Morning Mood (Norwegian title: Morgenstemning) is the first movement of the Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, written by composer Edvard Grieg. It was originally used as the prelude music to the fourth act of the 1867 play, Peer Gynt. It is keyed in E major.
The song was used in the episodes I Love to Conduct, A Little Einsteins Halloween, The Good Knight and the Bad Knight and The Secret Mystery Prize.
Music Summary[]
In Season 1[]
In I Love to Conduct, Morning Mood was used to sing about Leo losing his baton from the bald eagle, June and her team leaping on top of the orcas, and Leo getting his baton back.
In A Little Einsteins Halloween, Morning Mood was used as background music in the Palace of Versailles to enter the Halloween party.
In The Good Knight and the Bad Knight, Morning Mood was used to sing the drawbridge song.
In Season 2[]
In The Secret Mystery Prize, Morning Mood was used as background music. It is also played to help Leo conduct the Torii Gate a crescendo to get out of the water.
Episode Appearances[]
- I Love to Conduct
- A Little Einsteins Halloween (background music)
- The Good Knight and the Bad Knight
- The Secret Mystery Prize (background music)
Songs adapted from Morning Mood[]
I Love to Conduct[]
Trivia[]
- In I Love to Conduct the music is played by a flute, but in The Good Knight and the Bad Knight, the music was played by a French horn.
In popular culture[]
- This movement was used as incidental music to indicate morning or sunrise scenes throughout popular culture.
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