In the hall of the Mountain King - wikipedia In the hall of the Mountain King `` In the Hall of the Mountain King '' Performed by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra Problems playing this file ? See media help. `` In the Hall of the Mountain King '' ( Norwegian : I Dovregubbens hall ) 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 ( See Grieg 's music in popular culture ). The English translation of the name is not literal. Dovre is a mountainous region in Norway, and `` gubbe '' translates into ( old ) man or husband. `` Gubbe '' is used along with its female counterpart `` kjerring '' to differentiate male and female trolls, `` trollgubbe '' and `` trollkjerring ''. In the play, Dovregubben is a troll king that Peer Gynt invents in a fantasy. Contents 1 Setting 2 Music 3 Lyrics of the song in Peer Gynt 4 See also 5 Notes 6 External links Setting The two - phrase theme, written in the key of B minor The piece is played as the title character Peer Gynt, in a dream - like fantasy, enters `` Dovregubbens ( the troll Mountain King 's ) hall ''. The scene 's introduction continues : `` There is a great crowd of troll courtiers, gnomes and goblins. Dovregubben sits on his throne, with crown and sceptre, surrounded by his children and relatives. Peer Gynt stands before him. There is a tremendous uproar in the hall. '' The lines sung are the first lines in the scene. Grieg himself wrote `` For the Hall of the Mountain King I have written something that so reeks of cowpats, ultra-Norwegianism, and ' to - thyself - be-enough - ness ' that I ca n't bear to hear it, though I hope that the irony will make itself felt. '' The theme of `` to thyself be... enough '' -- avoiding the commitment implicit in the phrase `` To thine own self be true '' and just doing enough -- is central to Peer Gynt 's satire, and the phrase is discussed by Peer and the mountain king in the scene which follows the piece. Music Part 2 of the theme The piece is in the overall key of B minor. The simple theme begins slowly and quietly in the lowest registers of the orchestra, played first by the cellos, double basses, and bassoons. After being stated, the main theme is then very slightly modified with a few different ascending notes, but transposed up a perfect fifth ( to the key of F - sharp major, the dominant key, but with flattened sixth ) and played on different instruments. The two groups of instruments then move in and out of different octaves until they eventually `` collide '' with each other at the same pitch. The tempo gradually speeds up to a prestissimo finale, and the music itself becomes increasingly loud and frenetic. Lyrics of the song in Peer Gynt ( The troll - courtiers ) : Slagt ham ! Kristenmands søn har dåret Dovregubbens veneste mø ! Slagt ham ! Slagt ham ! ( a troll - imp ) : Må jeg skjære ham i fingeren ? ( another troll - imp ) : Må jeg rive ham i håret ? ( a troll - maiden ) : Hu, hej, lad mig bide ham i låret ! ( a troll - witch with a ladle ) : Skal han lages til sod og sø ? ( another troll - witch, with a butcher knife ) : Skal han steges på spid eller brunes i gryde ? ( the Mountain King ) : Isvand i blodet ! Slay him ! The Christian man 's son has seduced the fairest maid of the Mountain King ! Slay him ! Slay him ! May I hack him on the fingers ? May I tug him by the hair ? Hu, hey, let me bite him in the haunches ! Shall he be boiled into broth and bree to me Shall he roast on a spit or be browned in a stewpan ? Ice to your blood, friends ! See also Classical music portal Grieg 's music in popular culture Notes Jump up ^ Ibsen, Henrik ( 1985 ) ( First published 1876 ). Peer Gynt. Peter Watts ( trans. ). Penguin. p. 67. Jump up ^ Ibsen, Henrik ( 1985 ) ( First published 1876 ). Peer Gynt. Peter Watts ( trans. ). Penguin. p. 17. Jump up ^ Santon, Tim. `` Ibsen 's Peer Gynt ''. Stella Books : Featured Books. External links Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 : Scores at the International Music Score Library Project ( IMSLP ) Edvard Grieg Symphonic music In Autumn Holberg Suite Lyric Suite Symphonic Dances Two Elegiac Melodies Concertante Piano Concerto Chamber music Cello Sonata Piano Sonata String Quartet No. 1 Violin Sonatas Piano solo Ballade in the Form of Variations on a Norwegian Folk Song Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak Lyric Pieces Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Incidental music Peer Gynt In the Hall of the Mountain King Morning Mood Sigurd Jorsalfar Vocal music Haugtussa Named for Grieg Edvard Grieg oil field Grieg Academy Grieg ( crater ) Grieg Hall Family Harald Grieg Nina Grieg Related articles Edvard Grieg -- mennesket og kunstneren Grieg 's music in popular culture Grieg 's Piano Concerto In A Minor ( song ) Griegprisen Norwegian romantic nationalism Song of Norway ( operetta ) Song of Norway ( film ) Troldhaugen List of compositions by Edvard Grieg Category : Compositions by Edvard Grieg Henrik Ibsen 's Peer Gynt ( 1876 ) Inspirations Per Gynt Jo Gjende Films Peer Gynt ( 1915 ) Peer Gynt ( 1919 ) Peer Gynt ( 1934 ) Stage Peer Gynt ( 1938 Egk opera ) Peer Gynt ( 1998 play ) Music Peer Gynt ( 1875 incidental music ) `` In the Hall of the Mountain King '' `` Morning Mood '' Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G. ( 1961 ) `` Trying To Be Me '' ( 2000 ) Other Bøyg Classical music portal Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=In_the_Hall_of_the_Mountain_King&oldid=844593043 '' Categories : Compositions by Edvard Grieg 1875 compositions Theme music Fictional trolls Goblins Compositions in B minor Adaptations of works by Henrik Ibsen Peer Gynt Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Articles containing Norwegian - language text Works with IMSLP links Articles with International Music Score Library Project links Talk Contents About Wikipedia Беларуская ( тарашкевіца ) ‎ Български Català Deutsch Español فارسی Français Italiano Nederlands Norsk Norsk nynorsk Polski Português Русский Suomi Svenska 7 more Edit links This page was last edited on 5 June 2018, at 21 : 27 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. 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Question: when was in the hall of the mountain king made
Answer: 1875