A pizzicato violin opens Song Over Støv. Gradually, other instruments arrive: bowed violin, a fluttering flute, pattering ...

Grieg's music drew on the Norwegian folk tunes of his homeland ... pizzicato where string players pluck the strings of their instrument rather than use a bow. The staccato (short sharp) wind ...

Below, in bold print, are the instruments named on the score ... The character of Peer Gynt is even older and has been a Norwegian folk tale for many centuries. Grieg took the best bits of ...