[Sunrise|rising of the sun]] during Act 4, scene 4, of Ibsen's play, which finds Peer Gynt stranded in the Moroccan desert after his companions took his [[yacht]] and abandoned him there while he slept. The scene begins with the following description: "Dawn. [[Acacia]]s and [[Arecaceae|palm trees]]. Peer [Gynt] is sitting in his tree using a wrenched-off branch to defend himself against a group of monkeys."<ref>{{cite book| first=Henrik | last=Ibsen | translator-first=Geoffrey | translator-last=Hill | title=Peer Gynt | trans-title=Peer Gynt and Brand | translator-link=Geoffrey Hill | chapter=Act 4, Scene 4 | publisher=Penguin | publication-date=2016 }}</ref>


As the ''Peer Gynt'' [[Suite (music)|suite]]s take their pieces out of the original context of the play, "Morning Mood" is not widely known in its original setting, and images of Grieg's [[Scandinavia]]n origins more frequently spring to the minds of its listeners than those of the [[desert]] it was written to depict.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2012-01-02|archive-date=2013-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002145937/http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2001/aug/11/artsfeatures.proms2001|date=2001-08-11|first=Erica|last=Jeal|quote=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.|title=Prom 27: ''Peer Gynt''|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/aug/11/artsfeatures.proms2001|url-status=live|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
As the ''Peer Gynt'' [[Suite (music)|suite]]s take their pieces out of the original context of the play, "Morning Mood" is not widely known in its original setting, and images of Grieg's [[Scandinavia]]n origins more frequently spring to the minds of its listeners than those of the [[desert]] it was written to depict.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2012-01-02|archive-date=2013-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002145937/http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2001/aug/11/artsfeatures.proms2001|date=2001-08-11|first=Erica|last=Jeal|quote=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.|title=Prom 27: ''Peer Gynt''|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/aug/11/artsfeatures.proms2001|url-status=live|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
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==External links==
==External links==
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*{{IMSLP|work=Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46 (Grieg, Edvard)|cname=''Peer Gynt'' Suite No. 1}}


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[[Category:1875 compositions]]
[[Category:1875 compositions]]
[[Category:Compositions by Edvard Grieg]]
[[Category:Compositions in E major]]
[[Category:Compositions in E major]]
[[Category:Peer Gynt (Grieg)]]
[[Category:Peer Gynt (Grieg)]]



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"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

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

Setting

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The piece depicts the rising of the sun during Act 4, scene 4, of Ibsen's play, which finds Peer Gynt stranded in the Moroccan desert after his companions took his yacht and abandoned him there while he slept. The scene begins with the following description: "Dawn. Acacias and palm trees. Peer [Gynt] is sitting in his tree using a wrenched-off branch to defend himself against a group of monkeys."[2]

As the Peer Gynt suites take their pieces out of the original context of the play, "Morning Mood" is not widely known in its original setting, and images of Grieg's Scandinavian origins more frequently spring to the minds of its listeners than those of the desert it was written to depict.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Edvard Grieg (1843–1907) Vol. 4: Peer Gynt Suites; Orchestral Songs, Naxos Records, liner notes by Bjarte Engeset
  2. ^ Ibsen, Henrik (2016). "Act 4, Scene 4". Peer Gynt [Peer Gynt and Brand]. Translated by Hill, Geoffrey. Penguin.
  3. ^ Jeal, Erica (2001-08-11). "Prom 27: Peer Gynt". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2012-01-02. 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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