EDVARD GRIEG
Born in Bergen, Norway on June
15th, 1843
CHILDHOOD, FAMILY AND
MUSICAL TRAINING
• Grieg came from a
musical family.
• His mother was his
first piano teacher
(he began playing at
6 years old.)
• At nine, he began
composing.
• He went away to a
music conservatory in
Leipzig, Germany at the
age of 15. He
graduated at 19.
• He married his first
cousin, Nina, when he
was 24 years old.
• They had a daughter a
year later, who got sick
and died at 13 months
old.
HOW HE EARNED A LIVING, POPULARITY WITH
SOCIETY, INTERESTING FACTS, KINDS OF MUSIC
• He earned a living as a
concert pianist, Music
Director for the Bergen
Orchestra, conductor
and composer.
• He was very popular in
Norway. Much of his
music was based on
Norwegian folk music.
• There were 30,00040,000 people who
attended his funeral.
• He met and played his
piano music for Franz
Liszt and Tchaikovsky.
They were both
impressed!
• He wrote piano sonatas
and concertos as well
as concertos for string
instruments. He also
wrote symphonic
dances and songs, too.
• His most famous pieces
were written for a play
“Peer Gynt”.
WHEN AND HOW HE DIED
• He died in autumn of 1907 after a long
illness. He was 64 years old.
• His own funeral march as well as Chopin’s
were played at his funeral (per his request).
• He and his wife’s ashes are entombed in a
mountain crypt near his home in Norway.
“MORNING” FROM PEER
GYNT
• This is my favorite because I think it has
a pretty melody and I love the nature
pictures!
Peer playing in the forest.
The Troll Princess calls Peer to
come play in the Hall of the
Mountain King.
Peer sneaking into the Hall of
the Mountain King
Peer caught by the
Mountain King
Peer escaping from the Trolls.
Mary Had a Little Lamb
and
In the Hall of the Mountain King
from the Peer Gynt Suite
by
Edvard Grieg
S
• Now, take a look at
• “In the Hall of the Mountain King”.
•This comes from the Peer Gynt Suite.
It was written by a man named Edvard
Grieg.
•Something seems very familiar about
this piece of music.
A
Read this
section on
rhythm
syllables.
• Are there any differences between
“Mary Had a Little Lamb” and
the A section of “The Mountain
King”?
• If you answered “no”, you’re correct!
•Now, take a look at the B section.
Which measures are different? If
you’re having trouble, sing “Mary Had
a Little Lamb” and decide which
measure is different.
B
•Did you find the measures that are different?
•If you answered measures 6 and 7, you
are correct!
•Next, listen to the recording of:
“In the Hall of the Mountain King”
A
2x
B
2x
A
4x
B
2x
A
4x
B
2x
A
2x
CODA