- 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: Mixed choir a cappella
- Text author: C. W. Böttiger
- Duration: Approx. 1-5 min
Solo voices/choir
S.A.T.B.
Examples of printed editions
Svenska Skolkvartetten. 100 fyrstämmiga sånger, 1:sta samlingen, [Svenska Skolkvartetten. 100 four-part songs, Volume 1] Abr. Lundquist, Musikförlag (Ed. no. is missing) [1952]
Description of work
Adagio D-flat major 4/4 (C)
Work comment
The song also exists in a setting for male choir a cappella (T.T.B.B.). See separate post for that version.
Libretto/text
Stilla skuggor breda sig i kvällen,
Solen släckes i svala sjön
Media files
Edition Swedish Musical Heritage
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Vocal scores
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Aftonbetraktelse - Score (1 page, pdf - 139 kB | Downloaded 1468 times)
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