Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His
Grieg in 1888
Statue of Grieg by Ingebrigt Vik in Bergen
Edvard Grieg (1891), portrait by Eilif Peterssen
Grieg and Nina Hagerup (Grieg's wife and first cousin) in 1899
"Morning Mood", commonly referred to simply as "Morning", 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 include
Edvard Grieg
…cello sonata. Grieg composed the incidental music for Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt, which includes the excerpts "In the Hall of the Mountain King" and "Morning Mood." In an 1874 letter to his friend Frants Beyer, Grieg expressed his unhappiness with "In the Hall of the Mountain King," one of the movements in the…