Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783−1847)

"O yngling, om du hjärta har"

Print
  • Year of composition: Printed in 1838, according to a note in pencil on the version for solo voice, which can be found in a copy of the ”Gammalt och Nytt. Sånger för Piano-Forte. 4de Häftet" [Old and New. Songs for Piano-Forte. Book 4] at the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
  • Work category: Mixed choir a cappella
  • Text author: Bengt Lidner (1757-1793)
  • Duration: Approx. 1-5 min

Examples of printed editions

Svenska Skolkvartetten. Andra samlingen, 100 fyrstämmiga sånger [Svenska Skolkvartetten. Volume 2, 100 four-part songs] Abr. Lundquist, Musikförlag (Ed. no. is missing) [1946]

Description of work

Moderato E major 4/4 (C)


Work comment

This song also exists in a setting for solo voice and piano, "from Lidner's Medea", according to the Gammalt och Nytt. Sånger för Piano-Forte. 4de Häftet [Old and New. Songs for Piano-Forte. Book 4], as well as one for male a cappella (T.T.B.B.). See individual posts for those versions.


Libretto/text

O yngling, om du hjärta har
att trampa fädrens [sic] fjät