- Year of composition: Year of composition uncertain (the song was published in 1824 as part of the collection 'Musik för Sång och för Pianoforte' [Music for song and for pianoforte], along with Adolf Fredrik Lindblad)
- Work category: Male choir a cappella
- Text author: C. W. Böttiger
- Duration: Approx. 1-5 min
Solo voices/choir
T.T.B.B.
Examples of printed editions
• Nya ”Amatör-Kvartetten” för 4 Mansröster, Häft. II (Nya ”Amatör-Kvartetten” for 4 male voices, Vol. II), Abr. Lundquists Musikförlag, (No ed. no.) [1930]
• Manskören. En samling Körer och …
Description of work
Andante A-flat major 4/4 (C)
Work comment
The song also exists in a setting for mixed choir a cappella (S.A.T.B.). See separate post for that version.
Libretto/text
Stilla skuggor breda sig i kvällen,
Solen släckes i svala sjön