Gabriel Branting (1799−1881)
Christi födelsenatt ("Till jorden sönk [sjönk] aftonstunden") ur Fyrastämmiga Sånger för Sopran, Alt, Tenor och Bas [The night Christ was born. From Four-part songs for soprano, alto, tenor, and bass]
- Year of composition: Year of composition uncertain
- Work category: Mixed choir a cappella
- Text author: Erik Johan Stagnelius (1793-1823)
- Duration: Approx. 1-5 min
Solo voices/choir
S.A.T.B.
Examples of printed editions
Publisher's name missing (Ebeling?), as well as ed. no. (printed by Spong & Cardon, Stockholm)
Location for score and part material
Parts material (incomplete) can be found in the collections of the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
Description of work
Larghetto D-flat major - C-sharp minor - D-flat major 4/4 (C)
Work comment
Owing to the poems' general objectivity, and also to the melodic and harmonic handling of them, these songs have the character of choir rather than of soloist quartet (according to the printed music)…
Libretto/text
Till jorden sönk [sic; sjönk] aftonstunden,
huldt glänste stjernans blick