Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 - I. Morning Mood by Edvard Grieg Woodwind Ensemble - Digital Sheet Music

About the Arrangement:

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 is a four-movement work pulled from Edvard Greig’s incidental music to Henrik Ibsen’s 1867 play also titled Peer Gynt. The original music was composed in 1875 with select movements from the play being pulled into its own suite and published in 1888. The opening movement to Suite No. 1originated in the prelude to Act IV of the play where it depicted the rising sun.Edvard Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist and was considered one of the leading composers from the Romantic Era. His integration of Norwegian folk music into his music helped to develop a national identity for Norway and much of his music remains as standard repertoire today.About the Arrangement:This arrangement of Morning Mood is written for a full woodwind choir, but features a few possible substitutions. Both oboe parts may be substituted as need to fill in voices. Oboe 1 features a substitute part for either soprano saxophone or clarinet and is necessary to perform the piece without significant holes. It is preferred that soprano sax be used in order to get the change in timbre, but clarinet can be effectively used. The oboe 2 part can be substituted for alto saxophone. All of the important bassoon parts are doubled in other parts and this arrangement can be played without a bassoon.List of partsFlute 1Flute 2Oboe 1 (Soprano Sax or Clarinet)Oboe 2 (Alto Sax)Bassoon 1Bassoon 2Clarinet 1Clarinet 2Clarinet 3Bass ClarinetContra Alto/Bass ClarinetAlto Sax 1Alto Sax 2Tenor SaxBari Sax