- Year of composition: 1888 (according to Sohlmans Musiklexikon, vol. 3, 1976)
- Work category: Voice and orchestra
- Text author: Viktor Rydberg (1877)
- Duration: Approx. 5-10 min
Instrumentation
2.2.2.2 / 4.2.3*.0 / timp, hp / str
(bass tbn)
Solo voices/choir
Mezzo-soprano (alternatively tenor-baritone)
Examples of printed editions
Musikaliska Konstföreningen, M. K. 64 (Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig) [piano reduction, for tenor-baritone/mezzo-soprano]
- Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
- Possible call no. and autograph comment: Z/Sv (score, instrumented for mezzo-soprano and orchestra according to the handwritten flyleaf, for tenor-baritone according to p. 1 in the actual score)
Description of work
Moderato con moto E-flat major (varying key signatures) 4/4 (C)
Libretto/text
Han Björn var en stark och fager sven
med breda väldiga skuldror och smärtare midja än andra män