... keep in mind during performance so as to give a performance that reflects the music's purpose. When understood by the listener, the method of composing will help to make the music more coherent. It will also help the listener to place some sort of meaning with it that gives it ... The nature of the verse restricted the type of music Grieg could write, as the music had to reflect and compliment the text or the mood. In the Hall of the Mountain King for example Grieg uses pizzicato strings to portray the main character Peer sneaking quietly away from the Mountain King's lair. As Peer gets ...

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