<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> <P> "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). </P> <P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

In the hall of the mountain king with chorus