Gabriel Branting (1799−1881)
Den döendes brudsång ("Bereden åt bruden den glänsande skruden!") ur Fyrastämmiga Sånger för Sopran, Alt, Tenor och Bas [The dying's bridal song. 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
Con moto C minor 3/4
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
[1.] Bereden åt bruden den glänsande skruden!
[2.] Tillbaka! tillbaka! må vittnen ej störa