Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

4. In the Hall of the Mountain King (piano solo)

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"In the Hall of the Mountain King" is a piece of orchestral music composed by Edvard Grieg in 1875 as incidental music for the sixth scene of act 2 in Henrik Ibsen's 1867 play Peer Gynt. It was originally part of Opus 23 but was later extracted as the final piece of Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op. 46. Its easily recognizable theme has helped it attain iconic status in popular culture, where it has been arranged by many artists.
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About Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

Peer Gynt, Op. 23, is the incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's 1867 play of the same name, written by the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg in 1875. It premiered along with the play on 24 February 1876 in Christiania.
The above text from the Wikipedia article "Peer Gynt (Grieg)" text is available under CC BY-SA 3.0.

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I Dovregubbens hall

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