Carl Michael Bellman (1740-1795)

"Ulla, min Ulla" (Fredmans epistel nr 71) [Fredman's Epistle no. 71]

Print
  • Year of composition: 1770s (?); 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
  • Dedication: Dedicated to Assessor Mr. Lundström (according to the Bellmanssällskapets [Bellman Society] standad edition)
  • 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

Allegro ma non troppo G major - G minor - G major - G minor 2/4

Work comment

According to the standard edition of the Bellmanssällskapet [Bellman Society] the subtitle is: "Til [sic] Ulla i fenstret [sic] på Fiskartorpet, Middagstiden, en Sommardag. Pastoral" [To Ulla at the window of the Fiskartorpet (an inn situated at the Norra (Northern) Djurgården, Stockholm), at Lunch time, a Summer day. Pastorale]

Libretto/text

Ulla, min Ulla,
säj [sic] får jag dig bjuda
rödaste smultron
i mjölk och vin
eller ur sumpen
en sprittande ruda,
eller från källan
en vattenterrin?