- Year of composition: Publishing contract 27 July 1936
- Work category: Mixed choir a cappella
- Text author: Gustaf Alexanderson (1880-1937) Lawyer
- Duration: 3 min
- Detailed duration: 2,5 minutes
Solo voices/choir
S.A.A.T.
Examples of printed editions
Stockholm 1936, CG 2842. Gehrmans kör-bibliotek, 86
Stora körboken, no. 25. Gehrmans, Stockholm 1951
- Possible call no. and autograph comment: Autograph missing
Description of work
Allegretto grazioso e rubato D major 3/4
Work comment
Alfvén composed the song about the dancing butterfly, as was his wont, first for men´s choir, and immediately thereafter for mixed choir. It is sung pretty much equally often by both choir types. The …
Libretto/text
Papillon dansar i solens ljus
lätt som blommornas älva,
dansar i livslust och glädjerus;
vingarna skimra och skälva.
Papillon kom som ett bud om vår
vintern var tung att bära
vårsolens glans om vingarna …