Jakob Adolf Hägg (1850−1928)

Kör ("Men månen träder stilla", ur Nya sånger och visor) [Chorus ('Men månen träder stilla fram' from New songs)]

opus 14 (not specified in the printed ed.)

Print
  • Year of composition: Year of composition unknown, probably end of 1860s
  • Work category: Mixed choir and instruments
  • Text author: Bernhard Elis Malmström (1816-1865) (from Hvi suckar det så tungt uti skogen [approx. Why are there so heavy sighs in the forest])
  • Dedication: To Mr. Ernst Nordin
  • Duration: 3 min

Instrumentation

pno

Solo voices/choir

Mixed choir, S.S.A.A.T.T.B.B.

Examples of printed editions

In the book Nya sånger och visor [New songs], self-published, printed in Gävle 1910, Gefle-Postens tryckeri

Description of work

Andante B major 3/8 92 bars

Work comment

Hägg composed more music to Malmström's lyrics under opus no. 48, where this movement is included, albeit in a slightly different version. The first movement in this opus (for soprano solo, male choir, and piano) is also included as no. 3 in the book Nya sånger och visor (New songs)