Bror Beckman (1866−1929)
Låter ôm Jänter å friing [Songs about girls and proposals of marriage (in dialect from the Swedish province of Värmland) ]
No. 1: Tre käringer i en backe [Three crones on a slope]
No. 2: E beskeli jänte [A docil girl]
No. 3: Den främmate jänta [The foreign girl]
No. 4: "Ä du mä på dä?" [Are you in on it]
- Year of composition: Published in 1912 (according to Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon)
- Work category: Voice and piano
- Text author: Gustaf Fröding (1860-1911)
- Duration: Approx. 5-10 min
Examples of printed editions
Elkan & Schildknecht, E. & S. 1935
Description of work
No. 1: (tempo mark missing) G major 3/4
No. 2: (tempo mark missing) F minor - F major 3/4
No. 3: (tempo mark missing) F major 2/4
No. 4: (tempo mark missing) A minor 2/4
Libretto/text
No. 1: Dä satt tre käringer i en backe, å di va vinne, å di va skacke
No. 2: Dä ä så mört för mäj i valla nu, käre, käre, du
No. 3: Dä kom e jänt te sockna, t sockna, di kall'a Julia
No. 4: Mi jänte …
