- Year of composition: Composition sketch dated Musicum 5 December 1938
- Work category: Mixed choir a cappella
- Text author: Jens Peter Jacobsen
- Duration: 2 min
Solo voices/choir
S.A.T.B.
Examples of printed editions
Carl Gehrmans Musikförlag, Stockholm 1939, CG 3035 (Gehrmans körbibliotek 112)
- Location autograph: Uppsala Universitetsbibliotek
- Possible call no. and autograph comment: Composition sketch and autograph at UUB VMhs 184:37
Literature
Rudén, Jan Olof: Peterson-Bergers, Stenhammars och Alfvéns tolkning av J P Jacobsens Stemning, Alfvéniana 1, 2010, pp. 3−11.
Description of work
Adagio A-flat major 4/4
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Work comment
This composition was written in 1938 and as usual is in two versions: for men´s choir and for mixed choir. He must have been satisfied with his work since he immediately made a version for string …
Libretto/text
Alle de voksende Skygger
har vævet sig sammen til en,
ensom paa Himmelen lyser
en Stjerne saa straalende ren,
Skyerne have saa tunge Drømme,
Blomsternes Øjne i Duggraad svømme
underligt Aftenvinden …