Carl Michael Bellman (1740-1795)

"Blåsen nu alla" (Fredmans epistel nr 25) [Fredman's Epistle no. 25]

Print
  • Year of composition: September, 1770; the collection was published by Olof Åhlström in 1790 (by this time, many of the songs included were already twenty years old)
  • Work category: Mixed choir a cappella
  • Text author: Carl Michael Bellman
  • Arrangement/revision: David Wikander (1884-1955)
  • Duration: Approx. 1-5 min

Solo voices/choir

S.A.T.B.

Examples of printed editions

Svenska Skolkvartetten. Tredje samlingen, 100 fyrstämmiga sånger [Svenska Skolkvartetten. Volume 3, 100 four-part songs] Abr. Lundquist, Musikförlag Abr. L. 5306 (printed 1929, 1946)

Description of work

Menuetto A-flat major 3/4

Work comment

According to the standard edition of the Bellmanssällskapet [Bellman Society] the subtitle is: "Som är et [sic] försök til en Pastoral i Bacchanalisk smak, skrifven vid Ulla Winblads öfverfart til Djurgården." [Which is an attempt at a Pastorale in Bacchanalian style, written on the occasion of Ulla Winblad's passage to Djurgården (Stockholm)]

Libretto/text

Blåsen nu alla!
Hör böljorna svalla,
åskan går