Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960)
Gustav Vasa. Minnessång
For solo voices, mixed choir and organ
opus 40. Rudén no. 98
- Year of composition: Composition sketch dated Linneanum 5 December 1920
- Work category: Mixed choir with solo voice(s) and orchestra
- Text author: Carl Larsson in By (1877−1948)
- Dedication: To Mora hembygdskör
- First performed: Mora Church 19 December 1920 at its 400 year jubilee. Mora hembygdskör, organist, cond. Hugo Alfvén
- Duration: Approx. 10-15 min
Solo voices/choir
Tenor, baritone solo, mixed choir S.A.T.B., organ
Examples of printed editions
Stockholm 1920. Hirsch 2771
- Location autograph: Uppsala Universitetsbibliotek
- Possible call no. and autograph comment: UUB VMhs 179:1
Literature
Hedwall, Lennart, Hugo Alfvén, Stockholm 1973, pp. 316−317.
Description of work
Mixed choir. Andante C minor 4/4
Baritone solo, Moderato C minor
Female choir
Male choir, Allegro agitato, ma non troppo presto C major
Mixed choir, Andante C minor, Allegretto F major
Tenor solo
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Libretto/text
Mixed choir
Kung Kristiern sitter i Stockholm
och är drucken av vin och blod.
Si, jag bröt nacken av Sverge.
Det min fader icke förstod
Och det skrävlas på grändernas krogar
över riddarblodet som rann.
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